Lucca weather in April

In April, Lucca sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 90 mm of rain across 11.6 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% 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 13 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Lucca's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lucca's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 90 mm; 11.6 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 12 min; 5:42 AM – 6:54 PM
Cloud cover: 55%; 9th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.16 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

Air quality: Good; PM10 24.7 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 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical April day in Lucca reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 3°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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11

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

Lucca weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 2°	78	9.4	0.6	9.1	2.3
Feb	11° / 3°	81	9.3	0.8	10.2	2.8
Mar	14° / 5°	79	9.6	0.3	11.6	4.4
Apr	17° / 8°	90	11.6	0	13.2	5.5
May	22° / 13°	76	10.3	0	14.5	6.7
Jun	25° / 16°	56	8.2	0	15.2	7.4
Jul	28° / 19°	32	5.2	0	14.9	7.2
Aug	28° / 19°	43	5.9	0	13.8	6.8
Sep	25° / 15°	107	9.7	0	12.3	7.1
Oct	20° / 12°	147	12.5	0	10.8	6.0
Nov	14° / 7°	154	12.7	0.2	9.5	3.9
Dec	11° / 3°	110	11.2	0.5	8.8	2.5

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	53	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	53	53	53	53	52	52	51	51	50	49	48	49	49	49	49
Cloudier (%)	47	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	48	48	49	49	50	51	52	51	51	51	51

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	50	50
25	49	51
26	48	52
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Lucca gets around 90 mm of rain 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 rain averages around 38% and peaks near 41% 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	36	36	36	37	37	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	41

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

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 96% 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	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	97	96	96	95	93	92	91	90	88	87	85	83	82
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	4	5	7	8	9	10	12	13	15	17	18

	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	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	97	3
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	95	5
22	93	7
23	92	8
24	91	9
25	90	10
26	88	12
27	87	13
28	85	15
29	83	17
30	82	18

Wind in April

Winds average 7 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of April to 13 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:09 AM to 5:19 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 7:12 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	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:09	6:07	6:05	6:04	6:02	6:00	5:58	5:56	5:54	5:53	5:51	5:49	5:47	5:45	5:44	5:42	5:40	5:38	5:37	5:35	5:33	5:32	5:30	5:28	5:27	5:25	5:24	5:22	5:21	5:19
Sunset (PM)	6:36	6:37	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:09	6:36
2	12.5	6:07	6:37
3	12.6	6:05	6:39
4	12.6	6:04	6:40
5	12.7	6:02	6:41
6	12.7	6:00	6:42
7	12.8	5:58	6:43
8	12.8	5:56	6:45
9	12.9	5:54	6:46
10	12.9	5:53	6:47
11	13.0	5:51	6:48
12	13.0	5:49	6:50
13	13.1	5:47	6:51
14	13.1	5:45	6:52
15	13.2	5:44	6:53
16	13.2	5:42	6:54
17	13.3	5:40	6:56
18	13.3	5:38	6:57
19	13.4	5:37	6:58
20	13.4	5:35	6:59
21	13.5	5:33	7:01
22	13.5	5:32	7:02
23	13.5	5:30	7:03
24	13.6	5:28	7:04
25	13.6	5:27	7:05
26	13.7	5:25	7:07
27	13.7	5:24	7:08
28	13.8	5:22	7:09
29	13.8	5:21	7:10
30	13.9	5:19	7:12

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.93 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 5.16 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)	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6
Level	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	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Lucca?

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

5.5

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

1.6

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Lucca for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lucca in April

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

In April, Lucca sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Lucca in April

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 31 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 1 to Oct 20 — about 4.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	14	13	14	15	18	22	25	25	23	20	18	16
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	14	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	15	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	23	Refreshing
Oct	20	Refreshing
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Lucca in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lucca peaks around July 13 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	3	5	7	6	8	9	7	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	6	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Lucca?

Lucca sits at 43.8°N, 10.5°E, 19 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Capannori, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Lucca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lucca has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m around an average of 19 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,052 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,129 m.

The land around Lucca is covered by trees (41%) and artificial surfaces (34%) within 3 km, trees (66%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and water (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

61 m

trees 41%

16 km

1,052 m

trees 66%

80 km

2,129 m

trees 55%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

April weather nearby: Capannori 5.0 km · Massarosa 13 km · Pisa 17 km · Cascina 19 km · Camaiore 20 km · Viareggio 21 km · Montecatini-Terme 22 km · Pontedera 23 km

Italy travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F / L; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 69% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $43,309; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.6; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 513
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 Lucca (43.8437°, 10.5045°, elevation 19 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. 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	16	7
2	16	7
3	16	7
4	16	7
5	16	7
6	16	7
7	16	7
8	17	8
9	17	8
10	17	8
11	17	8
12	17	8
13	17	8
14	17	8
15	17	8
16	17	8
17	18	8
18	18	9
19	18	9
20	18	9
21	18	9
22	18	9
23	18	9
24	19	10
25	19	10
26	19	10
27	19	10
28	19	10
29	19	10
30	19	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	50	50
25	49	51
26	48	52
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51

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

	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	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	97	3
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	95	5
22	93	7
23	92	8
24	91	9
25	90	10
26	88	12
27	87	13
28	85	15
29	83	17
30	82	18

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	50	50
25	49	51
26	48	52
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51

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

	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	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	97	3
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	95	5
22	93	7
23	92	8
24	91	9
25	90	10
26	88	12
27	87	13
28	85	15
29	83	17
30	82	18

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	50	50
25	49	51
26	48	52
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51

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

	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	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	97	3
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	95	5
22	93	7
23	92	8
24	91	9
25	90	10
26	88	12
27	87	13
28	85	15
29	83	17
30	82	18