Climate averages 1991–2020
Harrogate weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Harrogate: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Leeds (22 km away). In April its highs average 11.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Harrogate, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Harrogate ranks joint 123rd 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; Harrogate is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 14.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 54 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
Harrogate climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 62 | 12.8 | 8.08 h |
| February | 6.5°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 55 | 11.6 | 9.710 h |
| March | 8.6°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 51 | 11.7 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 11.1°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 57 | 11.1 | 14.014 h |
| May | 14.0°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 54 | 10.8 | 15.916 h |
| June | 16.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 70 | 12.1 | 17.017 h |
| July | 18.8°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 65 | 12.1 | 16.617 h |
| August | 18.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 71 | 12.0 | 14.915 h |
| September | 16.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 59 | 10.2 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.4°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 64 | 12.0 | 10.611 h |
| November | 8.5°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 64 | 12.5 | 8.69 h |
| December | 6.0°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 69 | 12.4 | 7.57 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
- Leeds in AprilUnited Kingdom · 22 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Bradford in AprilUnited Kingdom · 26 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 3.9°C · 65 mm rain
- York in AprilUnited Kingdom · 30 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Wakefield in AprilUnited Kingdom · 34 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Halifax, United Kingdom in AprilUnited Kingdom · 37 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Huddersfield in AprilUnited Kingdom · 41 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 4.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Barnsley in AprilUnited Kingdom · 49 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 3.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Burnley in AprilUnited Kingdom · 50 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.7°C · 77 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 Harrogate) is explained once on the Harrogate year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.