Climate averages 1991–2020
Aberdeen weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Aberdeen: daytime highs average 8.9°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 15 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundee, United Kingdom (92 km away). In April its highs average 10.2°C, 1.3°C warmer than Aberdeen, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Aberdeen ranks 143rd of 143 for the warmest April highs and joint 51st of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 12.2°C; Aberdeen is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 11.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 48 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
Aberdeen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 70 | 14.1 | 7.47 h |
| February | 6.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 56 | 11.9 | 9.49 h |
| March | 7.4°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 55 | 12.5 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 8.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 52 | 11.4 | 14.214 h |
| May | 11.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 48 | 10.5 | 16.516 h |
| June | 13.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 60 | 11.2 | 17.818 h |
| July | 15.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 59 | 11.8 | 17.217 h |
| August | 15.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 65 | 12.3 | 15.215 h |
| September | 14.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 66 | 12.1 | 12.913 h |
| October | 11.6°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 98 | 15.7 | 10.410 h |
| November | 8.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 92 | 15.4 | 8.18 h |
| December | 6.8°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 74 | 14.2 | 6.87 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
- Dundee, United Kingdom in AprilUnited Kingdom · 92 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 3.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Edinburgh in AprilUnited Kingdom · 149 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 4.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Glasgow in AprilUnited Kingdom · 194 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 3.6°C · 74 mm rain
- East Kilbride in AprilUnited Kingdom · 200 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 3.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Paisley in AprilUnited Kingdom · 204 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 3.9°C · 77 mm rain
- South Shields in AprilUnited Kingdom · 242 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 4.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Newcastle upon Tyne in AprilUnited Kingdom · 243 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 4.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Sunderland in AprilUnited Kingdom · 253 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 4.5°C · 51 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 Aberdeen) is explained once on the Aberdeen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.