Rodez weather in April

In April, Rodez sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 110 mm of precipitation across 13.3 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-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 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 13 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Rodez's 6th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rodez's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 110 mm; 13.3 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 12 min; 6:13 AM – 7:27 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 6th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.9 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

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

A typical April day in Rodez reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 20°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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	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	5
8	14	5
9	14	5
10	14	5
11	14	5
12	14	5
13	14	5
14	14	5
15	14	5
16	14	5
17	14	5
18	15	5
19	15	6
20	15	6
21	15	6
22	15	6
23	15	6
24	15	6
25	15	6
26	15	7
27	15	7
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	16	7

How April really feels in Rodez

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.

Rodez weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 1st-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°	94	12.7	3.3	9	0.8
Feb	8° / 1°	77	10.9	3.1	10.2	1.3
Mar	12° / 3°	85	12.2	2	11.6	2.9
Apr	14° / 5°	110	13.3	0.8	13.2	3.8
May	18° / 9°	109	13.5	0.1	14.6	5.3
Jun	22° / 12°	88	11.2	0	15.3	6.5
Jul	25° / 14°	76	9.6	0	15	7.2
Aug	25° / 14°	83	10.4	0	13.8	7.1
Sep	21° / 11°	95	9.7	0	12.3	6.5
Oct	16° / 8°	95	11.9	0.1	10.8	4.8
Nov	11° / 4°	100	12.3	0.9	9.4	2.3
Dec	8° / 2°	97	12.4	2.2	8.7	1.0

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 62%.

	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 (%)	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	39	39	40	40	38	38	39	40	40	39	39	38	39	38	37	37	37	37	35	35	35	34
Cloudier (%)	62	61	61	61	61	61	61	62	61	61	60	60	62	62	61	60	60	61	61	62	61	62	63	63	63	63	65	65	65	66

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	34	66

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Rodez gets around 110 mm of rain and snow over 13.3 wet days in April, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 44% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days, and about 1 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 (%)	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	44	45	45	46	46	47	47	47	48	48
Snow chance (%)	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	4
2	43	3
3	43	3
4	43	3
5	43	3
6	43	3
7	43	3
8	43	3
9	43	3
10	43	3
11	43	3
12	43	3
13	43	3
14	42	3
15	42	3
16	42	3
17	43	3
18	43	3
19	43	2
20	43	2
21	44	2
22	45	2
23	45	2
24	46	2
25	46	2
26	47	2
27	47	2
28	47	1
29	48	1
30	48	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	100	100	100	99	99	99
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	0	0	0	1	1	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	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

Wind in April

Winds average 12 km/h in April, the windiest month of the year.

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	12	12	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	light breeze	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	12	light breeze
12	12	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	light breeze
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 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 6:41 AM to 5:50 AM, and sunset from 7:08 PM to 7:44 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	13.0	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:41	6:39	6:37	6:35	6:33	6:31	6:29	6:27	6:26	6:24	6:22	6:20	6:18	6:17	6:15	6:13	6:11	6:10	6:08	6:06	6:04	6:03	6:01	5:59	5:58	5:56	5:55	5:53	5:51	5:50
Sunset (PM)	7:08	7:09	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:44

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:41	7:08
2	12.5	6:39	7:09
3	12.6	6:37	7:11
4	12.6	6:35	7:12
5	12.7	6:33	7:13
6	12.7	6:31	7:14
7	12.8	6:29	7:16
8	12.8	6:27	7:17
9	12.9	6:26	7:18
10	12.9	6:24	7:19
11	13.0	6:22	7:21
12	13.0	6:20	7:22
13	13.1	6:18	7:23
14	13.1	6:17	7:24
15	13.2	6:15	7:26
16	13.2	6:13	7:27
17	13.3	6:11	7:28
18	13.3	6:10	7:29
19	13.4	6:08	7:31
20	13.4	6:06	7:32
21	13.5	6:04	7:33
22	13.5	6:03	7:34
23	13.6	6:01	7:36
24	13.6	5:59	7:37
25	13.7	5:58	7:38
26	13.7	5:56	7:39
27	13.8	5:55	7:41
28	13.8	5:53	7:42
29	13.9	5:51	7:43
30	13.9	5:50	7:44

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.23 kWh/m² to a high of 6.42 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 4.9 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	4.4	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	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	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	4.4	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	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 Rodez?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Rodez.

What to pack for Rodez in April

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

In April, Rodez sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Rodez in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Rodez peaks around July 16 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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	6	7	8	9	7	5	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Rodez?

Rodez sits at 44.4°N, 2.6°E, 627 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Millau, 49 km away.

Topography around Rodez

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rodez has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m around an average of 570 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 644 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,720 m.

The land around Rodez is covered by trees (32%), grassland (31%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, grassland (43%), trees (32%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and grassland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km

138 m

trees 32%

16 km

644 m

grassland 43%

80 km

1,720 m

trees 47%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

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

April weather nearby: Millau 49 km · Albi 58 km · Aurillac 65 km · Castres 87 km · Cahors 91 km · Montauban 104 km · Balma 119 km · Tulle 120 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 Rodez (44.3526°, 2.5734°, elevation 627 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	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	13	5
8	14	5
9	14	5
10	14	5
11	14	5
12	14	5
13	14	5
14	14	5
15	14	5
16	14	5
17	14	5
18	15	5
19	15	6
20	15	6
21	15	6
22	15	6
23	15	6
24	15	6
25	15	6
26	15	7
27	15	7
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	16	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	34	66

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	4
2	43	3
3	43	3
4	43	3
5	43	3
6	43	3
7	43	3
8	43	3
9	43	3
10	43	3
11	43	3
12	43	3
13	43	3
14	42	3
15	42	3
16	42	3
17	43	3
18	43	3
19	43	2
20	43	2
21	44	2
22	45	2
23	45	2
24	46	2
25	46	2
26	47	2
27	47	2
28	47	1
29	48	1
30	48	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	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	34	66

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	4
2	43	3
3	43	3
4	43	3
5	43	3
6	43	3
7	43	3
8	43	3
9	43	3
10	43	3
11	43	3
12	43	3
13	43	3
14	42	3
15	42	3
16	42	3
17	43	3
18	43	3
19	43	2
20	43	2
21	44	2
22	45	2
23	45	2
24	46	2
25	46	2
26	47	2
27	47	2
28	47	1
29	48	1
30	48	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	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	34	66

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	4
2	43	3
3	43	3
4	43	3
5	43	3
6	43	3
7	43	3
8	43	3
9	43	3
10	43	3
11	43	3
12	43	3
13	43	3
14	42	3
15	42	3
16	42	3
17	43	3
18	43	3
19	43	2
20	43	2
21	44	2
22	45	2
23	45	2
24	46	2
25	46	2
26	47	2
27	47	2
28	47	1
29	48	1
30	48	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	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1