Gunzenhausen weather in April

In April, Gunzenhausen sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 52 mm of precipitation across 10.8 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°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 14 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Gunzenhausen's 4th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gunzenhausen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
14°
6th warmest
Overnight low
6th coldest
Precipitation
52 mm
10.8 wet days
Daylight
13 h 30 min
5:33 AM – 7:01 PM
Cloud cover
64%
4th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.8
out of 10

Gunzenhausen is main settlement of Gunzenhausen, Middle Franconia, Germany.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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 16°C by the end.

A typical April day in Gunzenhausen reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 5°C warmer than March and about 4°C cooler than May.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1113
2113
3123
4123
5123
6123
7123
8123
9123
10134
11134
12134
13134
14134
15134
16144
17144
18145
19145
20155
21155
22155
23156
24156
25166
26166
27166
28167
29167
30167

How April really feels in Gunzenhausen

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 4 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
4
wind chill below the day's low

The story in April is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Gunzenhausen weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°5911.65.58.50.0
Feb / -2°4810.35.29.80.1
Mar / 6111.92.911.61.6
Apr14° / 5210.80.713.43.8
May18° / 8213.10155.3
Jun21° / 12°8213.3015.96.0
Jul24° / 14°8613.6015.66.3
Aug23° / 14°8012.3014.26.5
Sep19° / 10°6211012.45.6
Oct13° / 6211.30.310.53.4
Nov / 6110.62.78.90.7
Dec / -1°6613.15.78.10.0

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 13% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23862
33862
43763
53763
63664
73664
83565
93664
103565
113565
123664
133664
143664
153664
163763
173763
183862
193862
203961
213961
224060
233961
243862
253862
263961
273862
283763
293664
303664

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Gunzenhausen gets around 52 mm of rain and snow over 10.8 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 36% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202530
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1375
2375
3364
4364
5364
6363
7363
8363
9363
10363
11353
12352
13352
14342
15342
16342
17342
18342
19342
20352
21352
22362
23372
24371
25381
26391
27391
28401
29411
30411

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.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
111000
121000
131000
141000
151000
161000
171000
181000
191000
201000
211000
221000
231000
241000
251000
261000
271000
281000
29991
30991

Wind in April

Winds average 10 km/h in April.

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.

051015151015202530
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
1311calm
1411calm
1511calm
1610calm
1710calm
1810calm
1910calm
2010calm
2110calm
2210calm
2310calm
2410calm
2510calm
2610calm
2710calm
2810calm
2910calm
3010calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of April to 14 h 18 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 6:05 AM to 5:06 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 7:22 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:056:38
212.66:036:39
312.76:016:41
412.75:596:43
512.85:576:44
612.95:556:46
712.95:526:47
813.05:506:49
913.05:486:50
1013.15:466:52
1113.25:446:53
1213.25:426:55
1313.35:406:56
1413.35:386:58
1513.45:366:59
1613.55:337:01
1713.55:317:02
1813.65:297:04
1913.65:277:05
2013.75:257:07
2113.85:237:09
2213.85:217:10
2313.95:207:12
2413.95:187:13
2514.05:167:15
2614.05:147:16
2714.15:127:18
2814.25:107:19
2914.25:087:21
3014.35:067:22

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.8 kWh/m² to a high of 5.61 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.65 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.0Moderate
24.0Bright
34.1Bright
44.1Bright
54.2Bright
64.2Bright
74.3Bright
84.3Bright
94.3Bright
104.4Bright
114.4Bright
124.5Bright
134.5Bright
144.6Bright
154.6Bright
164.7Bright
174.7Bright
184.8Bright
194.8Bright
204.8Bright
214.9Bright
224.9Bright
234.9Bright
244.9Bright
255.0Bright
265.0Bright
275.0Bright
285.0Bright
295.0Bright
305.0Bright
Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Gunzenhausen?

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

3.8
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
0.2
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gunzenhausen.

What to pack for Gunzenhausen in April

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

In April, Gunzenhausen sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Gunzenhausen 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 Gunzenhausen peaks around July 15 at about 7 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Gunzenhausen?

Gunzenhausen sits at 49.1°N, 10.8°E, 430 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Weißenburg in Bayern, 18 km away.

Topography around Gunzenhausen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gunzenhausen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m around an average of 430 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 318 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 626 m.

The land around Gunzenhausen is covered by grassland (31%), cropland (26%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, trees (35%), cropland (34%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (41%) and cropland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
100 m
16 km
318 m
80 km
626 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
April weather nearby: Weißenburg in Bayern 18 km · Ansbach 24 km · Roth 28 km · Schwabach 31 km · Nördlingen 36 km · Oberasbach 37 km · Wendelstein 39 km · Zirndorf 39 km

Germany travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 80% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$60,496
2025
Happiness
6.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 615
Religion
none 44%Roman Catholic 25%Protestant 23%other 5%

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 Gunzenhausen (49.1166°, 10.7597°, elevation 430 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).