Stratford weather in April

In April, Stratford sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 94 mm of precipitation across 12.6 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 15°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 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Stratford's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Stratford's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 94 mm; 12.6 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 12 min; 5:48 AM – 7:00 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 7th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.8; out of 10

Stratford is city in Ontario, Canada.

Density: 1,435/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1859

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 9°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical April day in Stratford reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°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 20°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 7°C warmer than March and about 6°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)	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5

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

How April really feels in Stratford

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 25 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.

Stratford weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-2° / -9°	75	12.3	11	9.2	0.0
Feb	-1° / -10°	59	9.6	8.9	10.2	0.0
Mar	4° / -5°	68	10.9	6.4	11.6	0.3
Apr	12° / 2°	94	12.6	2.6	13.2	2.8
May	18° / 8°	99	12.2	0	14.5	5.5
Jun	23° / 13°	100	11.9	0	15.2	6.5
Jul	25° / 15°	100	11.9	0	14.9	6.6
Aug	24° / 14°	81	10.6	0	13.8	6.9
Sep	21° / 10°	89	10.2	0	12.3	6.4
Oct	14° / 5°	88	11.9	0.4	10.8	3.7
Nov	7° / -1°	80	12.1	4.7	9.5	0.7
Dec	1° / -6°	71	12.3	9.8	8.8	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 13% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

	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	34	33	32	33	33	33	34	35	35	35	35	34	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	37	38	38
Cloudier (%)	67	67	66	67	68	67	67	67	66	65	65	65	65	66	64	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	62	62	63	62	62

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	34	66
4	33	67
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	34	66
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	34	66
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	36	64
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	37	63
29	38	62
30	38	62

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Stratford gets around 94 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 41% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 3 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 (%)	39	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	42
Snow chance (%)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	11	10	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	15
2	40	15
3	40	15
4	41	15
5	41	15
6	41	14
7	42	14
8	42	14
9	41	13
10	41	12
11	41	12
12	41	11
13	41	10
14	40	9
15	40	8
16	40	8
17	41	7
18	41	6
19	41	6
20	41	5
21	42	5
22	42	4
23	42	4
24	43	3
25	43	3
26	43	3
27	43	2
28	43	2
29	43	2
30	42	1

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 98% 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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	96
Comfortable (%)	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Humid (%)	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	0	0	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	100	0	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	99	1	0
7	99	1	0
8	99	1	0
9	99	1	0
10	99	1	0
11	99	1	0
12	99	1	0
13	99	1	0
14	99	1	0
15	99	1	0
16	99	1	0
17	99	1	0
18	98	2	0
19	98	2	0
20	98	2	0
21	98	2	0
22	98	2	0
23	98	2	0
24	98	2	0
25	98	2	0
26	98	2	0
27	98	2	0
28	98	2	0
29	98	2	0
30	96	3	1

Wind in April

Winds average 15 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
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	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	14	light breeze
21	14	light breeze
22	14	light breeze
23	14	light breeze
24	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:15 AM to 5:26 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 7:16 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)	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:15	6:13	6:11	6:10	6:08	6:06	6:04	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:57	5:55	5:54	5:52	5:50	5:48	5:47	5:45	5:43	5:42	5:40	5:38	5:37	5:35	5:34	5:32	5:30	5:29	5:27	5:26
Sunset (PM)	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:15	6:42
2	12.5	6:13	6:43
3	12.5	6:11	6:44
4	12.6	6:10	6:45
5	12.6	6:08	6:47
6	12.7	6:06	6:48
7	12.7	6:04	6:49
8	12.8	6:02	6:50
9	12.8	6:01	6:51
10	12.9	5:59	6:53
11	12.9	5:57	6:54
12	13.0	5:55	6:55
13	13.0	5:54	6:56
14	13.1	5:52	6:57
15	13.1	5:50	6:58
16	13.2	5:48	7:00
17	13.2	5:47	7:01
18	13.3	5:45	7:02
19	13.3	5:43	7:03
20	13.4	5:42	7:04
21	13.4	5:40	7:06
22	13.5	5:38	7:07
23	13.5	5:37	7:08
24	13.6	5:35	7:09
25	13.6	5:34	7:10
26	13.7	5:32	7:12
27	13.7	5:30	7:13
28	13.8	5:29	7:14
29	13.8	5:27	7:15
30	13.8	5:26	7:16

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.3 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.94 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)	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5
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	4.4	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Stratford?

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

2.8

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 Stratford.

What to pack for Stratford in April

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

In April, Stratford sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

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UV index in Stratford 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 Stratford peaks around June 23 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	4	5	7	9	9	7	5	3	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Stratford?

Stratford sits at 43.4°N, 80.9°W, 365 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Woodstock, 31 km away.

Topography around Stratford

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Stratford has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m around an average of 363 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 417 m.

The land around Stratford is covered by cropland (49%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, cropland (75%) within 16 km, and cropland (65%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

40 m

cropland 49%

16 km

115 m

cropland 75%

80 km

417 m

cropland 65%

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

April weather nearby: Woodstock 31 km · Forest Heights 35 km · Kitchener 36 km · Waterloo 37 km · London 48 km · Cambridge 52 km · Hespeler 52 km · Christopher-Champlain 52 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 Stratford (43.3668°, -80.9497°, elevation 365 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	8	-1
2	9	-1
3	9	-1
4	9	0
5	9	0
6	9	0
7	10	0
8	10	0
9	10	0
10	10	1
11	11	1
12	11	1
13	11	1
14	12	1
15	12	2
16	12	2
17	12	2
18	13	2
19	13	2
20	13	3
21	13	3
22	13	3
23	14	3
24	14	3
25	14	3
26	14	4
27	14	4
28	15	4
29	15	4
30	15	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	34	66
4	33	67
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	34	66
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	34	66
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	36	64
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	37	63
29	38	62
30	38	62

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	15
2	40	15
3	40	15
4	41	15
5	41	15
6	41	14
7	42	14
8	42	14
9	41	13
10	41	12
11	41	12
12	41	11
13	41	10
14	40	9
15	40	8
16	40	8
17	41	7
18	41	6
19	41	6
20	41	5
21	42	5
22	42	4
23	42	4
24	43	3
25	43	3
26	43	3
27	43	2
28	43	2
29	43	2
30	42	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	100	0	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	99	1	0
7	99	1	0
8	99	1	0
9	99	1	0
10	99	1	0
11	99	1	0
12	99	1	0
13	99	1	0
14	99	1	0
15	99	1	0
16	99	1	0
17	99	1	0
18	98	2	0
19	98	2	0
20	98	2	0
21	98	2	0
22	98	2	0
23	98	2	0
24	98	2	0
25	98	2	0
26	98	2	0
27	98	2	0
28	98	2	0
29	98	2	0
30	96	3	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	34	66
4	33	67
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	34	66
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	34	66
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	36	64
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	37	63
29	38	62
30	38	62

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	15
2	40	15
3	40	15
4	41	15
5	41	15
6	41	14
7	42	14
8	42	14
9	41	13
10	41	12
11	41	12
12	41	11
13	41	10
14	40	9
15	40	8
16	40	8
17	41	7
18	41	6
19	41	6
20	41	5
21	42	5
22	42	4
23	42	4
24	43	3
25	43	3
26	43	3
27	43	2
28	43	2
29	43	2
30	42	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	100	0	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	99	1	0
7	99	1	0
8	99	1	0
9	99	1	0
10	99	1	0
11	99	1	0
12	99	1	0
13	99	1	0
14	99	1	0
15	99	1	0
16	99	1	0
17	99	1	0
18	98	2	0
19	98	2	0
20	98	2	0
21	98	2	0
22	98	2	0
23	98	2	0
24	98	2	0
25	98	2	0
26	98	2	0
27	98	2	0
28	98	2	0
29	98	2	0
30	96	3	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	34	66
4	33	67
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	34	66
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	34	66
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	36	64
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	37	63
29	38	62
30	38	62

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	15
2	40	15
3	40	15
4	41	15
5	41	15
6	41	14
7	42	14
8	42	14
9	41	13
10	41	12
11	41	12
12	41	11
13	41	10
14	40	9
15	40	8
16	40	8
17	41	7
18	41	6
19	41	6
20	41	5
21	42	5
22	42	4
23	42	4
24	43	3
25	43	3
26	43	3
27	43	2
28	43	2
29	43	2
30	42	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	100	0	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	99	1	0
7	99	1	0
8	99	1	0
9	99	1	0
10	99	1	0
11	99	1	0
12	99	1	0
13	99	1	0
14	99	1	0
15	99	1	0
16	99	1	0
17	99	1	0
18	98	2	0
19	98	2	0
20	98	2	0
21	98	2	0
22	98	2	0
23	98	2	0
24	98	2	0
25	98	2	0
26	98	2	0
27	98	2	0
28	98	2	0
29	98	2	0
30	96	3	1