Laxou weather in April

In April, Laxou sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 59 mm of precipitation across 11.1 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% 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 Laxou's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Laxou's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 59 mm; 11.1 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 24 min; 5:53 AM – 7:19 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 5th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.58 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

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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 17°C by the end.

A typical April day in Laxou reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

How April really feels in Laxou

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.

Laxou weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	5° / 0°	71	12.8	2.8	8.5	0.0
Feb	6° / 0°	60	11.1	2.4	9.8	0.5
Mar	11° / 3°	66	11.9	1.1	11.6	2.4
Apr	15° / 5°	59	11.1	0.1	13.4	4.2
May	19° / 9°	74	12.6	0	15	5.6
Jun	22° / 12°	67	11.2	0	15.9	6.4
Jul	25° / 15°	63	11.2	0	15.5	6.7
Aug	24° / 14°	68	11.5	0	14.2	6.6
Sep	20° / 11°	71	9.9	0	12.4	6.2
Oct	15° / 7°	72	12	0	10.5	4.0
Nov	9° / 4°	77	12.7	0.9	9	1.5
Dec	5° / 1°	87	14.2	2.8	8.1	0.2

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% 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 61%.

	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	37	38	38	38	39	39	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	39	39	37	37	36	36	34	34
Cloudier (%)	63	63	63	62	62	63	62	62	62	61	61	60	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	60	60	61	61	63	63	64	64	66	66

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	40	60
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	36	64
28	36	64
29	34	66
30	34	66

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Laxou gets around 59 mm of rain and snow over 11.1 wet days in April, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 37% and peaks near 42% 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	36	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	33	34	34	35	36	37	38	38	39	40	40	41	42	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	35
10	35
11	35
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	34
19	34
20	35
21	36
22	37
23	38
24	38
25	39
26	40
27	40
28	41
29	42
30	42

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	99	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	1	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	99	1
30	98	2

Wind in April

Winds average 12 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	12	12	12	12	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	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	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	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm

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 6:24 AM to 5:26 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 7:40 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	12.8	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	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	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:24	6:22	6:20	6:18	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	5:45	5:43	5:41	5:39	5:37	5:35	5:33	5:31	5:29	5:28	5:26
Sunset (PM)	6:56	6:58	6:59	7:01	7:02	7:04	7:05	7:07	7:08	7:10	7:11	7:13	7:14	7:16	7:17	7:19	7:20	7:22	7:23	7:25	7:26	7:28	7:29	7:31	7:32	7:34	7:35	7:37	7:38	7:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:24	6:56
2	12.6	6:22	6:58
3	12.7	6:20	6:59
4	12.7	6:18	7:01
5	12.8	6:15	7:02
6	12.8	6:13	7:04
7	12.9	6:11	7:05
8	13.0	6:09	7:07
9	13.0	6:07	7:08
10	13.1	6:05	7:10
11	13.1	6:03	7:11
12	13.2	6:01	7:13
13	13.3	5:59	7:14
14	13.3	5:57	7:16
15	13.4	5:55	7:17
16	13.4	5:53	7:19
17	13.5	5:51	7:20
18	13.6	5:49	7:22
19	13.6	5:47	7:23
20	13.7	5:45	7:25
21	13.7	5:43	7:26
22	13.8	5:41	7:28
23	13.8	5:39	7:29
24	13.9	5:37	7:31
25	14.0	5:35	7:32
26	14.0	5:33	7:34
27	14.1	5:31	7:35
28	14.1	5:29	7:37
29	14.2	5:28	7:38
30	14.2	5:26	7:40

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.76 kWh/m² to a high of 5.72 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.58 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	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9
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	4.4	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	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	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Laxou?

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

4.2

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.3

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Laxou for sightseeing.

What to pack for Laxou in April

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

In April, Laxou sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Laxou in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Laxou peaks around July 17 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	4	6	7	8	7	4	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

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

Air quality in Laxou 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 Laxou is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	11	11	14	15	13	14	11	11	11	10	9	9
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	14	Moderate
Apr	15	Moderate
May	13	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	11	Good
Aug	11	Good
Sep	11	Good
Oct	10	Good
Nov	9	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Laxou?

Laxou sits at 48.7°N, 6.1°E, 225 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Villers-lès-Nancy, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Laxou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Laxou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 189 m around an average of 288 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 258 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 841 m.

The land around Laxou is covered by artificial surfaces (49%) and trees (46%) within 3 km, trees (48%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (43%), cropland (32%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

189 m

artificial surfaces 49%

16 km

258 m

trees 48%

80 km

841 m

trees 43%

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

April weather nearby: Villers-lès-Nancy 1.0 km · Nancy 3.0 km · Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy 3.0 km · Toul 19 km · Pont-à-Mousson 26 km · Lunéville 27 km · Montigny-lès-Metz 46 km · Metz 48 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 Laxou (48.6837°, 6.1493°, elevation 225 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	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	13	4
8	13	4
9	14	4
10	14	4
11	14	4
12	14	5
13	14	5
14	14	5
15	15	5
16	15	5
17	15	5
18	15	5
19	15	6
20	15	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	7
26	16	7
27	17	7
28	17	7
29	17	7
30	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	40	60
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	36	64
28	36	64
29	34	66
30	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	35
10	35
11	35
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	34
19	34
20	35
21	36
22	37
23	38
24	38
25	39
26	40
27	40
28	41
29	42
30	42

	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	99	1
30	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	40	60
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	36	64
28	36	64
29	34	66
30	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	35
10	35
11	35
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	34
19	34
20	35
21	36
22	37
23	38
24	38
25	39
26	40
27	40
28	41
29	42
30	42

	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	99	1
30	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	40	60
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	36	64
28	36	64
29	34	66
30	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	35
10	35
11	35
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	34
19	34
20	35
21	36
22	37
23	38
24	38
25	39
26	40
27	40
28	41
29	42
30	42

	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	99	1
30	98	2