Caen weather in April

In April, Caen sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 56 mm of precipitation across 11.7 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Caen's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Caen's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 56 mm; 11.7 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 30 min; 6:18 AM – 7:45 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 5th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.63 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

Caen is commune in Calvados, France.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 9.1 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 4,304/km²; people per km²

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 13°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical April day in Caen reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 3°C warmer than March and about 3°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)	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

How April really feels in Caen

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.

Caen weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / 4°	59	11.5	0.5	8.5	1.3
Feb	9° / 3°	51	11.1	0.8	9.8	1.6
Mar	12° / 5°	54	11.3	0.4	11.6	2.9
Apr	15° / 7°	56	11.7	0.1	13.4	4.1
May	18° / 10°	58	11.4	0	15	5.3
Jun	21° / 12°	62	10.5	0	15.9	6.1
Jul	23° / 14°	55	10.9	0	15.6	6.6
Aug	23° / 14°	60	10.1	0	14.2	6.7
Sep	20° / 12°	53	9.7	0	12.4	6.2
Oct	16° / 9°	65	12.3	0	10.5	4.6
Nov	11° / 6°	66	12.8	0	8.9	2.6
Dec	9° / 4°	74	13.3	0.5	8.1	1.5

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 64%.

	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 (%)	33	34	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	38	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	39	37	37	36	36	34	33	33	32	32	30	29
Cloudier (%)	67	66	65	65	65	65	65	64	64	64	62	61	61	61	61	61	62	62	61	63	63	64	64	66	67	67	68	68	70	71

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	38	62
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	39	61
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	34	66
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	30	70
30	29	71

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Caen gets around 56 mm of rain and snow over 11.7 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 38% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 0 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 (%)	38	38	37	37	37	36	36	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	35	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	35
9	35
10	35
11	35
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	35
16	35
17	36
18	37
19	38
20	39
21	40
22	41
23	42
24	42
25	43
26	43
27	43
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 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	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	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	1	1	2	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	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2

Wind in April

Winds average 14 km/h in April.

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of April to 14 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 108 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:50 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 7:22 PM to 8:07 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	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:50	6:48	6:45	6:43	6:41	6:39	6:37	6:35	6:33	6:30	6:28	6:26	6:24	6:22	6:20	6:18	6:16	6:14	6:12	6:10	6:08	6:06	6:04	6:02	6:00	5:58	5:56	5:54	5:53	5:51
Sunset (PM)	7:22	7:24	7:25	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	7:49	7:50	7:52	7:53	7:55	7:56	7:58	7:59	8:01	8:02	8:04	8:05	8:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:50	7:22
2	12.6	6:48	7:24
3	12.7	6:45	7:25
4	12.7	6:43	7:27
5	12.8	6:41	7:29
6	12.9	6:39	7:30
7	12.9	6:37	7:32
8	13.0	6:35	7:33
9	13.0	6:33	7:35
10	13.1	6:30	7:36
11	13.2	6:28	7:38
12	13.2	6:26	7:39
13	13.3	6:24	7:41
14	13.3	6:22	7:42
15	13.4	6:20	7:44
16	13.5	6:18	7:45
17	13.5	6:16	7:47
18	13.6	6:14	7:49
19	13.6	6:12	7:50
20	13.7	6:10	7:52
21	13.8	6:08	7:53
22	13.8	6:06	7:55
23	13.9	6:04	7:56
24	13.9	6:02	7:58
25	14.0	6:00	7:59
26	14.0	5:58	8:01
27	14.1	5:56	8:02
28	14.2	5:54	8:04
29	14.2	5:53	8:05
30	14.3	5:51	8:07

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.81 kWh/m² to a high of 5.83 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.63 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	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0
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	4.0	Moderate
3	4.0	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Caen?

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

4.1

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Caen for sightseeing.

What to pack for Caen in April

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

In April, Caen sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Caen in April

The nearest coast averages about 10°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 21 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 8°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	9	8	8	10	12	15	17	19	18	16	13	10
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	9	Bracing
Feb	8	Bracing
Mar	8	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	12	Bracing
Jun	15	Bracing
Jul	17	Cool
Aug	19	Cool
Sep	18	Cool
Oct	16	Cool
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	10	Bracing

UV index in Caen 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 Caen peaks around June 18 at about 7 (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 6 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	6	7	5	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	6	High
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Caen?

Caen sits at 49.2°N, 0.4°W, 21 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Hérouville-Saint-Clair, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Caen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Caen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m around an average of 33 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 181 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 459 m.

The land around Caen is covered by artificial surfaces (59%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, cropland (53%) within 16 km, and grassland (31%), cropland (29%) and water (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

91 m

artificial surfaces 59%

16 km

181 m

cropland 53%

80 km

459 m

grassland 31%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

April weather nearby: Hérouville-Saint-Clair 5.0 km · Bayeux 27 km · Deauville 36 km · Lisieux 43 km · Le Havre 48 km · Flers 52 km · Saint-Lô 54 km · Argentan 55 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 Caen (49.1859°, -0.3591°, elevation 21 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	13	6
2	13	6
3	13	6
4	13	6
5	13	6
6	14	6
7	14	6
8	14	6
9	14	6
10	14	6
11	14	6
12	14	6
13	14	6
14	14	6
15	14	6
16	15	6
17	15	7
18	15	7
19	15	7
20	15	7
21	15	7
22	15	7
23	15	7
24	15	7
25	16	8
26	16	8
27	16	8
28	16	8
29	16	8
30	16	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	38	62
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	39	61
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	34	66
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	30	70
30	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	35
9	35
10	35
11	35
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	35
16	35
17	36
18	37
19	38
20	39
21	40
22	41
23	42
24	42
25	43
26	43
27	43
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	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	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	38	62
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	39	61
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	34	66
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	30	70
30	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	35
9	35
10	35
11	35
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	35
16	35
17	36
18	37
19	38
20	39
21	40
22	41
23	42
24	42
25	43
26	43
27	43
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	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	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	38	62
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	39	61
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	34	66
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	30	70
30	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	35
9	35
10	35
11	35
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	35
16	35
17	36
18	37
19	38
20	39
21	40
22	41
23	42
24	42
25	43
26	43
27	43
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	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	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2