Engaru weather in April

In April, Engaru sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 69 mm of precipitation across 12.1 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 6°C in the first days to 12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 Engaru's 4th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Engaru's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 9°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: -1°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 69 mm; 12.1 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 12 min; 4:50 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 4th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.18 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.6; out of 10

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 6°C in the first days to 12°C by the end.

A typical April day in Engaru reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to -1°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 7°C warmer than March and about 6°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)	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	-4	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	5	-4
2	5	-3
3	6	-3
4	6	-3
5	6	-3
6	6	-3
7	7	-2
8	7	-2
9	7	-2
10	7	-2
11	8	-2
12	8	-1
13	8	-1
14	8	-1
15	9	-1
16	9	-1
17	9	0
18	9	0
19	10	0
20	10	0
21	10	1
22	10	1
23	11	1
24	11	1
25	11	1
26	11	2
27	12	2
28	12	2
29	12	2
30	12	3

How April really feels in Engaru

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 30 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.

Engaru weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 9th-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° / -12°	64	10.3	12.6	9.1	0.0
Feb	-3° / -12°	50	9.3	11.9	10.2	0.0
Mar	2° / -7°	63	11.6	12.4	11.6	0.0
Apr	9° / -1°	69	12.1	6.9	13.2	1.6
May	15° / 5°	84	12	1.5	14.5	4.2
Jun	18° / 10°	91	12.9	0	15.2	5.3
Jul	22° / 14°	124	13.3	0	15	5.9
Aug	23° / 16°	147	14.1	0	13.8	5.9
Sep	20° / 11°	125	12.4	0	12.3	5.7
Oct	14° / 5°	89	11.1	0.6	10.8	3.9
Nov	6° / -2°	72	10.9	6	9.4	0.7
Dec	-1° / -9°	74	10.1	11.2	8.8	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% 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 (%)	41	41	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	39	39	39	39	39	38	38
Cloudier (%)	59	59	58	58	58	59	59	59	59	60	60	60	60	60	60	61	60	60	60	60	60	59	59	61	61	61	61	61	62	62

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Engaru gets around 69 mm of rain and snow over 12.1 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 40% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring 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 (%)	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	40	40	40	40
Snow chance (%)	32	31	30	29	28	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	21	20	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	36	32
2	36	31
3	37	30
4	37	29
5	38	28
6	38	27
7	39	27
8	39	26
9	40	26
10	40	25
11	41	25
12	41	25
13	41	25
14	42	24
15	42	24
16	42	24
17	42	23
18	42	23
19	42	22
20	42	22
21	42	21
22	42	20
23	42	20
24	41	19
25	41	18
26	41	17
27	40	16
28	40	15
29	40	14
30	40	13

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 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	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	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 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 5:17 AM to 4:27 AM, and sunset from 5:44 PM to 6:20 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	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:17	5:15	5:13	5:11	5:09	5:08	5:06	5:04	5:02	5:00	4:58	4:57	4:55	4:53	4:51	4:50	4:48	4:46	4:44	4:43	4:41	4:39	4:38	4:36	4:34	4:33	4:31	4:30	4:28	4:27
Sunset (PM)	5:44	5:45	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:19	6:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	5:17	5:44
2	12.5	5:15	5:45
3	12.6	5:13	5:47
4	12.6	5:11	5:48
5	12.7	5:09	5:49
6	12.7	5:08	5:50
7	12.8	5:06	5:51
8	12.8	5:04	5:53
9	12.9	5:02	5:54
10	12.9	5:00	5:55
11	13.0	4:58	5:56
12	13.0	4:57	5:58
13	13.1	4:55	5:59
14	13.1	4:53	6:00
15	13.2	4:51	6:01
16	13.2	4:50	6:03
17	13.3	4:48	6:04
18	13.3	4:46	6:05
19	13.4	4:44	6:06
20	13.4	4:43	6:07
21	13.5	4:41	6:09
22	13.5	4:39	6:10
23	13.6	4:38	6:11
24	13.6	4:36	6:12
25	13.7	4:34	6:14
26	13.7	4:33	6:15
27	13.7	4:31	6:16
28	13.8	4:30	6:17
29	13.8	4:28	6:19
30	13.9	4:27	6:20

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.55 kWh/m² to a high of 5.39 kWh/m² in May across the year — April's 5.18 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4
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	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	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	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Engaru

In seasonPeak

In April, Engaru sits inside its pacific typhoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Engaru sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Pacific typhoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Engaru?

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

1.6

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Engaru.

What to pack for Engaru in April

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

In April, Engaru sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near -1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Engaru in April

The nearest coast averages about 2°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 37 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in February near -1°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)	0	-1	0	2	5	10	14	17	17	12	7	3
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	0	Bracing
Feb	-1	Bracing
Mar	0	Bracing
Apr	2	Bracing
May	5	Bracing
Jun	10	Bracing
Jul	14	Bracing
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	7	Bracing
Dec	3	Bracing

UV index in Engaru 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 Engaru peaks around August 15 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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	2	3	5	7	7	7	8	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

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

Location & terrain

Where is Engaru?

Engaru sits at 44.0°N, 143.5°E, 82 m above sea level, in Japan. The nearest listed city is Mombetsu, 37 km away.

Topography around Engaru

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Engaru has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 322 m around an average of 152 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 747 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,254 m.

The land around Engaru is covered by trees (62%) within 3 km, trees (79%) within 16 km, and trees (63%) and water (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

322 m

trees 62%

16 km

747 m

trees 79%

80 km

2,254 m

trees 63%

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

April weather nearby: Mombetsu 37 km · Kitami 39 km · Motomachi 51 km · Abashiri 58 km · Nayoro 93 km · Minamishibetsuchō 94 km · Asahikawa 99 km · Otofuke 121 km

Japan travel facts

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Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Engaru (44.0481°, 143.5455°, elevation 82 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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	5	-4
2	5	-3
3	6	-3
4	6	-3
5	6	-3
6	6	-3
7	7	-2
8	7	-2
9	7	-2
10	7	-2
11	8	-2
12	8	-1
13	8	-1
14	8	-1
15	9	-1
16	9	-1
17	9	0
18	9	0
19	10	0
20	10	0
21	10	1
22	10	1
23	11	1
24	11	1
25	11	1
26	11	2
27	12	2
28	12	2
29	12	2
30	12	3

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	36	32
2	36	31
3	37	30
4	37	29
5	38	28
6	38	27
7	39	27
8	39	26
9	40	26
10	40	25
11	41	25
12	41	25
13	41	25
14	42	24
15	42	24
16	42	24
17	42	23
18	42	23
19	42	22
20	42	22
21	42	21
22	42	20
23	42	20
24	41	19
25	41	18
26	41	17
27	40	16
28	40	15
29	40	14
30	40	13

	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	5	-4
2	5	-3
3	6	-3
4	6	-3
5	6	-3
6	6	-3
7	7	-2
8	7	-2
9	7	-2
10	7	-2
11	8	-2
12	8	-1
13	8	-1
14	8	-1
15	9	-1
16	9	-1
17	9	0
18	9	0
19	10	0
20	10	0
21	10	1
22	10	1
23	11	1
24	11	1
25	11	1
26	11	2
27	12	2
28	12	2
29	12	2
30	12	3

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	36	32
2	36	31
3	37	30
4	37	29
5	38	28
6	38	27
7	39	27
8	39	26
9	40	26
10	40	25
11	41	25
12	41	25
13	41	25
14	42	24
15	42	24
16	42	24
17	42	23
18	42	23
19	42	22
20	42	22
21	42	21
22	42	20
23	42	20
24	41	19
25	41	18
26	41	17
27	40	16
28	40	15
29	40	14
30	40	13

	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	5	-4
2	5	-3
3	6	-3
4	6	-3
5	6	-3
6	6	-3
7	7	-2
8	7	-2
9	7	-2
10	7	-2
11	8	-2
12	8	-1
13	8	-1
14	8	-1
15	9	-1
16	9	-1
17	9	0
18	9	0
19	10	0
20	10	0
21	10	1
22	10	1
23	11	1
24	11	1
25	11	1
26	11	2
27	12	2
28	12	2
29	12	2
30	12	3

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	36	32
2	36	31
3	37	30
4	37	29
5	38	28
6	38	27
7	39	27
8	39	26
9	40	26
10	40	25
11	41	25
12	41	25
13	41	25
14	42	24
15	42	24
16	42	24
17	42	23
18	42	23
19	42	22
20	42	22
21	42	21
22	42	20
23	42	20
24	41	19
25	41	18
26	41	17
27	40	16
28	40	15
29	40	14
30	40	13

	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