Climate averages 1991–2020
Dundee, United Kingdom 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 Dundee, United Kingdom: daytime highs average 10.2°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 11 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Edinburgh (59 km away). In April its highs average 10.5°C, about as warm as Dundee, United Kingdom, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Dundee, United Kingdom ranks 141st of 143 for the warmest April highs and joint 91st of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 12.2°C; Dundee, United Kingdom is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 13.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 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
Dundee, United Kingdom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 78 | 13.7 | 7.68 h |
| February | 6.1°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 59 | 10.8 | 9.59 h |
| March | 7.9°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 61 | 12.2 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 10.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 57 | 11.6 | 14.214 h |
| May | 13.1°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 64 | 13.1 | 16.416 h |
| June | 15.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 68 | 13.1 | 17.618 h |
| July | 17.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 76 | 14.0 | 17.117 h |
| August | 17.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 76 | 13.3 | 15.215 h |
| September | 15.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 61 | 10.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 89 | 12.9 | 10.510 h |
| November | 7.9°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 78 | 13.1 | 8.38 h |
| December | 5.4°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 74 | 12.4 | 7.07 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
- Edinburgh in AprilUnited Kingdom · 59 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 4.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Aberdeen in AprilUnited Kingdom · 92 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Glasgow in AprilUnited Kingdom · 104 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 3.6°C · 74 mm rain
- East Kilbride in AprilUnited Kingdom · 108 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 3.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Paisley in AprilUnited Kingdom · 115 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 3.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Carlisle in AprilUnited Kingdom · 175 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 3.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Newcastle upon Tyne in AprilUnited Kingdom · 187 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 4.3°C · 51 mm rain
- South Shields in AprilUnited Kingdom · 190 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 4.9°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 Dundee) is explained once on the Dundee, United Kingdom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.