Valenciennes weather in April

In April, Valenciennes sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 52 mm of precipitation across 11.6 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 11th-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 19% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of April to 14 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Valenciennes's 4th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Valenciennes's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 52 mm; 11.6 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 30 min; 6:00 AM – 7:32 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 4th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.39 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 12.4 µg/m³ · 2019

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 Valenciennes reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°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 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)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

How April really feels in Valenciennes

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.

Valenciennes weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	6° / 2°	64	12.1	1	8.3	0.5
Feb	7° / 2°	57	10.9	1.5	9.7	0.9
Mar	11° / 4°	57	11.6	0.7	11.5	2.4
Apr	14° / 6°	52	11.6	0.1	13.5	3.9
May	18° / 9°	67	12.6	0	15.2	5.2
Jun	20° / 12°	63	11.3	0	16.1	6.0
Jul	23° / 14°	65	11.2	0	15.7	6.5
Aug	23° / 14°	70	11.2	0	14.3	6.5
Sep	19° / 11°	50	9.5	0	12.4	6.0
Oct	15° / 8°	61	11.1	0	10.5	4.2
Nov	10° / 5°	64	11.9	0.4	8.8	2.0
Dec	7° / 2°	77	13.5	1.1	7.9	0.7

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% 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 67%.

	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 (%)	34	34	35	35	35	33	34	34	33	34	33	33	34	34	35	35	34	34	34	34	33	33	32	33	32	32	31	31	30	30
Cloudier (%)	66	66	65	65	65	67	66	66	67	66	67	67	66	66	65	65	66	66	66	66	67	67	68	67	68	68	69	69	70	70

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	33	67
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	33	67
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	30	70
30	30	70

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Valenciennes gets around 52 mm of rain and snow over 11.6 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 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 (%)	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	42	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	36
12	36
13	36
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	36
18	36
19	37
20	37
21	38
22	39
23	39
24	40
25	40
26	41
27	41
28	42
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	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	0	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	100	0
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 14 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 13 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	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
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	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	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	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of April to 14 h 24 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 6:34 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 7:08 PM to 7:54 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)	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:34	6:31	6:29	6:27	6:25	6:22	6:20	6:18	6:16	6:13	6:11	6:09	6:07	6:05	6:03	6:00	5:58	5:56	5:54	5:52	5:50	5:48	5:46	5:44	5:42	5:40	5:38	5:36	5:34	5:32
Sunset (PM)	7:08	7:09	7:11	7:12	7:14	7:16	7:17	7:19	7:21	7:22	7:24	7:25	7:27	7:29	7:30	7:32	7:33	7:35	7:37	7:38	7:40	7:41	7:43	7:45	7:46	7:48	7:50	7:51	7:53	7:54

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	6:34	7:08
2	12.6	6:31	7:09
3	12.7	6:29	7:11
4	12.8	6:27	7:12
5	12.8	6:25	7:14
6	12.9	6:22	7:16
7	13.0	6:20	7:17
8	13.0	6:18	7:19
9	13.1	6:16	7:21
10	13.1	6:13	7:22
11	13.2	6:11	7:24
12	13.3	6:09	7:25
13	13.3	6:07	7:27
14	13.4	6:05	7:29
15	13.5	6:03	7:30
16	13.5	6:00	7:32
17	13.6	5:58	7:33
18	13.6	5:56	7:35
19	13.7	5:54	7:37
20	13.8	5:52	7:38
21	13.8	5:50	7:40
22	13.9	5:48	7:41
23	14.0	5:46	7:43
24	14.0	5:44	7:45
25	14.1	5:42	7:46
26	14.1	5:40	7:48
27	14.2	5:38	7:50
28	14.3	5:36	7:51
29	14.3	5:34	7:53
30	14.4	5:32	7:54

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.68 kWh/m² to a high of 5.41 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.39 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)	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.7	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	4.0	Moderate
7	4.0	Bright
8	4.1	Bright
9	4.1	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Valenciennes?

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

3.9

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 Valenciennes.

What to pack for Valenciennes in April

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

In April, Valenciennes sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Valenciennes 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 Valenciennes peaks around July 13 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 7 months of the year.

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

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

Air quality in Valenciennes 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 Valenciennes is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Valenciennes's WHO annual average of 12.4 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	12	12	15	16	14	14	12	13	12	11	10	10
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	12	Good
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	16	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	12	Good
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	12	Moderate
Oct	11	Good
Nov	10	Good
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Valenciennes?

Valenciennes sits at 50.4°N, 3.5°E, 29 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Denain, 10 km away.

Topography around Valenciennes

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Valenciennes has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 39 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 501 m.

The land around Valenciennes is covered by artificial surfaces (49%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, cropland (41%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and cropland (53%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

60 m

artificial surfaces 49%

16 km

138 m

cropland 41%

80 km

501 m

cropland 53%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

April weather nearby: Denain 10 km · Saint-Amand-les-Eaux 12 km · Péruwelz 17 km · Dour 18 km · Boussu 21 km · Saint-Ghislain 23 km · Colfontaine 24 km · Quaregnon 26 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 Valenciennes (50.3591°, 3.5251°, elevation 29 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	12	4
2	13	5
3	13	5
4	13	5
5	13	5
6	13	5
7	13	5
8	13	5
9	13	5
10	13	5
11	13	5
12	14	5
13	14	5
14	14	5
15	14	5
16	14	5
17	14	6
18	14	6
19	15	6
20	15	6
21	15	6
22	15	6
23	15	6
24	15	7
25	15	7
26	16	7
27	16	7
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	16	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	33	67
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	33	67
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	30	70
30	30	70

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	33	67
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	33	67
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	30	70
30	30	70

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	33	67
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	33	67
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	30	70
30	30	70

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