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Ashford in April

Cool and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Ashford is cool: highs near 57°F, lows near 42°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 21 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Ashford is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 21 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
57°F14°Caverage
Low
42°F6°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
13h 47mon average

Is April a good time to visit Ashford?

April sits outside Ashford's best months, which run from June to September. 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 57°F in April, against 48°F to 73°F through the year.Highs near 14°C in April, against 9°C to 23°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in April, against 34% to 45% through the year.

Cloud cover

56% cover in April, against 47% to 68% through the year.

Daylight

13h 47m in April, against 7h 58m to 16h 29m 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. March52°11°low 39°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. April57°14°low 42°low 6°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. May63°17°low 48°low 9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Ashford sits, in April

Europe/London
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:03 AMsets 7:50 PM
Above the sea
40 mlow-lying
Latitude
51.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
London80 km north-west

The land around Ashford, 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 United Kingdom in April

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Ashford. 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.