Ploemeur weather in April

In April, Ploemeur sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 58 mm of rain across 10.5 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 Ploemeur's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ploemeur's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 58 mm; 10.5 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 24 min; 6:32 AM – 7:56 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 5th clearest
Wind: 20 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.77 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Ploemeur is human settlement in France.

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 14°C by the end.

A typical April day in Ploemeur reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 2°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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10

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

Ploemeur 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	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 6°	93	13.2	8.7	1.9
Feb	9° / 6°	69	10.8	9.9	1.9
Mar	11° / 7°	55	10.4	11.6	2.6
Apr	13° / 8°	58	10.5	13.4	3.5
May	15° / 11°	51	10	14.9	4.7
Jun	18° / 14°	41	7.5	15.7	6.1
Jul	20° / 15°	38	7.5	15.4	6.7
Aug	20° / 16°	46	7.6	14.1	6.7
Sep	18° / 14°	54	7.9	12.4	6.2
Oct	16° / 12°	94	12.6	10.6	4.5
Nov	13° / 9°	95	13.6	9.1	3.1
Dec	10° / 7°	103	13.4	8.3	2.2

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 55%.

	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 (%)	44	45	46	46	46	47	47	48	48	48	49	49	48	49	48	48	47	46	45	44	44	43	42	41	40	39	38	39	38	38
Cloudier (%)	56	55	54	54	54	53	53	52	52	52	51	51	52	51	52	52	53	54	55	56	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	61	62	62

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	45	55
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	47	53
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	48	52
16	48	52
17	47	53
18	46	54
19	45	55
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	43	57
23	42	58
24	41	59
25	40	60
26	39	61
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	38	62
30	38	62

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Ploemeur gets around 58 mm of rain over 10.5 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 34% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	36	36	35	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	31	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	34	35	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	39	38	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	35
4	34
5	34
6	33
7	33
8	32
9	32
10	31
11	31
12	30
13	30
14	31
15	31
16	32
17	32
18	33
19	34
20	35
21	36
22	37
23	37
24	38
25	38
26	39
27	39
28	39
29	38
30	38

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	99	99	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	1	1	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	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	98	2
30	98	2

Wind in April

Winds average 20 km/h in April.

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

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 7:03 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 7:34 PM to 8:16 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	12.8	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	14.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:03	7:01	6:59	6:57	6:55	6:52	6:50	6:48	6:46	6:44	6:42	6:40	6:38	6:36	6:34	6:32	6:30	6:28	6:27	6:25	6:23	6:21	6:19	6:17	6:15	6:13	6:12	6:10	6:08	6:06
Sunset (PM)	7:34	7:35	7:37	7:38	7:40	7:41	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:47	7:48	7:50	7:51	7:53	7:54	7:56	7:57	7:58	8:00	8:01	8:03	8:04	8:06	8:07	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:13	8:14	8:16

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	7:03	7:34
2	12.6	7:01	7:35
3	12.6	6:59	7:37
4	12.7	6:57	7:38
5	12.8	6:55	7:40
6	12.8	6:52	7:41
7	12.9	6:50	7:43
8	12.9	6:48	7:44
9	13.0	6:46	7:45
10	13.0	6:44	7:47
11	13.1	6:42	7:48
12	13.2	6:40	7:50
13	13.2	6:38	7:51
14	13.3	6:36	7:53
15	13.3	6:34	7:54
16	13.4	6:32	7:56
17	13.4	6:30	7:57
18	13.5	6:28	7:58
19	13.6	6:27	8:00
20	13.6	6:25	8:01
21	13.7	6:23	8:03
22	13.7	6:21	8:04
23	13.8	6:19	8:06
24	13.8	6:17	8:07
25	13.9	6:15	8:09
26	13.9	6:13	8:10
27	14.0	6:12	8:11
28	14.0	6:10	8:13
29	14.1	6:08	8:14
30	14.2	6:06	8:16

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.94 kWh/m² to a high of 6.09 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.77 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)	4.1	4.2	4.2	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	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
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	4.1	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	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	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Ploemeur?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ploemeur.

What to pack for Ploemeur in April

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

In April, Ploemeur sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Ploemeur in April

The nearest coast averages about 12°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 13 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 10°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)	11	10	10	12	14	16	18	18	17	16	14	12
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	11	Bracing
Feb	10	Bracing
Mar	10	Bracing
Apr	12	Bracing
May	14	Bracing
Jun	16	Cool
Jul	18	Cool
Aug	18	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	16	Cool
Nov	14	Bracing
Dec	12	Bracing

UV index in Ploemeur 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 Ploemeur peaks around August 11 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 12 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	1	3	5	6	7	7	7	5	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

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

Location & terrain

Where is Ploemeur?

Ploemeur sits at 47.7°N, 3.4°W, 35 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Lorient, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Ploemeur

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ploemeur has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 30 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 122 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 379 m.

The land around Ploemeur is covered by trees (43%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, water (44%) and trees (25%) within 16 km, and water (38%), trees (24%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

78 m

trees 43%

16 km

122 m

water 44%

80 km

379 m

water 38%

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

April weather nearby: Lorient 5.0 km · Lanester 7.0 km · Concarneau 40 km · Pontivy 51 km · Vannes 51 km · Quimper 58 km · Douarnenez 78 km · Guérande 88 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 Ploemeur (47.7351°, -3.4295°, elevation 35 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	12	8
2	12	8
3	12	8
4	12	8
5	12	8
6	12	8
7	12	8
8	12	8
9	12	8
10	12	8
11	12	8
12	12	8
13	13	8
14	13	8
15	13	8
16	13	8
17	13	8
18	13	9
19	13	9
20	13	9
21	13	9
22	13	9
23	13	9
24	13	9
25	13	9
26	14	9
27	14	10
28	14	10
29	14	10
30	14	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	45	55
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	47	53
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	48	52
16	48	52
17	47	53
18	46	54
19	45	55
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	43	57
23	42	58
24	41	59
25	40	60
26	39	61
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	38	62
30	38	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	35
4	34
5	34
6	33
7	33
8	32
9	32
10	31
11	31
12	30
13	30
14	31
15	31
16	32
17	32
18	33
19	34
20	35
21	36
22	37
23	37
24	38
25	38
26	39
27	39
28	39
29	38
30	38

	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	99	1
24	99	1
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	12	8
2	12	8
3	12	8
4	12	8
5	12	8
6	12	8
7	12	8
8	12	8
9	12	8
10	12	8
11	12	8
12	12	8
13	13	8
14	13	8
15	13	8
16	13	8
17	13	8
18	13	9
19	13	9
20	13	9
21	13	9
22	13	9
23	13	9
24	13	9
25	13	9
26	14	9
27	14	10
28	14	10
29	14	10
30	14	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	45	55
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	47	53
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	48	52
16	48	52
17	47	53
18	46	54
19	45	55
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	43	57
23	42	58
24	41	59
25	40	60
26	39	61
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	38	62
30	38	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	35
4	34
5	34
6	33
7	33
8	32
9	32
10	31
11	31
12	30
13	30
14	31
15	31
16	32
17	32
18	33
19	34
20	35
21	36
22	37
23	37
24	38
25	38
26	39
27	39
28	39
29	38
30	38

	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	99	1
24	99	1
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	12	8
2	12	8
3	12	8
4	12	8
5	12	8
6	12	8
7	12	8
8	12	8
9	12	8
10	12	8
11	12	8
12	12	8
13	13	8
14	13	8
15	13	8
16	13	8
17	13	8
18	13	9
19	13	9
20	13	9
21	13	9
22	13	9
23	13	9
24	13	9
25	13	9
26	14	9
27	14	10
28	14	10
29	14	10
30	14	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	45	55
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	47	53
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	48	52
16	48	52
17	47	53
18	46	54
19	45	55
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	43	57
23	42	58
24	41	59
25	40	60
26	39	61
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	38	62
30	38	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	35
4	34
5	34
6	33
7	33
8	32
9	32
10	31
11	31
12	30
13	30
14	31
15	31
16	32
17	32
18	33
19	34
20	35
21	36
22	37
23	37
24	38
25	38
26	39
27	39
28	39
29	38
30	38

	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	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	98	2
30	98	2