Alta weather in April

In April, Alta sees average daytime highs of 2°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 36 mm of precipitation across 10.8 wet days and about 15.5 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about -1°C in the first days to 3°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of April to 17 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Alta's 1st-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alta's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 2°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: -6°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 36 mm; 10.8 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 36 min; 3:40 AM – 7:14 PM
Cloud cover: 74%; 1st clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.54 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

Alta is settlement in Alta Municipality, Norway.

Density: 1,604/km²; people per km²
Founded: 2000

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 -1°C in the first days to 3°C by the end.

A typical April day in Alta reaches about 2°C in the afternoon and slips back to -6°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -3°C and 6°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)	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Avg low (°C)	-8	-8	-8	-8	-8	-7	-7	-7	-7	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-5	-5	-5	-5	-5	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3

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

How April really feels in Alta

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

12 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Alta weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-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	-7° / -14°	42	9.8	11.5	0.7	0.0
Feb	-7° / -13°	35	9.4	10.8	6.3	0.0
Mar	-3° / -10°	36	10.1	11.9	10.9	0.0
Apr	2° / -6°	36	10.8	11.2	15.5	0.0
May	7° / 0°	50	13	7.3	21.4	0.7
Jun	12° / 5°	70	14.2	1.2	24	2.6
Jul	16° / 9°	75	13.7	0	23.5	4.2
Aug	14° / 7°	69	12.6	0	17.8	3.7
Sep	9° / 4°	58	12.3	1.5	12.9	1.8
Oct	2° / -3°	57	12.8	8.4	8.3	0.0
Nov	-3° / -8°	40	9.6	9.5	2.4	0.0
Dec	-5° / -11°	40	10	11.4	0	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in April, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

	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 (%)	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	24	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	25	25
Cloudier (%)	78	78	78	77	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	75	75	75	75	75	76	75	75	75	75	75	74	74	74	74	75	75

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	24	76
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	26	74
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	25	75

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Alta gets around 36 mm of rain and snow 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 precipitation averages around 36% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 11 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 (%)	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37
Snow chance (%)	42	42	41	41	40	40	39	39	39	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	33

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	42
2	35	42
3	35	41
4	35	41
5	35	40
6	35	40
7	34	39
8	34	39
9	34	39
10	34	38
11	35	38
12	35	38
13	35	38
14	35	38
15	36	37
16	36	37
17	36	37
18	36	36
19	37	36
20	37	36
21	37	36
22	37	36
23	37	35
24	37	35
25	37	35
26	37	34
27	37	34
28	37	34
29	37	33
30	37	33

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 9 km/h in April.

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of April to 17 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 276 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 4:53 AM to 2:29 AM, and sunset from 6:10 PM to 8:20 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)	13.3	13.4	13.6	13.7	13.9	14.0	14.2	14.3	14.5	14.6	14.8	14.9	15.1	15.3	15.4	15.6	15.7	15.9	16.0	16.2	16.4	16.5	16.7	16.8	17.0	17.2	17.3	17.5	17.7	17.9
Sunrise (AM)	4:53	4:48	4:43	4:38	4:34	4:29	4:24	4:19	4:14	4:09	4:05	4:00	3:55	3:50	3:45	3:40	3:35	3:30	3:25	3:20	3:15	3:10	3:05	3:00	2:55	2:50	2:45	2:39	2:34	2:29
Sunset (PM)	6:10	6:15	6:19	6:23	6:27	6:31	6:35	6:40	6:44	6:48	6:52	6:57	7:01	7:05	7:10	7:14	7:19	7:23	7:28	7:32	7:37	7:41	7:46	7:51	7:55	8:00	8:05	8:10	8:15	8:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.3	4:53	6:10
2	13.4	4:48	6:15
3	13.6	4:43	6:19
4	13.7	4:38	6:23
5	13.9	4:34	6:27
6	14.0	4:29	6:31
7	14.2	4:24	6:35
8	14.3	4:19	6:40
9	14.5	4:14	6:44
10	14.6	4:09	6:48
11	14.8	4:05	6:52
12	14.9	4:00	6:57
13	15.1	3:55	7:01
14	15.3	3:50	7:05
15	15.4	3:45	7:10
16	15.6	3:40	7:14
17	15.7	3:35	7:19
18	15.9	3:30	7:23
19	16.0	3:25	7:28
20	16.2	3:20	7:32
21	16.4	3:15	7:37
22	16.5	3:10	7:41
23	16.7	3:05	7:46
24	16.8	3:00	7:51
25	17.0	2:55	7:55
26	17.2	2:50	8:00
27	17.3	2:45	8:05
28	17.5	2:39	8:10
29	17.7	2:34	8:15
30	17.9	2:29	8:20

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 3.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0 kWh/m² to a high of 4.84 kWh/m² in May across the year — April's 3.54 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)	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.6	Moderate
2	2.7	Moderate
3	2.7	Moderate
4	2.8	Moderate
5	2.9	Moderate
6	2.9	Moderate
7	3.0	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.2	Moderate
11	3.3	Moderate
12	3.3	Moderate
13	3.4	Moderate
14	3.4	Moderate
15	3.5	Moderate
16	3.6	Moderate
17	3.6	Moderate
18	3.7	Moderate
19	3.7	Moderate
20	3.8	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	4.0	Moderate
24	4.0	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.4	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Alta?

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

0.0

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Alta.

What to pack for Alta in April

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

In April, Alta sees daytime highs around 2°C and nights near -6°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Alta in April

The nearest coast averages about 3°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 48 km away) is warmest in August at about 10°C and coldest in April near 3°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)	5	4	3	3	4	7	10	10	9	8	7	6
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	5	Bracing
Feb	4	Bracing
Mar	3	Bracing
Apr	3	Bracing
May	4	Bracing
Jun	7	Bracing
Jul	10	Bracing
Aug	10	Bracing
Sep	9	Bracing
Oct	8	Bracing
Nov	7	Bracing
Dec	6	Bracing

UV index in Alta in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Alta peaks around July 13 at about 4 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 2 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	0	1	2	3	3	4	3	1	0	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	0	Low
Mar	1	Low
Apr	2	Low
May	3	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	1	Low
Oct	0	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Alta?

Alta sits at 70.0°N, 23.3°E, 65 m above sea level, in Norway. The nearest listed city is Tromsdalen, 167 km away.

Topography around Alta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alta has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 208 m around an average of 21 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 998 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,343 m.

The land around Alta is covered by water (39%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, trees (35%), grassland (26%) and water (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (41%), moss and lichen (23%) and water (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

208 m

water 39%

16 km

998 m

trees 35%

80 km

1,343 m

grassland 41%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewaterwetlandmoss and lichen

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

April weather nearby: Tromsdalen 167 km · Tromso 169 km · Levi 248 km · Kiruna 265 km · Nikel 275 km · Harstad 294 km · Zapolyarnyy 297 km · Kovdor 394 km

Norway travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 91% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $94,594; 2025
Happiness: 7.2 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 99%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 2.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 613
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 Alta (69.9689°, 23.2717°, elevation 65 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	-1	-8
2	-1	-8
3	0	-8
4	0	-8
5	0	-8
6	0	-7
7	0	-7
8	0	-7
9	1	-7
10	1	-6
11	1	-6
12	1	-6
13	1	-6
14	1	-6
15	2	-5
16	2	-5
17	2	-5
18	2	-5
19	2	-5
20	2	-4
21	2	-4
22	3	-4
23	3	-4
24	3	-4
25	3	-4
26	3	-3
27	3	-3
28	3	-3
29	4	-3
30	4	-3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	24	76
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	26	74
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	25	75

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	42
2	35	42
3	35	41
4	35	41
5	35	40
6	35	40
7	34	39
8	34	39
9	34	39
10	34	38
11	35	38
12	35	38
13	35	38
14	35	38
15	36	37
16	36	37
17	36	37
18	36	36
19	37	36
20	37	36
21	37	36
22	37	36
23	37	35
24	37	35
25	37	35
26	37	34
27	37	34
28	37	34
29	37	33
30	37	33

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	24	76
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	26	74
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	25	75

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	42
2	35	42
3	35	41
4	35	41
5	35	40
6	35	40
7	34	39
8	34	39
9	34	39
10	34	38
11	35	38
12	35	38
13	35	38
14	35	38
15	36	37
16	36	37
17	36	37
18	36	36
19	37	36
20	37	36
21	37	36
22	37	36
23	37	35
24	37	35
25	37	35
26	37	34
27	37	34
28	37	34
29	37	33
30	37	33

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	24	76
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	26	74
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	25	75

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	42
2	35	42
3	35	41
4	35	41
5	35	40
6	35	40
7	34	39
8	34	39
9	34	39
10	34	38
11	35	38
12	35	38
13	35	38
14	35	38
15	36	37
16	36	37
17	36	37
18	36	36
19	37	36
20	37	36
21	37	36
22	37	36
23	37	35
24	37	35
25	37	35
26	37	34
27	37	34
28	37	34
29	37	33
30	37	33

	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