Quebec City weather in April

In April, Quebec City sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 104 mm of precipitation across 11.4 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 5°C in the first days to 13°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Quebec City's 10th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Quebec City's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 9°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: -1°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 104 mm; 11.4 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 18 min; 5:05 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 10th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.69 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.7; out of 10

Quebec City is capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada.

Density: 1,096/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1608

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 5°C in the first days to 13°C by the end.

A typical April day in Quebec City reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to -1°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 8°C warmer than March and about 8°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)	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	14
Avg low (°C)	-4	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3

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

How April really feels in Quebec City

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.

Quebec City weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-7° / -15°	83	11.8	11.8	8.8	0.0
Feb	-5° / -14°	68	9.8	9.7	10	0.0
Mar	1° / -8°	81	10.7	8.2	11.6	0.0
Apr	9° / -1°	104	11.4	4.5	13.3	1.7
May	17° / 6°	101	13.1	0.3	14.8	5.1
Jun	22° / 12°	118	12.4	0	15.6	6.2
Jul	25° / 15°	120	14.2	0	15.3	6.2
Aug	24° / 14°	113	13.1	0	14	6.5
Sep	19° / 9°	109	11.6	0	12.4	5.7
Oct	11° / 3°	125	12.2	1.2	10.6	2.8
Nov	4° / -3°	98	12.6	6	9.2	0.2
Dec	-3° / -11°	101	12.6	11.3	8.4	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

	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 (%)	33	33	32	32	32	33	33	32	32	33	34	35	35	34	35	36	36	36	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	36
Cloudier (%)	67	67	68	68	68	67	67	68	68	67	66	65	65	66	65	64	64	64	63	63	64	64	64	65	65	65	65	65	65	64

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	34	66
15	35	65
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	36	64

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Quebec City gets around 104 mm of rain and snow over 11.4 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 38% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days, and about 5 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 (%)	36	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	41
Snow chance (%)	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	36	22
2	37	22
3	37	22
4	37	22
5	37	21
6	36	21
7	36	21
8	36	20
9	36	19
10	36	18
11	36	17
12	36	16
13	36	15
14	37	14
15	37	13
16	37	13
17	38	12
18	38	11
19	39	11
20	39	10
21	40	10
22	40	9
23	40	9
24	41	8
25	41	8
26	41	7
27	41	7
28	41	6
29	41	6
30	41	5

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	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

Wind in April

Winds average 11 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of April to 14 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:34 AM to 4:40 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:45 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	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	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	14.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:34	5:32	5:30	5:28	5:26	5:24	5:22	5:20	5:18	5:16	5:14	5:13	5:11	5:09	5:07	5:05	5:03	5:01	4:59	4:57	4:55	4:54	4:52	4:50	4:48	4:47	4:45	4:43	4:41	4:40
Sunset (PM)	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:13	6:14	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:20	6:21	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:27	6:28	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:38	6:39	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	5:34	6:05
2	12.6	5:32	6:06
3	12.6	5:30	6:07
4	12.7	5:28	6:09
5	12.7	5:26	6:10
6	12.8	5:24	6:11
7	12.8	5:22	6:13
8	12.9	5:20	6:14
9	13.0	5:18	6:16
10	13.0	5:16	6:17
11	13.1	5:14	6:18
12	13.1	5:13	6:20
13	13.2	5:11	6:21
14	13.2	5:09	6:23
15	13.3	5:07	6:24
16	13.3	5:05	6:25
17	13.4	5:03	6:27
18	13.5	5:01	6:28
19	13.5	4:59	6:30
20	13.6	4:57	6:31
21	13.6	4:55	6:32
22	13.7	4:54	6:34
23	13.7	4:52	6:35
24	13.8	4:50	6:36
25	13.8	4:48	6:38
26	13.9	4:47	6:39
27	13.9	4:45	6:41
28	14.0	4:43	6:42
29	14.0	4:41	6:43
30	14.1	4:40	6:45

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.16 kWh/m² to a high of 5.78 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.69 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)	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
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	4.3	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Quebec City?

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

1.7

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Quebec City.

What to pack for Quebec City in April

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

In April, Quebec City sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near -1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Quebec City in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Quebec City peaks around July 13 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 10 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	4	4	6	6	8	3	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Quebec City?

Quebec City sits at 46.8°N, 71.2°W, 54 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is La Cité-Limoilou, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Quebec City

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Quebec City has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 602 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,170 m.

The land around Quebec City is covered by artificial surfaces (46%) and water (30%) within 3 km, trees (47%) within 16 km, and trees (74%) within 80 km.

3 km

115 m

artificial surfaces 46%

16 km

602 m

trees 47%

80 km

1,170 m

trees 74%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

← March Quebec City year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: La Cité-Limoilou 2.0 km · Lévis 3.0 km · Les Rivières 4.0 km · Beauport 5.0 km · Sainte-Foy 7.0 km · L'Ancienne-Lorette 11 km · Neufchâtel-Est–Lebourgneuf 11 km · Charlesbourg 12 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
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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 Quebec City (46.8123°, -71.2145°, elevation 54 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. 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	5	-4
2	5	-3
3	5	-3
4	6	-3
5	6	-3
6	6	-3
7	6	-2
8	7	-2
9	7	-2
10	7	-2
11	8	-2
12	8	-1
13	8	-1
14	9	-1
15	9	-1
16	9	-1
17	10	0
18	10	0
19	10	0
20	10	0
21	11	1
22	11	1
23	11	1
24	12	1
25	12	2
26	12	2
27	13	2
28	13	2
29	13	3
30	14	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	34	66
15	35	65
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	36	64

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	36	22
2	37	22
3	37	22
4	37	22
5	37	21
6	36	21
7	36	21
8	36	20
9	36	19
10	36	18
11	36	17
12	36	16
13	36	15
14	37	14
15	37	13
16	37	13
17	38	12
18	38	11
19	39	11
20	39	10
21	40	10
22	40	9
23	40	9
24	41	8
25	41	8
26	41	7
27	41	7
28	41	6
29	41	6
30	41	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	34	66
15	35	65
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	36	64

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	36	22
2	37	22
3	37	22
4	37	22
5	37	21
6	36	21
7	36	21
8	36	20
9	36	19
10	36	18
11	36	17
12	36	16
13	36	15
14	37	14
15	37	13
16	37	13
17	38	12
18	38	11
19	39	11
20	39	10
21	40	10
22	40	9
23	40	9
24	41	8
25	41	8
26	41	7
27	41	7
28	41	6
29	41	6
30	41	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	34	66
15	35	65
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	36	64

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	36	22
2	37	22
3	37	22
4	37	22
5	37	21
6	36	21
7	36	21
8	36	20
9	36	19
10	36	18
11	36	17
12	36	16
13	36	15
14	37	14
15	37	13
16	37	13
17	38	12
18	38	11
19	39	11
20	39	10
21	40	10
22	40	9
23	40	9
24	41	8
25	41	8
26	41	7
27	41	7
28	41	6
29	41	6
30	41	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1