Angoulême weather in April

In April, Angoulême sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 75 mm of rain across 11.8 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 15°C in the first days to 18°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 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Angoulême's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Angoulême's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 75 mm; 11.8 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 18 min; 6:21 AM – 7:38 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 6th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.7 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.9; out of 10

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 9.2 µg/m³ · 2019

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 15°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical April day in Angoulême reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 22°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)	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9

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

How April really feels in Angoulême

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.

Angoulême 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	9° / 3°	80	12.2	0.7	8.9	1.6
Feb	10° / 3°	61	9.9	0.6	10.1	2.2
Mar	14° / 5°	65	11	0.1	11.6	3.9
Apr	17° / 7°	75	11.8	0	13.3	4.9
May	20° / 10°	75	12.1	0	14.7	5.9
Jun	24° / 13°	64	9.8	0	15.4	6.8
Jul	26° / 15°	48	8.3	0	15.1	7.0
Aug	26° / 15°	57	7.9	0	13.9	7.1
Sep	23° / 12°	58	8.7	0	12.3	6.9
Oct	18° / 10°	77	11.6	0	10.7	5.5
Nov	13° / 6°	84	12.7	0	9.3	3.1
Dec	9° / 3°	86	12.4	0.2	8.6	1.9

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 17% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%. 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 (%)	37	38	38	38	39	39	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	41	40	40	39	38	38	37	36	36	35	35	34	33	33
Cloudier (%)	63	62	62	62	61	61	60	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	58	58	59	60	60	61	62	62	63	64	64	65	65	66	67	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	40	60
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	41	59
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	39	61
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	37	63
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	33	67

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Angoulême gets around 75 mm of rain over 11.8 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 39% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	38	38	37	37	37	36	36	36	37	37	37	38	39	39	40	41	41	42	42	43	43	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	39
7	39
8	39
9	38
10	38
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	36
15	36
16	36
17	37
18	37
19	37
20	38
21	39
22	39
23	40
24	41
25	41
26	42
27	42
28	43
29	43
30	43

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	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	96	96	96	95	94	94
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	6	6

	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	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	95	5
29	94	6
30	94	6

Wind in April

Winds average 12 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 11 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	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	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	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	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 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 6:50 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 7:18 PM to 7:57 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	12.8	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	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	14.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:50	6:48	6:46	6:44	6:42	6:40	6:38	6:36	6:34	6:32	6:30	6:28	6:27	6:25	6:23	6:21	6:19	6:17	6:16	6:14	6:12	6:10	6:08	6:07	6:05	6:03	6:02	6:00	5:58	5:57
Sunset (PM)	7:18	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:57

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:50	7:18
2	12.5	6:48	7:20
3	12.6	6:46	7:21
4	12.6	6:44	7:22
5	12.7	6:42	7:24
6	12.8	6:40	7:25
7	12.8	6:38	7:26
8	12.9	6:36	7:28
9	12.9	6:34	7:29
10	13.0	6:32	7:30
11	13.0	6:30	7:32
12	13.1	6:28	7:33
13	13.1	6:27	7:34
14	13.2	6:25	7:36
15	13.2	6:23	7:37
16	13.3	6:21	7:38
17	13.3	6:19	7:40
18	13.4	6:17	7:41
19	13.4	6:16	7:42
20	13.5	6:14	7:44
21	13.5	6:12	7:45
22	13.6	6:10	7:46
23	13.7	6:08	7:47
24	13.7	6:07	7:49
25	13.8	6:05	7:50
26	13.8	6:03	7:51
27	13.9	6:02	7:53
28	13.9	6:00	7:54
29	13.9	5:58	7:55
30	14.0	5:57	7:57

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.1 kWh/m² to a high of 6.01 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.7 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	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	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	4.2	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	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	4.8	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	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 Angoulême?

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

4.9

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

1.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Angoulême for sightseeing.

What to pack for Angoulême in April

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

In April, Angoulême sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

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UV index in Angoulême in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Angoulême peaks around July 20 at about 8 (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	6	6	7	8	7	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	6	High
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Angoulême?

Angoulême sits at 45.6°N, 0.2°E, 105 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Cognac, 38 km away.

Topography around Angoulême

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Angoulême has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 121 m around an average of 66 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 220 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 568 m.

The land around Angoulême is covered by artificial surfaces (49%) and trees (38%) within 3 km, cropland (37%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and trees (37%), cropland (36%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

121 m

artificial surfaces 49%

16 km

220 m

cropland 37%

80 km

568 m

trees 37%

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

April weather nearby: Cognac 38 km · Saintes 62 km · Périgueux 68 km · Limoges 87 km · Libourne 87 km · Niort 89 km · Royan 92 km · Bergerac 92 km

France travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 77% of US; price level, 2025
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
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 539
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 Angoulême (45.65°, 0.1535°, elevation 105 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	15	6
2	15	6
3	15	6
4	15	6
5	15	6
6	16	6
7	16	6
8	16	6
9	16	6
10	16	6
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	7
14	16	7
15	16	7
16	17	7
17	17	7
18	17	7
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	17	8
23	17	8
24	17	8
25	18	8
26	18	8
27	18	8
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	18	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	40	60
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	41	59
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	39	61
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	37	63
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	39
7	39
8	39
9	38
10	38
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	36
15	36
16	36
17	37
18	37
19	37
20	38
21	39
22	39
23	40
24	41
25	41
26	42
27	42
28	43
29	43
30	43

	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	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	95	5
29	94	6
30	94	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	40	60
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	41	59
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	39	61
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	37	63
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	39
7	39
8	39
9	38
10	38
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	36
15	36
16	36
17	37
18	37
19	37
20	38
21	39
22	39
23	40
24	41
25	41
26	42
27	42
28	43
29	43
30	43

	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	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	95	5
29	94	6
30	94	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	40	60
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	41	59
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	39	61
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	37	63
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	39
7	39
8	39
9	38
10	38
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	36
15	36
16	36
17	37
18	37
19	37
20	38
21	39
22	39
23	40
24	41
25	41
26	42
27	42
28	43
29	43
30	43

	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	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	95	5
29	94	6
30	94	6