Alès weather in April

In April, Alès sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 99 mm of rain across 9.5 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 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% 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 13 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Alès's 7th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alès's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 99 mm; 9.5 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 12 min; 6:07 AM – 7:21 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 7th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.22 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.0; out of 10

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical April day in Alès reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 23°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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9

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

How April really feels in Alès

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

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Alès 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	10° / 2°	90	9.1	1.2	9.1	2.4
Feb	12° / 2°	57	6.6	0.6	10.2	3.3
Mar	15° / 5°	72	7	0.2	11.6	5.2
Apr	18° / 7°	99	9.5	0	13.2	6.0
May	22° / 11°	82	8.9	0	14.5	6.9
Jun	27° / 14°	49	6.7	0	15.2	7.2
Jul	30° / 17°	35	4.7	0	15	6.1
Aug	29° / 16°	56	6.2	0	13.8	6.3
Sep	24° / 13°	128	7.4	0	12.3	7.4
Oct	19° / 10°	174	11.7	0	10.8	5.9
Nov	14° / 6°	155	10.7	0.1	9.4	4.0
Dec	11° / 3°	96	9.1	0.4	8.8	2.6

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	56	56	57	57	57	57	56	55	55	55	54	54	53	54	54	53	53	52	51	51	51	50	50
Cloudier (%)	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	43	43	43	43	44	45	45	45	46	46	47	46	46	47	47	48	49	49	49	50	50

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	56	44
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	53	47
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	52	48
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	50	50
30	50	50

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Alès gets around 99 mm of rain over 9.5 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 31% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	27
3	27
4	28
5	28
6	28
7	28
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	32
22	33
23	34
24	34
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	35

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 99% 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	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	96	96	95
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	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	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	95	5

Wind in April

Winds average 10 km/h in April, the windiest month of the year.

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of April to 13 h 54 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 6:35 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 7:02 PM to 7:38 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	12.6	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	13.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:35	6:33	6:31	6:29	6:27	6:25	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:18	6:16	6:14	6:13	6:11	6:09	6:07	6:06	6:04	6:02	6:00	5:59	5:57	5:55	5:54	5:52	5:50	5:49	5:47	5:46	5:44
Sunset (PM)	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:37	7:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:35	7:02
2	12.5	6:33	7:03
3	12.6	6:31	7:04
4	12.6	6:29	7:06
5	12.7	6:27	7:07
6	12.7	6:25	7:08
7	12.8	6:23	7:09
8	12.8	6:22	7:11
9	12.9	6:20	7:12
10	12.9	6:18	7:13
11	13.0	6:16	7:14
12	13.0	6:14	7:16
13	13.1	6:13	7:17
14	13.1	6:11	7:18
15	13.2	6:09	7:19
16	13.2	6:07	7:21
17	13.3	6:06	7:22
18	13.3	6:04	7:23
19	13.4	6:02	7:24
20	13.4	6:00	7:25
21	13.5	5:59	7:27
22	13.5	5:57	7:28
23	13.6	5:55	7:29
24	13.6	5:54	7:30
25	13.7	5:52	7:32
26	13.7	5:50	7:33
27	13.8	5:49	7:34
28	13.8	5:47	7:35
29	13.8	5:46	7:37
30	13.9	5:44	7:38

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.45 kWh/m² to a high of 7.02 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 5.22 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)	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	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	4.7	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Alès

In seasonPeak

In April, Alès sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Alès's rainy season runs September–January, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Alès?

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

6.0

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

2.1

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Alès for sightseeing.

What to pack for Alès in April

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

In April, Alès sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Alès 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 Alès peaks around July 16 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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	7	9	7	5	3	2	1
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	7	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Alès?

Alès sits at 44.1°N, 4.1°E, 135 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Nîmes, 39 km away.

Topography around Alès

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alès has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 237 m around an average of 172 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 818 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,702 m.

The land around Alès is covered by trees (53%) and artificial surfaces (37%) within 3 km, trees (72%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) within 80 km.

3 km

237 m

trees 53%

16 km

818 m

trees 72%

80 km

1,702 m

trees 58%

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

April weather nearby: Nîmes 39 km · Bagnols-sur-Cèze 43 km · Lunel 50 km · Castelnau-le-Lez 56 km · Mauguio 57 km · Orange 58 km · Montpellier 59 km · Avignon 61 km

France travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
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GDP per capita: $48,986; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
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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 Alès (44.1249°, 4.0808°, elevation 135 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	17	6
2	17	6
3	17	6
4	17	6
5	17	6
6	17	6
7	17	6
8	17	7
9	17	7
10	18	7
11	18	7
12	18	7
13	18	7
14	18	7
15	18	7
16	18	7
17	18	7
18	18	7
19	18	7
20	19	8
21	19	8
22	19	8
23	19	8
24	19	8
25	19	8
26	19	8
27	19	9
28	19	9
29	20	9
30	20	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	56	44
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	53	47
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	52	48
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	50	50
30	50	50

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	27
3	27
4	28
5	28
6	28
7	28
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	32
22	33
23	34
24	34
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	35

	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	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	95	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	56	44
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	53	47
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	52	48
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	50	50
30	50	50

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	27
3	27
4	28
5	28
6	28
7	28
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	32
22	33
23	34
24	34
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	35

	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	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	95	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	56	44
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	53	47
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	52	48
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	50	50
30	50	50

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	27
3	27
4	28
5	28
6	28
7	28
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	32
22	33
23	34
24	34
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	35

	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	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	95	5