Climate averages 1991–2020
Zwolle weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Zwolle: daytime highs average 13.6°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 54 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Deventer (29 km away). In April its highs average 13.8°C, about as warm as Zwolle, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Zwolle ranks joint 20th of 44 for the warmest April highs and joint 35th of 44 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 44 cities is 13.4°C; Zwolle is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 64 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Zwolle climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 66 | 13.0 | 8.38 h |
| February | 6.1°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 54 | 10.8 | 9.810 h |
| March | 9.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 56 | 11.6 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 13.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 50 | 10.4 | 13.914 h |
| May | 17.2°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 64 | 11.7 | 15.716 h |
| June | 19.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 69 | 12.0 | 16.717 h |
| July | 21.8°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 85 | 14.5 | 16.316 h |
| August | 21.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 81 | 13.8 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.3°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 66 | 11.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 64 | 11.9 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.0°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 59 | 12.7 | 8.89 h |
| December | 5.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 69 | 13.0 | 7.88 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Deventer in AprilThe Netherlands · 29 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Apeldoorn in AprilThe Netherlands · 35 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Lelystad in AprilThe Netherlands · 42 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Almelo in AprilThe Netherlands · 42 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Hengelo in AprilThe Netherlands · 55 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Arnhem in AprilThe Netherlands · 61 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Almere Stad in AprilThe Netherlands · 62 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 5.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Amersfoort in AprilThe Netherlands · 62 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 5.2°C · 50 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Zwolle) is explained once on the Zwolle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.