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United Kingdom · Month guide
United Kingdom in April
Around 12 °C with 61 mm of rain and 6.2 hours of sun a day.
April is one of the strongest months to visit United Kingdom. Around 12 °C with 61 mm of rain and 6.2 hours of sun a day. Use the regional grid below to find where this month works best — national averages hide the swings between coast, highlands, and inland.
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United Kingdom · April
What the weather usually does
United Kingdom · typical month
- Day / night4 – 12 °CYear range 2 – 19 °C
- Rainfall61 mmYear range 61 – 113 mm
- Sunshine6.2 hr / dayYear range 1.4 – 6.7 hr / day
What’s open · April
Things to do in United Kingdom in April
Nothing in United Kingdom shuts for the season, and 1 thing below is at its best in April.
- At its bestWalking in the western Highlands and Skye
long enough days for the hills, either side of the midges
Sources: wildernessscotland.com, outdoorscot.co.uk
Opening seasons are checked by hand against the operators and parks themselves, not derived from the climate figures on this page. Last reviewed 2026-08-28. Dates move — confirm before you book.
232 regions · current month
United Kingdom, taken apart
- Aberdeen9°C now · 6–17 °C yr
- Aberdeenshire10°C now · 6–17 °C yr
- Anglesey12°C now · 8–19 °C yr
- Angus10°C now · 5–18 °C yr
- Antrim12°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Ards10°C now · 8–17 °C yr
- Argyll and Bute10°C now · 7–16 °C yr
- Armagh12°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Ballymena11°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Ballymoney11°C now · 7–17 °C yr
- Banbridge11°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Barking and Dagenham13°C now · 8–22 °C yr
- Barnet14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Barnsley12°C now · 6–20 °C yr
- Bath and North East Somerset13°C now · 8–21 °C yr
- Bedford14°C now · 7–23 °C yr
- Belfast11°C now · 8–18 °C yr
- Bexley13°C now · 8–22 °C yr
- Birmingham13°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Blackburn with Darwen12°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Blackpool11°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Blaenau Gwent12°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Bolton13°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Bournemouth12°C now · 8–21 °C yr
- Bracknell Forest14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Bradford11°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Brent14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Bridgend12°C now · 8–19 °C yr
- Brighton and Hove11°C now · 8–19 °C yr
- Bristol14°C now · 8–22 °C yr
- Bromley14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Buckinghamshire14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Bury12°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Caerphilly12°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Calderdale11°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Cambridgeshire14°C now · 7–23 °C yr
- Camden14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Cardiff13°C now · 8–20 °C yr
- Carmarthenshire12°C now · 8–19 °C yr
- Carrickfergus10°C now · 8–16 °C yr
- Castlereagh11°C now · 8–18 °C yr
- Central Bedfordshire14°C now · 7–23 °C yr
- Ceredigion12°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Cheshire East13°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Cheshire West and Chester13°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Clackmannanshire11°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Coleraine10°C now · 8–17 °C yr
- Conwy12°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Cornwall13°C now · 9–19 °C yr
- Coventry13°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Craigavon12°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Croydon14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Cumbria11°C now · 6–18 °C yr
- Darlington12°C now · 6–20 °C yr
- Denbighshire12°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Derby13°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Derbyshire12°C now · 6–20 °C yr
- Derry11°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Devon12°C now · 8–20 °C yr
- Doncaster13°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Dorset13°C now · 8–21 °C yr
- Down11°C now · 8–17 °C yr
- Dudley13°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Dumfries and Galloway11°C now · 6–18 °C yr
- Dundee11°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Dungannon and South Tyrone12°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Durham11°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Ealing14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- East Ayrshire11°C now · 6–17 °C yr
- East Dunbartonshire11°C now · 6–18 °C yr
- East Lothian9°C now · 6–17 °C yr
- East Renfrewshire12°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- East Riding of Yorkshire12°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- East Sussex13°C now · 8–21 °C yr
- Edinburgh11°C now · 6–18 °C yr
- Enfield14°C now · 7–23 °C yr
- Essex13°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Falkirk12°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Fermanagh12°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Fife11°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Flintshire13°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Gateshead12°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Glasgow12°C now · 6–18 °C yr
- Gloucestershire13°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Greenwich14°C now · 8–23 °C yr
- Gwynedd11°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Hackney14°C now · 8–23 °C yr
- Halton12°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Halton13°C now · 8–20 °C yr
- Hammersmith and Fulham14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Hampshire13°C now · 8–22 °C yr
- Haringey14°C now · 8–23 °C yr
- Harrow14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Hartlepool11°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Havering13°C now · 8–22 °C yr
- Herefordshire13°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Hertfordshire14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Highland10°C now · 5–16 °C yr
- Hillingdon14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Hounslow14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Inverclyde11°C now · 6–18 °C yr
- Isle of Wight13°C now · 8–21 °C yr
- Isles of Scilly11°C now · 10–18 °C yr
- Islington14°C now · 8–23 °C yr
- Kensington and Chelsea14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Kent13°C now · 8–22 °C yr
- Kingston upon Hull12°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Kingston upon Thames14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Kirklees12°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Knowsley13°C now · 8–20 °C yr
- Lambeth14°C now · 8–23 °C yr
- Lancashire12°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Larne10°C now · 7–17 °C yr
- Leeds12°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Leicester13°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Leicestershire13°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Lewisham14°C now · 8–23 °C yr
- Limavady11°C now · 7–17 °C yr
- Lincolnshire13°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Lisburn11°C now · 8–18 °C yr
- Liverpool12°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- London14°C now · 8–23 °C yr
- Luton14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Magherafelt12°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Manchester12°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Medway13°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Merseyside13°C now · 8–20 °C yr
- Merthyr Tydfil12°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Merton14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Mid Ulster12°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Middlesbrough11°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Midlothian11°C now · 6–18 °C yr
- Milton Keynes13°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Monmouthshire13°C now · 8–21 °C yr
- Moray10°C now · 5–17 °C yr
- Moyle9°C now · 8–16 °C yr
- Neath Port Talbot12°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Newcastle upon Tyne12°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Newham14°C now · 8–23 °C yr
- Newport13°C now · 8–21 °C yr
- Newry and Mourne11°C now · 8–18 °C yr
- Newtownabbey11°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Norfolk12°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- North Ayrshire11°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- North Down10°C now · 8–16 °C yr
- North East Lincolnshire12°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- North Lanarkshire11°C now · 6–18 °C yr
- North Lincolnshire13°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- North Somerset13°C now · 8–21 °C yr
- North Tyneside12°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- North Yorkshire11°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Northamptonshire13°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Northumberland11°C now · 6–18 °C yr
- Nottingham13°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Nottinghamshire13°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Oldham12°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Omagh12°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Orkney Islands8°C now · 7–14 °C yr
- Outer Hebrides10°C now · 8–16 °C yr
- Oxfordshire13°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Pembrokeshire11°C now · 9–18 °C yr
- Perth and Kinross10°C now · 5–17 °C yr
- Peterborough13°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Plymouth13°C now · 8–20 °C yr
- Poole13°C now · 8–21 °C yr
- Portsmouth12°C now · 8–20 °C yr
- Powys12°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Reading14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Redbridge14°C now · 8–23 °C yr
- Redcar and Cleveland10°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Renfrewshire12°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Rhondda Cynon Taf12°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Richmond upon Thames14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Rochdale12°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Rotherham13°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Rutland13°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Salford13°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Sandwell13°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Scottish Borders10°C now · 5–18 °C yr
- Sefton11°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Sheffield12°C now · 6–20 °C yr
- Shetland Islands7°C now · 7–13 °C yr
- Shropshire13°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Slough14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Solihull13°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Somerset13°C now · 8–21 °C yr
- South Ayrshire10°C now · 7–17 °C yr
- South Gloucestershire14°C now · 8–22 °C yr
- South Lanarkshire11°C now · 6–17 °C yr
- South Tyneside12°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Southampton14°C now · 8–22 °C yr
- Southend-on-Sea12°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Southwark14°C now · 8–23 °C yr
- Staffordshire13°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Stirling11°C now · 5–17 °C yr
- Stockport12°C now · 6–20 °C yr
- Stockton-on-Tees11°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Stoke-on-Trent13°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Strabane11°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Suffolk12°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Sunderland12°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Surrey14°C now · 8–22 °C yr
- Sutton14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Swansea12°C now · 8–19 °C yr
- Swindon13°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Tameside12°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Telford and Wrekin13°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Thurrock13°C now · 8–22 °C yr
- Torbay12°C now · 9–20 °C yr
- Torfaen13°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Tower Hamlets14°C now · 8–23 °C yr
- Trafford13°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Vale of Glamorgan12°C now · 8–20 °C yr
- Wakefield13°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Walsall13°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Waltham Forest14°C now · 7–23 °C yr
- Wandsworth14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Warrington13°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Warwickshire13°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- West Berkshire13°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- West Dunbartonshire11°C now · 6–18 °C yr
- West Lothian11°C now · 6–18 °C yr
- West Sussex13°C now · 8–21 °C yr
- Westminster14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Wigan13°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Wiltshire13°C now · 8–22 °C yr
- Windsor and Maidenhead14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Wokingham14°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Wolverhampton13°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Worcestershire13°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Wrexham12°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- York13°C now · 7–21 °C yr
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Climate at a glance · 10-year ERA5
A decade of weather, in one page
— daytime high— overnight low▬ typical range
View data table
| Month | Average daytime high (°C) | Average overnight low (°C) | Typical low | Typical high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7 | 2.4 | -1.9 | 10.6 |
| February | 7.7 | 2.9 | -1.1 | 11.8 |
| March | 9.2 | 3.5 | -0.3 | 13.6 |
| April | 11.5 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 16.6 |
| May | 15.0 | 7.7 | 3.4 | 19.7 |
| June | 17.6 | 10.7 | 7.5 | 23.1 |
| July | 19.0 | 12.4 | 9.8 | 24.1 |
| August | 18.8 | 12.3 | 9.3 | 22.8 |
| September | 16.7 | 10.4 | 5.7 | 21.0 |
| October | 13.2 | 8.1 | 3.7 | 16.7 |
| November | 9.4 | 4.9 | -0.1 | 13.2 |
| December | 7.7 | 3.8 | -1.3 | 11.6 |
View data table
| Month | Rainfall (mm) |
|---|---|
| January | 92 |
| February | 91 |
| March | 85 |
| April | 61 |
| May | 69 |
| June | 82 |
| July | 88 |
| August | 89 |
| September | 95 |
| October | 113 |
| November | 98 |
| December | 107 |
View data table
| Month | Sunshine hours (hr / day) |
|---|---|
| January | 2.0 |
| February | 3.1 |
| March | 4.4 |
| April | 6.2 |
| May | 6.7 |
| June | 6.2 |
| July | 5.5 |
| August | 5.1 |
| September | 4.2 |
| October | 3.0 |
| November | 2.2 |
| December | 1.4 |
— average▬ typical range
View data table
| Month | Average wind speed (km/h) | Typical low | Typical high |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.7 | 9.5 | 28.8 |
| February | 19.6 | 10.3 | 30.3 |
| March | 16.8 | 9.1 | 27.7 |
| April | 14.7 | 8.6 | 22.8 |
| May | 13.7 | 8.1 | 21.6 |
| June | 14.2 | 7.9 | 22.8 |
| July | 13.5 | 8.1 | 20.6 |
| August | 14.4 | 8.1 | 22.8 |
| September | 15.1 | 8.3 | 23.7 |
| October | 17.0 | 9.2 | 25.3 |
| November | 16.9 | 9.3 | 26.7 |
| December | 17.9 | 8.9 | 28.9 |
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