Bourg-lès-Valence weather in April

In April, Bourg-lès-Valence sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 80 mm of precipitation across 10.8 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-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 30% 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 Bourg-lès-Valence's 6th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bourg-lès-Valence's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 80 mm; 10.8 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 18 min; 6:03 AM – 7:18 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 6th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.96 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.1; out of 10

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 9.7 µg/m³ · 2019

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

← March Bourg-lès-Valence 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 15°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical April day in Bourg-lès-Valence 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	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9

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

How April really feels in Bourg-lès-Valence

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.

Bourg-lès-Valence weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 5th-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° / 1°	68	10.7	2.6	9	1.0
Feb	9° / 1°	55	9.1	2.5	10.1	1.8
Mar	13° / 4°	57	9.6	1.1	11.6	3.8
Apr	17° / 7°	80	10.8	0.4	13.2	5.1
May	20° / 11°	83	10.8	0.1	14.6	6.3
Jun	25° / 14°	60	8.6	0	15.3	7.1
Jul	28° / 16°	54	6.6	0	15.1	7.1
Aug	27° / 16°	53	6.7	0	13.9	7.1
Sep	23° / 13°	84	7.7	0	12.3	7.1
Oct	17° / 9°	97	10.5	0.1	10.7	5.4
Nov	11° / 5°	108	11.3	1.3	9.4	2.7
Dec	8° / 2°	67	11.1	2.2	8.7	1.3

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

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

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Bourg-lès-Valence gets around 80 mm of rain and snow over 10.8 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 36% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. 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 (%)	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	34	34	34	34	35	36	37	37	38	39	40	40	41	41	41
Snow chance (%)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	2
2	34	1
3	34	1
4	34	1
5	34	1
6	34	1
7	34	1
8	34	1
9	34	1
10	34	1
11	34	2
12	34	2
13	34	2
14	33	2
15	33	2
16	34	2
17	34	2
18	34	2
19	34	2
20	35	2
21	36	2
22	37	2
23	37	1
24	38	1
25	39	1
26	40	1
27	40	1
28	41	1
29	41	1
30	41	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	99	99	99	99	98	98
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	1	1	1	1	2	2

	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	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	98	2
30	98	2

Wind in April

Winds average 11 km/h in April, the windiest month of the year.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	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 6:31 AM to 5:39 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 7:36 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	13.1	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	13.9	13.9	13.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:31	6:29	6:27	6:25	6:23	6:21	6:20	6:18	6:16	6:14	6:12	6:10	6:08	6:07	6:05	6:03	6:01	5:59	5:58	5:56	5:54	5:52	5:51	5:49	5:47	5:46	5:44	5:42	5:41	5:39
Sunset (PM)	6:59	7:00	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:34	7:35	7:36

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:31	6:59
2	12.5	6:29	7:00
3	12.6	6:27	7:02
4	12.6	6:25	7:03
5	12.7	6:23	7:04
6	12.7	6:21	7:06
7	12.8	6:20	7:07
8	12.8	6:18	7:08
9	12.9	6:16	7:09
10	12.9	6:14	7:11
11	13.0	6:12	7:12
12	13.1	6:10	7:13
13	13.1	6:08	7:15
14	13.2	6:07	7:16
15	13.2	6:05	7:17
16	13.3	6:03	7:18
17	13.3	6:01	7:20
18	13.4	5:59	7:21
19	13.4	5:58	7:22
20	13.5	5:56	7:23
21	13.5	5:54	7:25
22	13.6	5:52	7:26
23	13.6	5:51	7:27
24	13.7	5:49	7:29
25	13.7	5:47	7:30
26	13.8	5:46	7:31
27	13.8	5:44	7:32
28	13.9	5:42	7:34
29	13.9	5:41	7:35
30	13.9	5:39	7:36

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.25 kWh/m² to a high of 6.5 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 4.96 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	4.6	4.6	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	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2
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	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Bourg-lès-Valence?

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

5.1

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

1.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Bourg-lès-Valence for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bourg-lès-Valence in April

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

In April, Bourg-lès-Valence sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

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UV index in Bourg-lès-Valence 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 Bourg-lès-Valence peaks around July 16 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. 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 8 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	9	7	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Bourg-lès-Valence?

Bourg-lès-Valence sits at 44.9°N, 4.9°E, 115 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Valence, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Bourg-lès-Valence

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bourg-lès-Valence.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bourg-lès-Valence has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 130 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 760 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,680 m.

The land around Bourg-lès-Valence is covered by artificial surfaces (51%) within 3 km, trees (34%), cropland (33%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

66 m

artificial surfaces 51%

16 km

760 m

trees 34%

80 km

2,680 m

trees 62%

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← March Bourg-lès-Valence year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Valence 3.0 km · Romans-sur-Isère 18 km · Annonay 37 km · Montélimar 45 km · Vienne 64 km · Saint-Chamond 66 km · Saint-Étienne 67 km · Fontaine 68 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
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Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bourg-lès-Valence (44.947°, 4.8946°, elevation 115 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	5
2	15	5
3	15	5
4	15	5
5	15	5
6	15	6
7	15	6
8	16	6
9	16	6
10	16	6
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	16	6
17	17	7
18	17	7
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	17	7
23	18	8
24	18	8
25	18	8
26	18	8
27	18	8
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	18	9

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	2
2	34	1
3	34	1
4	34	1
5	34	1
6	34	1
7	34	1
8	34	1
9	34	1
10	34	1
11	34	2
12	34	2
13	34	2
14	33	2
15	33	2
16	34	2
17	34	2
18	34	2
19	34	2
20	35	2
21	36	2
22	37	2
23	37	1
24	38	1
25	39	1
26	40	1
27	40	1
28	41	1
29	41	1
30	41	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	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	98	2
30	98	2

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	2
2	34	1
3	34	1
4	34	1
5	34	1
6	34	1
7	34	1
8	34	1
9	34	1
10	34	1
11	34	2
12	34	2
13	34	2
14	33	2
15	33	2
16	34	2
17	34	2
18	34	2
19	34	2
20	35	2
21	36	2
22	37	2
23	37	1
24	38	1
25	39	1
26	40	1
27	40	1
28	41	1
29	41	1
30	41	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	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	98	2
30	98	2

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	2
2	34	1
3	34	1
4	34	1
5	34	1
6	34	1
7	34	1
8	34	1
9	34	1
10	34	1
11	34	2
12	34	2
13	34	2
14	33	2
15	33	2
16	34	2
17	34	2
18	34	2
19	34	2
20	35	2
21	36	2
22	37	2
23	37	1
24	38	1
25	39	1
26	40	1
27	40	1
28	41	1
29	41	1
30	41	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	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	98	2
30	98	2