Schwandorf in Bayern weather in April

In April, Schwandorf in Bayern sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 44 mm of precipitation across 9.9 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 17°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 Schwandorf in Bayern's 3rd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Schwandorf in Bayern's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 44 mm; 9.9 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 30 min; 5:28 AM – 6:56 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.63 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Schwandorf in Bayern is town in Upper Palatinate, administrative centre of Schwandorf municipality.

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 17°C by the end.

A typical April day in Schwandorf in Bayern reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 10°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 5°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	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7

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

How April really feels in Schwandorf in Bayern

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 5 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

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

Schwandorf in Bayern 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	2° / -3°	53	11.2	5.4	8.4	0.0
Feb	4° / -2°	43	9.4	4.4	9.8	0.0
Mar	9° / 1°	54	11.2	2.5	11.5	1.6
Apr	14° / 4°	44	9.9	0.6	13.4	4.0
May	19° / 9°	71	12.6	0	15.1	5.5
Jun	22° / 12°	75	12.4	0	16	6.2
Jul	24° / 14°	82	12.3	0	15.6	6.5
Aug	24° / 14°	77	11.8	0	14.2	6.6
Sep	19° / 10°	58	9.7	0	12.4	5.9
Oct	13° / 6°	55	10.4	0.3	10.5	3.5
Nov	7° / 2°	54	10.3	2.4	8.9	0.7
Dec	3° / -1°	57	11.6	5.3	8	0.0

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 15% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%.

	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	35	36	37	37	36	36	36	35	36	36	36	38	38	39	40	40	41	42	42	42	43	42	42	43	42	41	40	40	39
Cloudier (%)	65	65	64	63	63	64	64	64	65	64	64	64	62	62	61	60	60	59	58	58	58	57	58	58	57	58	59	60	60	61

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	36	64
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	43	57
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	43	57
26	42	58
27	41	59
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	39	61

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Schwandorf in Bayern gets around 44 mm of rain and snow over 9.9 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 33% and peaks near 39% 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 (%)	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	35	35	36	37	37	38	39
Snow chance (%)	5	4	4	4	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	34	5
2	34	4
3	33	4
4	33	4
5	32	3
6	32	3
7	32	3
8	32	3
9	32	2
10	32	2
11	32	2
12	32	2
13	32	2
14	32	2
15	31	2
16	31	2
17	31	2
18	31	2
19	32	2
20	32	2
21	33	2
22	33	1
23	34	1
24	35	1
25	35	1
26	36	1
27	37	1
28	37	1
29	38	1
30	39	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 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.

	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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	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	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

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 6:00 AM to 5:00 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 7:17 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	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:00	5:58	5:55	5:53	5:51	5:49	5:47	5:45	5:42	5:40	5:38	5:36	5:34	5:32	5:30	5:28	5:26	5:24	5:22	5:20	5:18	5:16	5:14	5:12	5:10	5:08	5:06	5:04	5:02	5:00
Sunset (PM)	6:33	6:34	6:36	6:37	6:39	6:40	6:42	6:43	6:45	6:47	6:48	6:50	6:51	6:53	6:54	6:56	6:57	6:59	7:00	7:02	7:04	7:05	7:07	7:08	7:10	7:11	7:13	7:14	7:16	7:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:00	6:33
2	12.6	5:58	6:34
3	12.7	5:55	6:36
4	12.7	5:53	6:37
5	12.8	5:51	6:39
6	12.9	5:49	6:40
7	12.9	5:47	6:42
8	13.0	5:45	6:43
9	13.0	5:42	6:45
10	13.1	5:40	6:47
11	13.2	5:38	6:48
12	13.2	5:36	6:50
13	13.3	5:34	6:51
14	13.3	5:32	6:53
15	13.4	5:30	6:54
16	13.5	5:28	6:56
17	13.5	5:26	6:57
18	13.6	5:24	6:59
19	13.6	5:22	7:00
20	13.7	5:20	7:02
21	13.8	5:18	7:04
22	13.8	5:16	7:05
23	13.9	5:14	7:07
24	13.9	5:12	7:08
25	14.0	5:10	7:10
26	14.1	5:08	7:11
27	14.1	5:06	7:13
28	14.2	5:04	7:14
29	14.2	5:02	7:16
30	14.3	5:00	7:17

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.77 kWh/m² to a high of 5.57 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.63 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)	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.9	Moderate
2	4.0	Moderate
3	4.0	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.1	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Schwandorf in Bayern?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.3

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Schwandorf in Bayern for sightseeing.

What to pack for Schwandorf in Bayern in April

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

In April, Schwandorf in Bayern sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Schwandorf in Bayern 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 Schwandorf in Bayern peaks around July 10 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	4	5	6	7	8	7	4	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Schwandorf in Bayern?

Schwandorf in Bayern sits at 49.3°N, 12.1°E, 363 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Amberg, 22 km away.

Topography around Schwandorf in Bayern

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Schwandorf in Bayern has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 119 m around an average of 374 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 308 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,149 m.

The land around Schwandorf in Bayern is covered by trees (30%), cropland (30%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

119 m

trees 30%

16 km

308 m

trees 52%

80 km

1,149 m

trees 51%

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

April weather nearby: Amberg 22 km · Sulzbach-Rosenberg 33 km · Regensburg 34 km · Weiden 39 km · Cham 41 km · Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz 47 km · Kelheim 48 km · Altdorf bei Nürnberg 55 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
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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 Schwandorf in Bayern (49.3253°, 12.1098°, elevation 363 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	11	3
2	12	3
3	12	3
4	12	3
5	12	3
6	12	3
7	12	3
8	13	3
9	13	3
10	13	3
11	13	4
12	13	4
13	13	4
14	13	4
15	14	4
16	14	4
17	14	4
18	14	5
19	15	5
20	15	5
21	15	5
22	15	5
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	17	7
29	17	7
30	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	36	64
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	43	57
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	43	57
26	42	58
27	41	59
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	39	61

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	36	64
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	43	57
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	43	57
26	42	58
27	41	59
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	39	61

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	36	64
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	43	57
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	43	57
26	42	58
27	41	59
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	39	61

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