Lidköping weather in April

In April, Lidköping sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 44 mm of precipitation across 8.4 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 6°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of April to 15 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Lidköping's 4th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lidköping's year-round climate.

Daytime high
7th warmest
Overnight low
6th coldest
Precipitation
44 mm
8.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 06 min
5:05 AM – 7:10 PM
Cloud cover
61%
4th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.04 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.6
out of 10

Lidköping is urban area in Lidköping Municipality, Sweden.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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 11°C by the end.

A typical April day in Lidköping reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 5°C warmer than March and about 6°C cooler than May.

-5°10°15°20°151015202530
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
160
261
361
461
571
671
771
871
971
1072
1172
1282
1382
1482
1582
1682
1783
1893
1993
2093
2193
2293
23104
24104
25104
26104
27104
28115
29115
30115

How April really feels in Lidköping

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 22 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
22
wind chill below the day's low

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

Lidköping weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°5411.35.66.80.0
Feb / -3°429.36.18.80.0
Mar / -1°398.83.711.40.0
Apr / 448.41.3141.6
May14° / 6010.9016.44.0
Jun18° / 12°9213017.95.4
Jul20° / 14°9012.7017.36.0
Aug19° / 14°8913.7015.15.7
Sep15° / 10°7411012.54.4
Oct10° / 7813.30.39.92.0
Nov / 6512.52.97.50.2
Dec / -1°6311.756.10.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% 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 54%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24357
34357
44357
54357
64456
74357
84357
94456
104456
114555
124555
134753
144852
154852
164951
174951
184951
194951
204951
214852
224852
234753
244753
254753
264753
274753
284753
294654
304654

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Lidköping gets around 44 mm of rain and snow over 8.4 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 27% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202530
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1287
2297
3296
4296
5296
6296
7296
8295
9295
10285
11285
12275
13265
14265
15255
16255
17255
18254
19254
20254
21254
22263
23263
24273
25282
26282
27292
28291
29301
30301

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.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100

Wind in April

Winds average 14 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

05101520151015202530
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
1215light breeze
1314light breeze
1414light breeze
1514light breeze
1614light breeze
1714light breeze
1814light breeze
1914light breeze
2014light breeze
2114light breeze
2214light breeze
2314light breeze
2414light breeze
2514light breeze
2614light breeze
2714light breeze
2814light breeze
2914light breeze
3014light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of April to 15 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 144 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:49 AM to 4:27 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 7:42 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.85:496:35
212.95:466:37
312.95:436:40
413.05:406:42
513.15:376:44
613.25:346:47
713.35:316:49
813.45:286:51
913.55:266:54
1013.65:236:56
1113.65:206:58
1213.75:177:00
1313.85:147:03
1413.95:117:05
1514.05:087:07
1614.15:057:10
1714.25:037:12
1814.25:007:14
1914.34:577:17
2014.44:547:19
2114.54:517:21
2214.64:497:24
2314.74:467:26
2414.84:437:28
2514.84:417:31
2614.94:387:33
2715.04:357:35
2815.14:337:38
2915.24:307:40
3015.24:277:42

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.23 kWh/m² to a high of 5.63 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.04 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.3Moderate
23.4Moderate
33.4Moderate
43.5Moderate
53.5Moderate
63.6Moderate
73.6Moderate
83.7Moderate
93.7Moderate
103.8Moderate
113.8Moderate
123.9Moderate
133.9Moderate
144.0Bright
154.0Bright
164.1Bright
174.2Bright
184.2Bright
194.3Bright
204.3Bright
214.4Bright
224.4Bright
234.5Bright
244.5Bright
254.5Bright
264.6Bright
274.6Bright
284.7Bright
294.7Bright
304.7Bright
Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Lidköping?

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 Lidköping.

What to pack for Lidköping in April

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

In April, Lidköping sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Lidköping in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lidköping peaks around June 17 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateModerateLowJun 17UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Lidköping?

Lidköping sits at 58.5°N, 13.2°E, 52 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Skövde, 42 km away.

Borås

Topography around Lidköping

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lidköping has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 50 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 362 m.

The land around Lidköping is covered by water (35%), trees (27%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (40%), trees (24%) and water (22%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and water (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
32 m
16 km
150 m
80 km
362 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
April weather nearby: Skövde 42 km · Falköping 43 km · Mariestad 45 km · Vänersborg 50 km · Trollhättan 56 km · Uddevalla 73 km · Alingsås 74 km · Borås 88 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
Church of Sweden 54%none or unspecified 37%other 9%

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 Lidköping (58.5052°, 13.1577°, elevation 52 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).