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Gothenburg in April

Cool and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Gothenburg is cool: highs near 54°F, lows near 36°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 45 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Gothenburg is cool: highs near 12°C, lows near 2°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 45 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
54°F12°Caverage
Low
36°F2°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
14h 17mon average

Is April a good time to visit Gothenburg?

April sits outside Gothenburg's best months, which run from June to August. Expect cool days and rain on about two 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 54°F in April, against 39°F to 72°F through the year.Highs near 12°C in April, against 4°C to 22°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in April, against 35% to 51% through the year.

Cloud cover

57% cover in April, against 48% to 72% through the year.

Daylight

14h 17m in April, against 6h 39m to 17h 58m 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 30°low -1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. April54°12°low 36°low 2°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. May63°17°low 45°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Gothenburg sits, in April

Europe/Stockholm
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:05 AMsets 8:20 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
57.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Stockholm397 km north-east

The land around Gothenburg, 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 Sweden in April

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Gothenburg. 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (53 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (53 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.