Wexford weather in April

In April, Wexford sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 62 mm of rain across 10.8 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month. 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Wexford's 1st-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wexford's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 62 mm; 10.8 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 36 min; 5:37 AM – 7:15 PM
Cloud cover: 66%; 1st clearest
Wind: 23 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.36 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.2; out of 10

Wexford is county town of Co. Wexford, Ireland.

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 14.1 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month.

A typical April day in Wexford reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 12°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C warmer than March and about 2°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)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9

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

Wexford weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 8th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	9° / 6°	92	14	8	1.5
Feb	9° / 6°	67	12.1	9.5	1.4
Mar	9° / 7°	64	10.6	11.5	1.7
Apr	10° / 8°	62	10.8	13.6	2.2
May	12° / 10°	58	9.8	15.4	3.1
Jun	14° / 12°	66	10.1	16.5	4.1
Jul	16° / 14°	65	10.8	16.1	4.7
Aug	16° / 14°	73	10.8	14.5	4.9
Sep	16° / 13°	74	11.4	12.4	4.5
Oct	14° / 11°	111	13.9	10.3	3.5
Nov	11° / 9°	118	15.1	8.5	2.4
Dec	10° / 7°	101	14.1	7.5	1.9

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in April, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%.

	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 (%)	37	37	39	39	40	40	40	40	41	42	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	40	40	39	39	39	39	38	38
Cloudier (%)	63	63	61	61	60	60	60	60	59	58	59	59	60	60	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	60	60	61	61	61	61	62	62

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Wexford gets around 62 mm of rain 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 rain averages around 35% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	31	32	32	33	34	35	36	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	36

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

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 23 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 23 km/h on the calmest days to 24 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)	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of April to 14 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 114 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:12 AM to 5:07 AM, and sunset from 6:49 PM to 7:40 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	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:12	6:10	6:07	6:05	6:03	6:00	5:58	5:56	5:53	5:51	5:48	5:46	5:44	5:42	5:39	5:37	5:35	5:32	5:30	5:28	5:26	5:24	5:21	5:19	5:17	5:15	5:13	5:11	5:09	5:07
Sunset (PM)	6:49	6:51	6:52	6:54	6:56	6:58	6:59	7:01	7:03	7:05	7:06	7:08	7:10	7:12	7:13	7:15	7:17	7:19	7:20	7:22	7:24	7:26	7:27	7:29	7:31	7:33	7:34	7:36	7:38	7:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	6:12	6:49
2	12.7	6:10	6:51
3	12.7	6:07	6:52
4	12.8	6:05	6:54
5	12.9	6:03	6:56
6	13.0	6:00	6:58
7	13.0	5:58	6:59
8	13.1	5:56	7:01
9	13.2	5:53	7:03
10	13.2	5:51	7:05
11	13.3	5:48	7:06
12	13.4	5:46	7:08
13	13.4	5:44	7:10
14	13.5	5:42	7:12
15	13.6	5:39	7:13
16	13.6	5:37	7:15
17	13.7	5:35	7:17
18	13.8	5:32	7:19
19	13.8	5:30	7:20
20	13.9	5:28	7:22
21	14.0	5:26	7:24
22	14.0	5:24	7:26
23	14.1	5:21	7:27
24	14.2	5:19	7:29
25	14.2	5:17	7:31
26	14.3	5:15	7:33
27	14.4	5:13	7:34
28	14.4	5:11	7:36
29	14.5	5:09	7:38
30	14.5	5:07	7:40

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.62 kWh/m² to a high of 5.66 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.36 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)	3.6	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	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0
Level	Moderate	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.6	Moderate
2	3.7	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.8	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	4.0	Moderate
8	4.0	Bright
9	4.1	Bright
10	4.1	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Wexford?

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

2.2

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Wexford.

What to pack for Wexford in April

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

In April, Wexford sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 8°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear and a windbreaker. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Wexford in April

The nearest coast averages about 9°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in March near 8°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	9	9	8	9	11	13	14	15	15	14	12	11
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	9	Bracing
Feb	9	Bracing
Mar	8	Bracing
Apr	9	Bracing
May	11	Bracing
Jun	13	Bracing
Jul	14	Bracing
Aug	15	Cool
Sep	15	Cool
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	12	Bracing
Dec	11	Bracing

UV index in Wexford 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 Wexford peaks around August 13 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. 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 6 months of the year.

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

Air quality in Wexford 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 Wexford is worst in April — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 11 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Wexford's WHO annual average of 14.1 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	13	17	18	19	16	14	12	14	13	11	11	13
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	13	Moderate
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	18	Moderate
Apr	19	Moderate
May	16	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	12	Good
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	11	Good
Nov	11	Good
Dec	13	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Wexford?

Wexford sits at 52.3°N, 6.5°W, 5 m above sea level, in Ireland. The nearest listed city is Waterford, 45 km away.

Topography around Wexford

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wexford has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 95 m around an average of 20 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 228 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 931 m.

The land around Wexford is covered by water (43%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, grassland (43%) and water (29%) within 16 km, and water (44%) and grassland (41%) within 80 km.

3 km

95 m

water 43%

16 km

228 m

grassland 43%

80 km

931 m

water 44%

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

April weather nearby: Waterford 45 km · Kilkenny 65 km · Carlow 65 km · Cluain Meala 85 km · Greystones 94 km · Portlaoise 96 km · Droichead Nua 97 km · Naas 99 km

Ireland travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 85% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $131,592; 2025
Happiness: 6.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 96%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 3.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
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 Wexford (52.3342°, -6.4575°, elevation 5 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	9	7
2	9	7
3	9	7
4	9	7
5	10	7
6	10	7
7	10	7
8	10	7
9	10	7
10	10	7
11	10	8
12	10	8
13	10	8
14	10	8
15	10	8
16	10	8
17	10	8
18	10	8
19	10	8
20	10	8
21	10	8
22	10	8
23	10	8
24	11	8
25	11	8
26	11	9
27	11	9
28	11	9
29	11	9
30	11	9

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	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