Avon weather in April

In April, Avon sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 51 mm of rain across 10.3 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 17°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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Avon's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Avon's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 51 mm; 10.3 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 24 min; 6:07 AM – 7:32 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 5th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.53 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

← March Avon 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 14°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical April day in Avon reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8

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

How April really feels in Avon

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.

Avon weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 10th-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° / 2°	56	11.6	1	8.6	0.7
Feb	8° / 2°	50	9.8	1.1	9.9	1.3
Mar	12° / 4°	52	10.8	0.5	11.6	3.1
Apr	15° / 6°	51	10.3	0	13.4	4.6
May	19° / 10°	63	10.9	0	15	5.8
Jun	23° / 13°	52	10	0	15.8	6.6
Jul	25° / 15°	53	8.8	0	15.5	7.0
Aug	25° / 14°	55	8.8	0	14.1	7.0
Sep	21° / 11°	49	8.2	0	12.4	6.6
Oct	16° / 8°	64	11	0	10.6	4.8
Nov	11° / 5°	61	11.7	0.3	9	2.3
Dec	7° / 3°	72	12.6	0.9	8.2	1.0

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 14% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%. 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	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	37	36	35	35	34	33	33	32	32	32	30	30	30
Cloudier (%)	63	63	63	63	63	62	62	62	62	62	61	61	61	61	61	62	62	63	64	65	65	66	67	67	68	68	68	70	70	70

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	38	62
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	38	62
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	37	63
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	34	66
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Avon gets around 51 mm of rain over 10.3 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 34% and peaks near 40% 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 (%)	36	35	35	35	34	33	33	32	32	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	32	33	35	36	37	37	38	39	39	40	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	34
6	33
7	33
8	32
9	32
10	31
11	31
12	30
13	30
14	30
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	33
22	35
23	36
24	37
25	37
26	38
27	39
28	39
29	40
30	40

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	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	97	97	97
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	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	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3

Wind in April

Winds average 13 km/h in April.

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	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	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	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	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 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 102 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:38 AM to 5:40 AM, and sunset from 7:10 PM to 7:53 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	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	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	14.2	14.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:38	6:36	6:34	6:32	6:29	6:27	6:25	6:23	6:21	6:19	6:17	6:15	6:13	6:11	6:09	6:07	6:05	6:03	6:01	5:59	5:57	5:55	5:53	5:51	5:49	5:47	5:46	5:44	5:42	5:40
Sunset (PM)	7:10	7:11	7:13	7:14	7:16	7:17	7:19	7:20	7:22	7:23	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:29	7:30	7:32	7:33	7:35	7:36	7:38	7:39	7:41	7:42	7:44	7:45	7:47	7:48	7:50	7:51	7:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:38	7:10
2	12.6	6:36	7:11
3	12.6	6:34	7:13
4	12.7	6:32	7:14
5	12.8	6:29	7:16
6	12.8	6:27	7:17
7	12.9	6:25	7:19
8	12.9	6:23	7:20
9	13.0	6:21	7:22
10	13.1	6:19	7:23
11	13.1	6:17	7:25
12	13.2	6:15	7:26
13	13.2	6:13	7:27
14	13.3	6:11	7:29
15	13.4	6:09	7:30
16	13.4	6:07	7:32
17	13.5	6:05	7:33
18	13.5	6:03	7:35
19	13.6	6:01	7:36
20	13.7	5:59	7:38
21	13.7	5:57	7:39
22	13.8	5:55	7:41
23	13.8	5:53	7:42
24	13.9	5:51	7:44
25	13.9	5:49	7:45
26	14.0	5:47	7:47
27	14.0	5:46	7:48
28	14.1	5:44	7:50
29	14.2	5:42	7:51
30	14.2	5:40	7:53

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.79 kWh/m² to a high of 5.63 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.53 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)	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8
Level	Moderate	Moderate	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	3.9	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	4.0	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.1	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Avon?

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

4.6

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.5

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Avon for sightseeing.

What to pack for Avon in April

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

In April, Avon sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Avon 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 Avon peaks around July 15 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 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	3	5	6	7	7	7	4	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

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

Air quality in Avon in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Avon is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	13	13	16	16	14	14	11	12	12	11	11	11
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	13	Moderate
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	16	Moderate
Apr	16	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	11	Good
Aug	12	Good
Sep	12	Good
Oct	11	Good
Nov	11	Good
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Avon?

Avon sits at 48.4°N, 2.7°E, 81 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Fontainebleau, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Avon

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Avon has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 123 m around an average of 94 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 296 m.

The land around Avon is covered by trees (83%) within 3 km, trees (61%) and cropland (27%) within 16 km, and cropland (55%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

123 m

trees 83%

16 km

129 m

trees 61%

80 km

296 m

cropland 55%

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

April weather nearby: Fontainebleau 2.0 km · Dammarie-les-Lys 14 km · Le Mée-sur-Seine 16 km · Melun 17 km · Montereau-Fault-Yonne 17 km · Savigny-le-Temple 22 km · Moissy-Cramayel 26 km · Corbeil-Essonnes 28 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 Avon (48.4022°, 2.7202°, elevation 81 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	14	5
2	14	5
3	14	5
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	14	5
7	14	5
8	15	5
9	15	5
10	15	5
11	15	5
12	15	5
13	15	6
14	15	6
15	15	6
16	16	6
17	16	6
18	16	6
19	16	6
20	16	6
21	16	7
22	16	7
23	16	7
24	17	7
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	17	8
29	17	8
30	17	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	38	62
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	38	62
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	37	63
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	34	66
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	34
6	33
7	33
8	32
9	32
10	31
11	31
12	30
13	30
14	30
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	33
22	35
23	36
24	37
25	37
26	38
27	39
28	39
29	40
30	40

	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	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	38	62
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	38	62
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	37	63
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	34	66
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	34
6	33
7	33
8	32
9	32
10	31
11	31
12	30
13	30
14	30
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	33
22	35
23	36
24	37
25	37
26	38
27	39
28	39
29	40
30	40

	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	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	38	62
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	38	62
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	37	63
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	34	66
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	34
6	33
7	33
8	32
9	32
10	31
11	31
12	30
13	30
14	30
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	33
22	35
23	36
24	37
25	37
26	38
27	39
28	39
29	40
30	40

	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	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3