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Berchtesgaden in April

Cool and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Berchtesgaden is cool: highs near 51°F, lows near 29°F. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 11 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Berchtesgaden is cool: highs near 11°C, lows near -2°C. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 11 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
51°F11°Caverage
Low
29°F-2°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 58% of days
Daylight
13h 35mon average

Is April a good time to visit Berchtesgaden?

April sits outside Berchtesgaden's best months, which run from July to August. Expect cool days and rain or snow on about four 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 51°F in April, against 36°F to 71°F through the year.Highs near 11°C in April, against 2°C to 22°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

58% of days in April, against 45% to 73% through the year.

Cloud cover

58% cover in April, against 48% to 67% through the year.

Daylight

13h 35m in April, against 8h 29m to 15h 55m 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. March44°7°low 23°low -5°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. April51°11°low 29°low -2°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. May60°16°low 38°low 3°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Berchtesgaden sits, in April

Europe/Berlin
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:21 AMsets 7:56 PM
Above the sea
1,000 mupland
Latitude
47.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Munich120 km north-west

The land around Berchtesgaden, 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 Germany in April

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Berchtesgaden. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,000 m) against the climate model's (1,255 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,000 m) against the climate model's (1,255 m). 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.