Belfort weather in April

In April, Belfort sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 83 mm of precipitation across 13.1 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 16°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 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 Belfort's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Belfort's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 83 mm; 13.1 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 24 min; 5:51 AM – 7:14 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 5th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.56 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

Air quality: Good; PM10 15.2 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 12°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical April day in Belfort reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 4°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)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7

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

How April really feels in Belfort

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.

Belfort weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	4° / -1°	123	14.1	6.4	8.7	0.0
Feb	5° / -1°	102	12	6.2	9.9	0.2
Mar	10° / 2°	104	13.4	3.7	11.6	2.1
Apr	14° / 5°	83	13.1	1.1	13.3	3.7
May	18° / 9°	109	15.1	0.1	14.9	5.0
Jun	22° / 12°	87	13.5	0	15.7	5.9
Jul	24° / 14°	82	13.6	0	15.4	6.4
Aug	23° / 14°	83	12.5	0	14.1	6.6
Sep	19° / 10°	92	11.6	0	12.4	5.7
Oct	14° / 7°	107	12.8	0.3	10.6	3.6
Nov	8° / 3°	114	13.6	2.7	9.1	1.1
Dec	4° / 0°	143	15.5	6.4	8.3	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 15% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

	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	38	38	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	41	42	42	41	41	41	40	40	40	38	38	37	35	35	34	34	33	31
Cloudier (%)	63	63	63	62	62	61	61	61	60	60	60	60	59	58	58	59	59	59	60	60	60	62	62	63	65	65	66	66	67	69

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	37	63
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	31	69

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Belfort gets around 83 mm of rain and snow over 13.1 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 44% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings 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 (%)	44	44	43	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	40	40	41	41	42	43	43	44	45	46	47	47	48	49	49	50
Snow chance (%)	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	44	7
2	44	7
3	43	6
4	43	6
5	42	6
6	42	6
7	42	5
8	42	5
9	42	5
10	42	5
11	41	5
12	41	5
13	41	5
14	41	4
15	40	4
16	40	4
17	41	4
18	41	4
19	42	3
20	43	3
21	43	3
22	44	3
23	45	3
24	46	2
25	47	2
26	47	2
27	48	2
28	49	2
29	49	2
30	50	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 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	100	100	100	100	100	99
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	0	0	0	0	0	1

	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	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1

Wind in April

Winds average 10 km/h in April.

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	9	9	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	9	calm
22	9	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 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 6:22 AM to 5:26 AM, and sunset from 6:53 PM to 7:34 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	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:22	6:20	6:18	6:16	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	5:38	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:31	5:29	5:27	5:26
Sunset (PM)	6:53	6:54	6:56	6:57	6:58	7:00	7:01	7:03	7:04	7:06	7:07	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:13	7:14	7:16	7:17	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:23	7:24	7:26	7:27	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:33	7:34

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:22	6:53
2	12.6	6:20	6:54
3	12.6	6:18	6:56
4	12.7	6:16	6:57
5	12.7	6:13	6:58
6	12.8	6:11	7:00
7	12.9	6:09	7:01
8	12.9	6:07	7:03
9	13.0	6:05	7:04
10	13.0	6:03	7:06
11	13.1	6:01	7:07
12	13.2	5:59	7:09
13	13.2	5:57	7:10
14	13.3	5:55	7:11
15	13.3	5:53	7:13
16	13.4	5:51	7:14
17	13.4	5:49	7:16
18	13.5	5:47	7:17
19	13.6	5:46	7:19
20	13.6	5:44	7:20
21	13.7	5:42	7:21
22	13.7	5:40	7:23
23	13.8	5:38	7:24
24	13.8	5:36	7:26
25	13.9	5:34	7:27
26	13.9	5:33	7:29
27	14.0	5:31	7:30
28	14.0	5:29	7:31
29	14.1	5:27	7:33
30	14.1	5:26	7:34

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.91 kWh/m² to a high of 5.65 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.56 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)	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7
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	4.0	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Belfort?

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

3.7

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Belfort.

What to pack for Belfort in April

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

In April, Belfort sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Belfort 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 Belfort peaks around July 14 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	5	6	7	8	6	4	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

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

Location & terrain

Where is Belfort?

Belfort sits at 47.6°N, 6.9°E, 362 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Montbéliard, 15 km away.

Topography around Belfort

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Belfort has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 273 m around an average of 387 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 835 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,416 m.

The land around Belfort is covered by trees (44%) and artificial surfaces (37%) within 3 km, trees (62%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

273 m

trees 44%

16 km

835 m

trees 62%

80 km

1,416 m

trees 55%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

April weather nearby: Montbéliard 15 km · Audincourt 18 km · Mulhouse 38 km · Illzach 40 km · Wittenheim 40 km · Allschwil 52 km · Saint-Louis 53 km · Vesoul 53 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 Belfort (47.6422°, 6.8539°, elevation 362 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	12	3
2	12	4
3	12	4
4	12	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	13	4
8	13	4
9	13	4
10	13	4
11	13	4
12	13	4
13	14	4
14	14	5
15	14	5
16	14	5
17	14	5
18	14	5
19	15	5
20	15	6
21	15	6
22	15	6
23	15	6
24	15	6
25	15	6
26	16	7
27	16	7
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	16	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	37	63
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	31	69

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	44	7
2	44	7
3	43	6
4	43	6
5	42	6
6	42	6
7	42	5
8	42	5
9	42	5
10	42	5
11	41	5
12	41	5
13	41	5
14	41	4
15	40	4
16	40	4
17	41	4
18	41	4
19	42	3
20	43	3
21	43	3
22	44	3
23	45	3
24	46	2
25	47	2
26	47	2
27	48	2
28	49	2
29	49	2
30	50	1

	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	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	37	63
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	31	69

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	44	7
2	44	7
3	43	6
4	43	6
5	42	6
6	42	6
7	42	5
8	42	5
9	42	5
10	42	5
11	41	5
12	41	5
13	41	5
14	41	4
15	40	4
16	40	4
17	41	4
18	41	4
19	42	3
20	43	3
21	43	3
22	44	3
23	45	3
24	46	2
25	47	2
26	47	2
27	48	2
28	49	2
29	49	2
30	50	1

	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	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	37	63
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	31	69

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	44	7
2	44	7
3	43	6
4	43	6
5	42	6
6	42	6
7	42	5
8	42	5
9	42	5
10	42	5
11	41	5
12	41	5
13	41	5
14	41	4
15	40	4
16	40	4
17	41	4
18	41	4
19	42	3
20	43	3
21	43	3
22	44	3
23	45	3
24	46	2
25	47	2
26	47	2
27	48	2
28	49	2
29	49	2
30	50	1

	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	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1