Meckenheim weather in April

In April, Meckenheim sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 50 mm of precipitation across 11.4 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 Meckenheim's 3rd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Meckenheim's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 50 mm; 11.4 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 30 min; 5:46 AM – 7:18 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.4 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Meckenheim is human settlement in Germany.

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 11°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical April day in Meckenheim reaches about 13°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 7°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)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7

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

How April really feels in Meckenheim

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.

Meckenheim 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	4° / -0°	55	12.3	3.6	8.3	0.0
Feb	5° / -0°	48	10.9	4.3	9.7	0.1
Mar	9° / 2°	57	12.7	2.4	11.5	1.7
Apr	13° / 5°	50	11.4	0.5	13.5	3.5
May	17° / 8°	69	12.5	0	15.2	5.0
Jun	20° / 11°	76	12.8	0	16.2	5.7
Jul	22° / 13°	80	13.6	0	15.8	6.1
Aug	22° / 13°	78	12.6	0	14.3	6.2
Sep	18° / 10°	60	10.1	0	12.4	5.6
Oct	13° / 7°	58	11.6	0.1	10.4	3.4
Nov	8° / 3°	57	12.3	1.2	8.7	1.1
Dec	5° / 1°	65	13.3	4.1	7.8	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 65%.

	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 (%)	35	36	36	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	38	37	38	38	38	37	36	35	34	33
Cloudier (%)	65	64	64	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	65	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	62	63	62	62	62	63	64	65	66	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	35	65
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	38	62
22	37	63
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	37	63
27	36	64
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	33	67

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Meckenheim gets around 50 mm of rain and snow over 11.4 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 41% 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 (%)	40	39	39	39	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	41
Snow chance (%)	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	40	4
2	39	4
3	39	3
4	39	3
5	38	3
6	38	3
7	38	3
8	37	3
9	37	2
10	37	2
11	37	2
12	37	2
13	36	2
14	36	2
15	36	2
16	36	2
17	36	2
18	36	2
19	37	2
20	37	2
21	38	2
22	38	1
23	39	1
24	39	1
25	40	1
26	40	1
27	40	1
28	41	1
29	41	1
30	41	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	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in April

Winds average 11 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm

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 6:19 AM to 5:17 AM, and sunset from 6:54 PM to 7:41 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	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:19	6:17	6:15	6:13	6:10	6:08	6:06	6:04	6:01	5:59	5:57	5:55	5:52	5:50	5:48	5:46	5:44	5:42	5:40	5:37	5:35	5:33	5:31	5:29	5:27	5:25	5:23	5:21	5:19	5:17
Sunset (PM)	6:54	6:55	6:57	6:59	7:00	7:02	7:04	7:05	7:07	7:08	7:10	7:12	7:13	7:15	7:17	7:18	7:20	7:22	7:23	7:25	7:26	7:28	7:30	7:31	7:33	7:35	7:36	7:38	7:39	7:41

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	6:19	6:54
2	12.6	6:17	6:55
3	12.7	6:15	6:57
4	12.8	6:13	6:59
5	12.8	6:10	7:00
6	12.9	6:08	7:02
7	13.0	6:06	7:04
8	13.0	6:04	7:05
9	13.1	6:01	7:07
10	13.2	5:59	7:08
11	13.2	5:57	7:10
12	13.3	5:55	7:12
13	13.3	5:52	7:13
14	13.4	5:50	7:15
15	13.5	5:48	7:17
16	13.5	5:46	7:18
17	13.6	5:44	7:20
18	13.7	5:42	7:22
19	13.7	5:40	7:23
20	13.8	5:37	7:25
21	13.8	5:35	7:26
22	13.9	5:33	7:28
23	14.0	5:31	7:30
24	14.0	5:29	7:31
25	14.1	5:27	7:33
26	14.2	5:25	7:35
27	14.2	5:23	7:36
28	14.3	5:21	7:38
29	14.3	5:19	7:39
30	14.4	5:17	7:41

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.64 kWh/m² to a high of 5.37 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.4 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	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8
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	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Meckenheim?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Meckenheim.

What to pack for Meckenheim in April

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

In April, Meckenheim sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Meckenheim 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 Meckenheim peaks around July 14 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	6	7	6	4	2	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	6	High
Jul	7	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Meckenheim 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 Meckenheim is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 10 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)	12	12	15	16	14	14	12	13	12	11	10	10
Level	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Moderate
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 Meckenheim?

Meckenheim sits at 50.6°N, 7.0°E, 185 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Wachtberg, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Meckenheim

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Meckenheim has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 89 m around an average of 186 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 492 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,018 m.

The land around Meckenheim is covered by trees (30%), cropland (29%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

89 m

trees 30%

16 km

492 m

trees 52%

80 km

1,018 m

trees 51%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

April weather nearby: Wachtberg 5.0 km · Rheinbach 6.0 km · Bonn Hardtberg 9.0 km · Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler 11 km · Alfter 12 km · Königswinter 13 km · Bonn 13 km · Bad Honnef 14 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

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 Meckenheim (50.6239°, 7.0294°, elevation 185 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	11	3
2	11	3
3	11	3
4	12	4
5	12	4
6	12	4
7	12	4
8	12	4
9	12	4
10	12	4
11	12	4
12	13	4
13	13	4
14	13	4
15	13	4
16	13	5
17	13	5
18	14	5
19	14	5
20	14	5
21	14	5
22	14	6
23	15	6
24	15	6
25	15	6
26	15	6
27	15	6
28	15	6
29	15	7
30	15	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	35	65
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	38	62
22	37	63
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	37	63
27	36	64
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	33	67

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	35	65
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	38	62
22	37	63
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	37	63
27	36	64
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	33	67

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	35	65
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	38	62
22	37	63
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	37	63
27	36	64
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	33	67

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100