Glace Bay weather in April

In April, Glace Bay sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 114 mm of precipitation across 12.6 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 2°C in the first days to 5°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of April to 14 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Glace Bay's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Glace Bay's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 4°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 0°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 114 mm; 12.6 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 18 min; 5:21 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 6th clearest
Wind: 22 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.53 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

Glace Bay is town in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Density: 481/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1785

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 2°C in the first days to 5°C by the end.

A typical April day in Glace Bay reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to 0°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 0°C and 7°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 3°C warmer than March and about 4°C cooler than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
Avg low (°C)	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	2	-2
2	2	-2
3	2	-1
4	2	-1
5	3	-1
6	3	-1
7	3	-1
8	3	-1
9	3	-1
10	3	-1
11	3	-1
12	3	0
13	3	0
14	3	0
15	3	0
16	4	0
17	4	0
18	4	0
19	4	0
20	4	1
21	4	1
22	4	1
23	4	1
24	4	1
25	5	1
26	5	1
27	5	2
28	5	2
29	5	2
30	5	2

How April really feels in Glace Bay

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 30 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in April is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Glace Bay weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-0° / -5°	120	13.5	11.6	8.8	0.0
Feb	-1° / -7°	113	11.3	9.3	10	0.0
Mar	0° / -4°	112	12.4	8.1	11.6	0.0
Apr	4° / 0°	114	12.6	4.4	13.3	0.0
May	8° / 4°	101	12.3	0.4	14.7	1.2
Jun	13° / 10°	99	11.3	0	15.5	3.7
Jul	19° / 16°	89	10	0	15.2	6.0
Aug	20° / 17°	93	10.4	0	14	6.3
Sep	18° / 14°	113	11.1	0	12.3	5.4
Oct	12° / 9°	139	13	0	10.7	3.1
Nov	8° / 4°	136	14.1	2.3	9.2	1.0
Dec	3° / -1°	144	15.6	9.2	8.5	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	30	30	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	35	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	31	32	33	33	33	33
Cloudier (%)	70	70	70	70	69	69	68	68	67	67	66	66	65	65	65	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	69	68	67	67	67	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	35	65
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	31	69
26	32	68
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Glace Bay gets around 114 mm of rain and snow over 12.6 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 42% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	41	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42
Snow chance (%)	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	22
2	42	22
3	42	21
4	43	21
5	43	20
6	43	20
7	43	19
8	43	18
9	42	18
10	42	17
11	42	16
12	42	15
13	42	15
14	41	14
15	41	14
16	41	13
17	41	13
18	41	12
19	41	12
20	42	12
21	42	11
22	42	10
23	42	10
24	42	9
25	42	9
26	42	8
27	42	8
28	42	7
29	42	7
30	42	6

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in April

Winds average 22 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 23 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	23	breezy
2	23	breezy
3	23	breezy
4	23	breezy
5	23	breezy
6	23	breezy
7	23	breezy
8	23	breezy
9	22	breezy
10	22	breezy
11	22	breezy
12	22	breezy
13	22	breezy
14	22	breezy
15	22	breezy
16	22	breezy
17	21	breezy
18	21	breezy
19	21	breezy
20	21	breezy
21	21	breezy
22	21	breezy
23	21	breezy
24	21	breezy
25	21	breezy
26	21	breezy
27	21	breezy
28	21	breezy
29	21	breezy
30	20	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of April to 14 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:50 AM to 4:56 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 6:58 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0
Sunrise (AM)	5:50	5:48	5:46	5:44	5:42	5:40	5:38	5:36	5:34	5:32	5:30	5:28	5:26	5:24	5:23	5:21	5:19	5:17	5:15	5:13	5:11	5:10	5:08	5:06	5:04	5:03	5:01	4:59	4:58	4:56
Sunset (PM)	6:19	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:41	6:42	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:56	6:57	6:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	5:50	6:19
2	12.5	5:48	6:21
3	12.6	5:46	6:22
4	12.7	5:44	6:23
5	12.7	5:42	6:25
6	12.8	5:40	6:26
7	12.8	5:38	6:27
8	12.9	5:36	6:29
9	12.9	5:34	6:30
10	13.0	5:32	6:31
11	13.0	5:30	6:33
12	13.1	5:28	6:34
13	13.2	5:26	6:35
14	13.2	5:24	6:37
15	13.3	5:23	6:38
16	13.3	5:21	6:39
17	13.4	5:19	6:41
18	13.4	5:17	6:42
19	13.5	5:15	6:44
20	13.5	5:13	6:45
21	13.6	5:11	6:46
22	13.6	5:10	6:48
23	13.7	5:08	6:49
24	13.7	5:06	6:50
25	13.8	5:04	6:52
26	13.8	5:03	6:53
27	13.9	5:01	6:54
28	13.9	4:59	6:56
29	14.0	4:58	6:57
30	14.0	4:56	6:58

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.95 kWh/m² to a high of 5.76 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.53 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.2	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Glace Bay?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Glace Bay.

What to pack for Glace Bay in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Glace Bay sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat, rain gear, sun protection and a windbreaker. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gearsun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Glace Bay in April

The nearest coast averages about 1°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 21 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in March near -0°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	1	0	0	1	4	9	15	19	16	12	8	4
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	1	Bracing
Feb	0	Bracing
Mar	0	Bracing
Apr	1	Bracing
May	4	Bracing
Jun	9	Bracing
Jul	15	Cool
Aug	19	Cool
Sep	16	Cool
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	8	Bracing
Dec	4	Bracing

UV index in Glace Bay in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Glace Bay peaks around June 18 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	5	7	9	8	5	5	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	5	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Glace Bay?

Glace Bay sits at 46.2°N, 60.0°W, 15 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Sydney, 19 km away.

Topography around Glace Bay

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Glace Bay.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Glace Bay has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 17 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 535 m.

The land around Glace Bay is covered by water (39%), grassland (27%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, water (55%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and water (56%) and trees (39%) within 80 km.

3 km

60 m

water 39%

16 km

101 m

water 55%

80 km

535 m

water 56%

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← March Glace Bay year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Sydney 19 km · New Glasgow 219 km · Charlottetown 244 km · Saint-Pierre 296 km · Cole Harbour 323 km · Woodlawn 326 km · Dartmouth 329 km · Lower Sackville 330 km

Canada travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 83% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $55,698; 2025
Happiness: 6.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Glace Bay (46.197°, -59.957°, elevation 15 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	2	-2
2	2	-2
3	2	-1
4	2	-1
5	3	-1
6	3	-1
7	3	-1
8	3	-1
9	3	-1
10	3	-1
11	3	-1
12	3	0
13	3	0
14	3	0
15	3	0
16	4	0
17	4	0
18	4	0
19	4	0
20	4	1
21	4	1
22	4	1
23	4	1
24	4	1
25	5	1
26	5	1
27	5	2
28	5	2
29	5	2
30	5	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	35	65
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	31	69
26	32	68
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	22
2	42	22
3	42	21
4	43	21
5	43	20
6	43	20
7	43	19
8	43	18
9	42	18
10	42	17
11	42	16
12	42	15
13	42	15
14	41	14
15	41	14
16	41	13
17	41	13
18	41	12
19	41	12
20	42	12
21	42	11
22	42	10
23	42	10
24	42	9
25	42	9
26	42	8
27	42	8
28	42	7
29	42	7
30	42	6

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	2	-2
2	2	-2
3	2	-1
4	2	-1
5	3	-1
6	3	-1
7	3	-1
8	3	-1
9	3	-1
10	3	-1
11	3	-1
12	3	0
13	3	0
14	3	0
15	3	0
16	4	0
17	4	0
18	4	0
19	4	0
20	4	1
21	4	1
22	4	1
23	4	1
24	4	1
25	5	1
26	5	1
27	5	2
28	5	2
29	5	2
30	5	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	35	65
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	31	69
26	32	68
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	22
2	42	22
3	42	21
4	43	21
5	43	20
6	43	20
7	43	19
8	43	18
9	42	18
10	42	17
11	42	16
12	42	15
13	42	15
14	41	14
15	41	14
16	41	13
17	41	13
18	41	12
19	41	12
20	42	12
21	42	11
22	42	10
23	42	10
24	42	9
25	42	9
26	42	8
27	42	8
28	42	7
29	42	7
30	42	6

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	2	-2
2	2	-2
3	2	-1
4	2	-1
5	3	-1
6	3	-1
7	3	-1
8	3	-1
9	3	-1
10	3	-1
11	3	-1
12	3	0
13	3	0
14	3	0
15	3	0
16	4	0
17	4	0
18	4	0
19	4	0
20	4	1
21	4	1
22	4	1
23	4	1
24	4	1
25	5	1
26	5	1
27	5	2
28	5	2
29	5	2
30	5	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	35	65
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	31	69
26	32	68
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	22
2	42	22
3	42	21
4	43	21
5	43	20
6	43	20
7	43	19
8	43	18
9	42	18
10	42	17
11	42	16
12	42	15
13	42	15
14	41	14
15	41	14
16	41	13
17	41	13
18	41	12
19	41	12
20	42	12
21	42	11
22	42	10
23	42	10
24	42	9
25	42	9
26	42	8
27	42	8
28	42	7
29	42	7
30	42	6

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100