ClimateExplore the planning map
Climate · Bordeaux

Bordeaux in April

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Bordeaux is mild: highs near 66°F, lows near 46°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 4 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Bordeaux is mild: highs near 19°C, lows near 8°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 4 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
66°F19°Caverage
Low
46°F8°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 40% of days
Daylight
13h 27mon average

Is April a good time to visit Bordeaux?

April sits outside Bordeaux's best months, which run in two parts: June, or September to October. Expect mild days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 66°F in April, against 53°F to 84°F through the year.Highs near 19°C in April, against 12°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

40% of days in April, against 27% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

53% cover in April, against 35% to 65% through the year.

Daylight

13h 27m in April, against 8h 51m to 15h 32m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. March61°16°low 41°low 5°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. April66°19°low 46°low 8°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. May72°22°low 52°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Bordeaux sits, in April

Europe/Paris
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
7:19 AMsets 8:46 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
44.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Massignac142 km north-east

The land around Bordeaux, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in France in April

high · low · wet days
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Bordeaux

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Bordeaux. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.