Kiruna weather in April

In April, Kiruna sees average daytime highs of 2°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 28 mm of precipitation across 6.9 wet days and about 15.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 0°C in the first days to 5°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of April to 17 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Kiruna's 2nd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kiruna's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 2°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: -6°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 28 mm; 6.9 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 12 min; 4:04 AM – 7:14 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 3.68 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

Kiruna is urban area in Kiruna Municipality, Sweden.

Air quality: Excellent; PM2.5 3 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded: 1900

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 0°C in the first days to 5°C by the end.

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

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

How April really feels in Kiruna

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

16 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Kiruna weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-9° / -15°	31	7.8	9.7	2.1	0.0
Feb	-8° / -15°	26	7.4	8.9	7	0.0
Mar	-3° / -11°	24	7	8.9	11	0.0
Apr	2° / -6°	28	6.9	7.1	15.1	0.0
May	8° / 0°	55	9.9	5.1	19.6	1.3
Jun	14° / 6°	80	13	0.3	23.9	3.5
Jul	17° / 9°	111	15	0	22.1	4.7
Aug	15° / 7°	80	13.6	0	17	4.0
Sep	10° / 3°	64	10.8	1.5	12.8	1.9
Oct	2° / -3°	48	9.7	6.8	8.7	0.0
Nov	-4° / -9°	39	9.3	10	4.2	0.0
Dec	-6° / -13°	36	9.4	10.6	0.1	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

	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 (%)	39	39	39	37	37	37	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	31	31	31	31	31	30	31	31	31	32	32	33	32	32	33	33	33
Cloudier (%)	61	61	61	63	63	63	65	65	66	66	66	67	67	69	69	69	69	69	70	69	69	69	68	68	67	68	68	67	67	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	37	63
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	30	70
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	33	67
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Kiruna gets around 28 mm of rain and snow over 6.9 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 23% and peaks near 26% 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 (%)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	25	25	26	26
Snow chance (%)	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	21	22	22	22	22	22

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

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 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	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 13 h 12 min at the start of April to 17 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 234 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:09 AM to 3:03 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 8:10 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)	13.2	13.3	13.4	13.6	13.7	13.8	14.0	14.1	14.2	14.4	14.5	14.6	14.8	14.9	15.0	15.2	15.3	15.4	15.6	15.7	15.9	16.0	16.1	16.3	16.4	16.6	16.7	16.8	17.0	17.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:09	5:05	5:00	4:56	4:52	4:47	4:43	4:39	4:35	4:30	4:26	4:22	4:17	4:13	4:09	4:04	4:00	3:56	3:51	3:47	3:42	3:38	3:34	3:29	3:25	3:21	3:16	3:12	3:07	3:03
Sunset (PM)	6:19	6:22	6:26	6:30	6:33	6:37	6:41	6:44	6:48	6:52	6:56	6:59	7:03	7:07	7:11	7:14	7:18	7:22	7:26	7:30	7:34	7:38	7:42	7:46	7:50	7:54	7:58	8:02	8:06	8:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.2	5:09	6:19
2	13.3	5:05	6:22
3	13.4	5:00	6:26
4	13.6	4:56	6:30
5	13.7	4:52	6:33
6	13.8	4:47	6:37
7	14.0	4:43	6:41
8	14.1	4:39	6:44
9	14.2	4:35	6:48
10	14.4	4:30	6:52
11	14.5	4:26	6:56
12	14.6	4:22	6:59
13	14.8	4:17	7:03
14	14.9	4:13	7:07
15	15.0	4:09	7:11
16	15.2	4:04	7:14
17	15.3	4:00	7:18
18	15.4	3:56	7:22
19	15.6	3:51	7:26
20	15.7	3:47	7:30
21	15.9	3:42	7:34
22	16.0	3:38	7:38
23	16.1	3:34	7:42
24	16.3	3:29	7:46
25	16.4	3:25	7:50
26	16.6	3:21	7:54
27	16.7	3:16	7:58
28	16.8	3:12	8:02
29	17.0	3:07	8:06
30	17.1	3:03	8:10

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 3.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0 kWh/m² to a high of 4.96 kWh/m² in May across the year — April's 3.68 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)	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.8	Moderate
2	2.9	Moderate
3	2.9	Moderate
4	3.0	Moderate
5	3.1	Moderate
6	3.1	Moderate
7	3.2	Moderate
8	3.2	Moderate
9	3.3	Moderate
10	3.4	Moderate
11	3.4	Moderate
12	3.5	Moderate
13	3.5	Moderate
14	3.6	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.7	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.8	Moderate
19	3.9	Moderate
20	4.0	Moderate
21	4.0	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Kiruna

In seasonPeak

None of Kiruna's seasonal hazards are active in April. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Kiruna's rainy season runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Kiruna?

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

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Beach & pool

never really warm enough

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kiruna.

What to pack for Kiruna in April

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

In April, Kiruna sees daytime highs around 2°C and nights near -6°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Kiruna 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 Kiruna peaks around July 14 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 4 months of the year.

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

Location & terrain

Where is Kiruna?

Kiruna sits at 67.9°N, 20.2°E, 579 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Harstad, 184 km away.

Topography around Kiruna

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kiruna has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 322 m around an average of 523 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 470 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,846 m.

The land around Kiruna is covered by trees (41%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and trees (40%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

322 m

trees 41%

16 km

470 m

trees 50%

80 km

1,846 m

trees 40%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewaterwetlandmoss and lichen

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

April weather nearby: Harstad 184 km · Levi 192 km · Tromsdalen 205 km · Tromso 206 km · Boden 235 km · Lofoten 239 km · Bodø 256 km · Alta 265 km

Sweden travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 87% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $63,133; 2025
Happiness: 7.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.1; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 3.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 609
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 Kiruna (67.8557°, 20.2251°, elevation 579 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	0	-9
2	0	-9
3	0	-8
4	0	-8
5	0	-8
6	1	-8
7	1	-8
8	1	-7
9	1	-7
10	1	-7
11	1	-7
12	2	-7
13	2	-6
14	2	-6
15	2	-6
16	2	-6
17	3	-5
18	3	-5
19	3	-5
20	3	-5
21	3	-5
22	4	-4
23	4	-4
24	4	-4
25	4	-4
26	4	-4
27	4	-3
28	5	-3
29	5	-3
30	5	-3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	37	63
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	30	70
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	33	67
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	37	63
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	30	70
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	33	67
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	37	63
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	30	70
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	33	67
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67

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

	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