Climate averages 1991–2020

Darlington weather
in April.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 11.2°C Daytime mean, April

Average low 3.8°C Night-time mean, April

Rainfall 55 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

April is a cool month in Darlington: daytime highs average 11.2°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 02 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Stockton-on-Tees (16 km away). In April its highs average 11.2°C, about as warm as Darlington, with 53 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Darlington ranks joint 120th of 143 for the warmest April highs and joint 76th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 12.2°C; Darlington is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 14.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 55 mm to 51 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Darlington climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Darlington, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	6.0°C1.5°C	1.5°C	55	12.6	7.98 h
February	6.7°C1.4°C	1.4°C	51	11.1	9.710 h
March	8.7°C2.2°C	2.2°C	47	10.6	11.812 h
April, selected	11.2°C3.8°C	3.8°C	55	11.2	14.014 h
May	14.1°C6.6°C	6.6°C	51	11.4	16.016 h
June	16.8°C9.6°C	9.6°C	65	11.8	17.217 h
July	19.0°C11.8°C	11.8°C	64	11.9	16.717 h
August	18.6°C11.7°C	11.7°C	66	11.7	14.915 h
September	16.2°C9.6°C	9.6°C	56	9.4	12.813 h
October	12.6°C7.0°C	7.0°C	58	11.3	10.611 h
November	8.7°C4.0°C	4.0°C	61	11.8	8.59 h
December	6.3°C1.8°C	1.8°C	62	12.6	7.47 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

Distance from Darlington

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Darlington) is explained once on the Darlington year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.