Shawinigan weather in April

In April, Shawinigan sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 97 mm of precipitation across 11.4 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 6°C in the first days to 13°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 Shawinigan's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shawinigan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: -0°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 97 mm; 11.4 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 18 min; 5:11 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 10th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.72 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.9; out of 10

Shawinigan is city in Québec, Canada.

Density: 48/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1901

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 6°C in the first days to 13°C by the end.

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

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

How April really feels in Shawinigan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 28 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.

Shawinigan weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-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	-7° / -16°	75	10.4	10	8.8	0.0
Feb	-5° / -15°	60	8.3	8.5	10	0.0
Mar	1° / -8°	75	9.8	7	11.6	0.0
Apr	10° / -0°	97	11.4	3.5	13.3	1.9
May	18° / 7°	88	12.3	0.3	14.8	5.3
Jun	23° / 13°	101	11.7	0	15.6	6.4
Jul	25° / 15°	103	12.6	0	15.2	6.3
Aug	24° / 14°	96	11.3	0	14	6.7
Sep	19° / 10°	99	10.9	0	12.4	5.9
Oct	12° / 4°	108	11.7	1.1	10.7	2.8
Nov	4° / -3°	88	10.9	5.2	9.2	0.2
Dec	-3° / -11°	87	11.1	10	8.4	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% 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 (%)	35	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	33	34	34	34	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	36	36	36	36
Cloudier (%)	65	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	66	66	66	67	66	66	66	65	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	64	64	64	64

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Shawinigan gets around 97 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 40% 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 (%)	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	39
Snow chance (%)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	18
2	36	18
3	36	18
4	36	18
5	36	18
6	36	18
7	36	18
8	36	17
9	36	17
10	36	16
11	36	15
12	36	14
13	36	13
14	36	12
15	37	11
16	37	10
17	38	9
18	38	9
19	39	8
20	39	7
21	39	7
22	39	6
23	40	6
24	40	5
25	40	5
26	40	5
27	40	4
28	40	4
29	40	4
30	39	3

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	99	99	99	99	98	98
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	1	1	1	1	2	2

	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	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	98	2
30	98	2

Wind in April

Winds average 13 km/h in April, the windiest month of the year.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

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 5:41 AM to 4:46 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:50 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	12.9	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:41	5:39	5:37	5:35	5:33	5:31	5:29	5:27	5:25	5:23	5:21	5:19	5:17	5:15	5:13	5:11	5:09	5:08	5:06	5:04	5:02	5:00	4:58	4:57	4:55	4:53	4:51	4:50	4:48	4:46
Sunset (PM)	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:19	6:20	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:30	6:31	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:45	6:46	6:48	6:49	6:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	5:41	6:11
2	12.6	5:39	6:12
3	12.6	5:37	6:13
4	12.7	5:35	6:15
5	12.7	5:33	6:16
6	12.8	5:31	6:17
7	12.8	5:29	6:19
8	12.9	5:27	6:20
9	12.9	5:25	6:22
10	13.0	5:23	6:23
11	13.1	5:21	6:24
12	13.1	5:19	6:26
13	13.2	5:17	6:27
14	13.2	5:15	6:28
15	13.3	5:13	6:30
16	13.3	5:11	6:31
17	13.4	5:09	6:33
18	13.4	5:08	6:34
19	13.5	5:06	6:35
20	13.5	5:04	6:37
21	13.6	5:02	6:38
22	13.7	5:00	6:39
23	13.7	4:58	6:41
24	13.8	4:57	6:42
25	13.8	4:55	6:43
26	13.9	4:53	6:45
27	13.9	4:51	6:46
28	14.0	4:50	6:48
29	14.0	4:48	6:49
30	14.1	4:46	6:50

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.19 kWh/m² to a high of 5.85 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.72 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	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1
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	4.6	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	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Shawinigan?

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

1.9

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 Shawinigan.

What to pack for Shawinigan in April

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

In April, Shawinigan sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near -0°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 Shawinigan 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 Shawinigan 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 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	4	4	6	6	8	3	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Moderate	High	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	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Shawinigan?

Shawinigan sits at 46.6°N, 72.7°W, 123 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Trois-Rivières, 29 km away.

Topography around Shawinigan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shawinigan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 196 m around an average of 126 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 350 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 709 m.

The land around Shawinigan is covered by trees (55%) within 3 km, trees (73%) within 16 km, and trees (70%) within 80 km.

3 km

196 m

trees 55%

16 km

350 m

trees 73%

80 km

709 m

trees 70%

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

April weather nearby: Trois-Rivières 29 km · Sorel-Tracy 65 km · Drummondville 79 km · Saint-Charles-Borromée 80 km · Joliette 80 km · Victoriaville 83 km · L'Assomption 98 km · Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures 101 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 Shawinigan (46.5667°, -72.7491°, elevation 123 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	6	-3
4	6	-3
5	6	-3
6	6	-2
7	7	-2
8	7	-2
9	7	-2
10	8	-1
11	8	-1
12	8	-1
13	9	-1
14	9	0
15	9	0
16	10	0
17	10	0
18	10	1
19	11	1
20	11	1
21	11	1
22	12	2
23	12	2
24	12	2
25	13	2
26	13	3
27	13	3
28	14	3
29	14	3
30	14	4

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	18
2	36	18
3	36	18
4	36	18
5	36	18
6	36	18
7	36	18
8	36	17
9	36	17
10	36	16
11	36	15
12	36	14
13	36	13
14	36	12
15	37	11
16	37	10
17	38	9
18	38	9
19	39	8
20	39	7
21	39	7
22	39	6
23	40	6
24	40	5
25	40	5
26	40	5
27	40	4
28	40	4
29	40	4
30	39	3

	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	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	98	2
30	98	2

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	18
2	36	18
3	36	18
4	36	18
5	36	18
6	36	18
7	36	18
8	36	17
9	36	17
10	36	16
11	36	15
12	36	14
13	36	13
14	36	12
15	37	11
16	37	10
17	38	9
18	38	9
19	39	8
20	39	7
21	39	7
22	39	6
23	40	6
24	40	5
25	40	5
26	40	5
27	40	4
28	40	4
29	40	4
30	39	3

	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	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	98	2
30	98	2

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	18
2	36	18
3	36	18
4	36	18
5	36	18
6	36	18
7	36	18
8	36	17
9	36	17
10	36	16
11	36	15
12	36	14
13	36	13
14	36	12
15	37	11
16	37	10
17	38	9
18	38	9
19	39	8
20	39	7
21	39	7
22	39	6
23	40	6
24	40	5
25	40	5
26	40	5
27	40	4
28	40	4
29	40	4
30	39	3

	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	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	98	2
30	98	2