Écully weather in April

In April, Écully sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 81 mm of precipitation 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 28% 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 Écully's 6th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Écully's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 81 mm; 11.8 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 18 min; 6:02 AM – 7:20 PM
Cloud cover: 60%; 6th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.83 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.9; out of 10

← March Écully 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 Écully reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 10°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 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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

How April really feels in Écully

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.

Écully 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	7° / 1°	69	12.5	2.5	8.9	0.7
Feb	8° / 1°	56	10.2	2.2	10.1	1.4
Mar	13° / 4°	60	10.8	0.8	11.6	3.5
Apr	16° / 6°	81	11.8	0.3	13.3	4.9
May	20° / 10°	90	12.5	0	14.7	5.9
Jun	24° / 14°	81	11.7	0	15.5	6.6
Jul	27° / 16°	78	10	0	15.2	6.7
Aug	27° / 15°	77	9.6	0	13.9	6.9
Sep	22° / 12°	93	9.6	0	12.3	6.7
Oct	17° / 9°	99	11.6	0.1	10.7	5.0
Nov	11° / 4°	100	12.4	0.9	9.3	2.4
Dec	7° / 2°	74	12.3	1.8	8.5	0.9

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% 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 57%. 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 (%)	42	43	43	44	45	45	45	45	45	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	46	47	46	44	44	42	41	41	39	38	37	37	36	35
Cloudier (%)	58	57	57	56	55	55	55	55	55	54	54	53	53	53	53	53	54	53	54	56	56	58	59	59	61	62	63	63	64	65

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	44	56
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	47	53
13	47	53
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	46	54
18	47	53
19	46	54
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	42	58
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	39	61
26	38	62
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	36	64
30	35	65

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Écully gets around 81 mm of rain and snow 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 precipitation averages around 39% and peaks near 47% 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 (%)	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	38	39	40	41	43	44	45	45	46	46	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	38
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	36
13	36
14	36
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	36
19	37
20	38
21	39
22	40
23	41
24	43
25	44
26	45
27	45
28	46
29	46
30	47

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	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	0	0	0	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	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	98	2
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 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 6:31 AM to 5:38 AM, and sunset from 7:00 PM to 7:38 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	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:31	6:29	6:27	6:25	6:23	6:21	6:19	6:17	6:15	6:14	6:12	6:10	6:08	6:06	6:04	6:02	6:00	5:59	5:57	5:55	5:53	5:51	5:50	5:48	5:46	5:45	5:43	5:41	5:40	5:38
Sunset (PM)	7:00	7:01	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:36	7:37	7:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:31	7:00
2	12.5	6:29	7:01
3	12.6	6:27	7:03
4	12.6	6:25	7:04
5	12.7	6:23	7:05
6	12.8	6:21	7:07
7	12.8	6:19	7:08
8	12.9	6:17	7:09
9	12.9	6:15	7:11
10	13.0	6:14	7:12
11	13.0	6:12	7:13
12	13.1	6:10	7:15
13	13.1	6:08	7:16
14	13.2	6:06	7:17
15	13.2	6:04	7:19
16	13.3	6:02	7:20
17	13.3	6:00	7:21
18	13.4	5:59	7:23
19	13.5	5:57	7:24
20	13.5	5:55	7:25
21	13.6	5:53	7:27
22	13.6	5:51	7:28
23	13.7	5:50	7:29
24	13.7	5:48	7:31
25	13.8	5:46	7:32
26	13.8	5:45	7:33
27	13.9	5:43	7:34
28	13.9	5:41	7:36
29	14.0	5:40	7:37
30	14.0	5:38	7:38

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.1 kWh/m² to a high of 6.15 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 4.83 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)	4.3	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	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	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	4.3	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	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 Écully?

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

0.8

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Écully for sightseeing.

What to pack for Écully in April

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

In April, Écully sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Écully 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 Écully peaks around July 15 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	High	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	High
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

Air quality in Écully 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 Écully 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)	14	14	16	16	14	15	11	11	11	12	12	12
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	16	Moderate
Apr	16	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	15	Moderate
Jul	11	Good
Aug	11	Good
Sep	11	Good
Oct	12	Good
Nov	12	Good
Dec	12	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Écully?

Écully sits at 45.8°N, 4.8°E, 245 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Lyon 09, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Écully

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Écully has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 154 m around an average of 246 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 747 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,513 m.

The land around Écully is covered by trees (57%) and artificial surfaces (38%) within 3 km, trees (37%), artificial surfaces (26%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (41%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

154 m

trees 57%

16 km

747 m

trees 37%

80 km

1,513 m

trees 41%

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

April weather nearby: Lyon 09 2.0 km · Tassin-la-Demi-Lune 2.0 km · Lyon 04 4.0 km · Lyon 05 4.0 km · Lyon 01 4.0 km · Lyon 02 5.0 km · Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon 5.0 km · Lyon 06 6.0 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 Écully (45.7744°, 4.7776°, elevation 245 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	15	5
2	15	5
3	15	5
4	15	5
5	15	5
6	15	5
7	15	5
8	15	5
9	15	5
10	15	6
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	16	6
17	16	6
18	17	6
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	17	7
23	17	7
24	17	7
25	18	8
26	18	8
27	18	8
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	18	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	44	56
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	47	53
13	47	53
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	46	54
18	47	53
19	46	54
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	42	58
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	39	61
26	38	62
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	36	64
30	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	38
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	36
13	36
14	36
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	36
19	37
20	38
21	39
22	40
23	41
24	43
25	44
26	45
27	45
28	46
29	46
30	47

	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	98	2
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	5
7	15	5
8	15	5
9	15	5
10	15	6
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	16	6
17	16	6
18	17	6
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	17	7
23	17	7
24	17	7
25	18	8
26	18	8
27	18	8
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	18	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	44	56
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	47	53
13	47	53
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	46	54
18	47	53
19	46	54
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	42	58
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	39	61
26	38	62
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	36	64
30	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	38
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	36
13	36
14	36
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	36
19	37
20	38
21	39
22	40
23	41
24	43
25	44
26	45
27	45
28	46
29	46
30	47

	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	98	2
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	5
7	15	5
8	15	5
9	15	5
10	15	6
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	16	6
17	16	6
18	17	6
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	17	7
23	17	7
24	17	7
25	18	8
26	18	8
27	18	8
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	18	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	44	56
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	47	53
13	47	53
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	46	54
18	47	53
19	46	54
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	42	58
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	39	61
26	38	62
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	36	64
30	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	38
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	36
13	36
14	36
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	36
19	37
20	38
21	39
22	40
23	41
24	43
25	44
26	45
27	45
28	46
29	46
30	47

	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	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2