Bulle weather in April

In April, Bulle sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 117 mm of precipitation across 15.1 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 13°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 14 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Bulle's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bulle's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 117 mm; 15.1 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 18 min; 5:52 AM – 7:12 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 9th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.98 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.2; out of 10

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 9 µg/m³ · 2020

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 9°C in the first days to 13°C by the end.

A typical April day in Bulle reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 4°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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4

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

How April really feels in Bulle

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 16 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.

Bulle 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	2° / -5°	123	13.3	11.3	8.8	0.0
Feb	3° / -4°	111	11.8	10.5	10	0.0
Mar	7° / -1°	114	13.6	9.1	11.6	0.8
Apr	11° / 2°	117	15.1	6.5	13.3	2.2
May	15° / 6°	165	18.2	1.6	14.8	3.7
Jun	19° / 10°	162	18.1	0.2	15.6	4.9
Jul	21° / 12°	168	16.8	0	15.3	5.6
Aug	21° / 12°	163	16	0	14	5.7
Sep	17° / 9°	126	13.6	0.4	12.4	4.9
Oct	12° / 5°	116	13.3	2.5	10.6	3.1
Nov	6° / -0°	127	13.5	7.5	9.2	0.6
Dec	2° / -4°	140	13.9	10.8	8.4	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 60%. 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 (%)	41	40	40	41	41	41	41	42	41	41	42	42	43	43	42	43	43	42	41	40	40	39	38	38	36	36	35	34	35	33
Cloudier (%)	59	60	60	59	59	59	59	58	59	59	58	58	57	57	58	57	57	58	59	60	60	61	62	62	64	64	65	66	65	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	42	58
12	42	58
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	42	58
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	42	58
19	41	59
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	39	61
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	35	65
28	34	66
29	35	65
30	33	67

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Bulle gets around 117 mm of rain and snow over 15.1 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 50% and peaks near 58% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	48	47	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	47	47	47	47	48	48	49	50	51	52	52	53	54	55	56	57	57	58
Snow chance (%)	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	24	24	23	22	21	20	19	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	48	26
2	47	26
3	47	26
4	47	25
5	47	25
6	47	25
7	47	25
8	48	26
9	48	26
10	48	26
11	48	26
12	48	26
13	47	26
14	47	26
15	47	25
16	47	24
17	48	24
18	48	23
19	49	22
20	50	21
21	51	20
22	52	19
23	52	17
24	53	16
25	54	15
26	55	14
27	56	13
28	57	12
29	57	11
30	58	10

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 6 km/h in April.

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of April to 14 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:22 AM to 5:27 AM, and sunset from 6:51 PM to 7:31 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	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:22	6:19	6:17	6:15	6:13	6:11	6:09	6:08	6:06	6:04	6:02	6:00	5:58	5:56	5:54	5:52	5:50	5:48	5:46	5:45	5:43	5:41	5:39	5:37	5:36	5:34	5:32	5:30	5:29	5:27
Sunset (PM)	6:51	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:57	6:58	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:08	7:09	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:19	7:20	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:30	7:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:22	6:51
2	12.6	6:19	6:53
3	12.6	6:17	6:54
4	12.7	6:15	6:55
5	12.7	6:13	6:57
6	12.8	6:11	6:58
7	12.8	6:09	7:00
8	12.9	6:08	7:01
9	12.9	6:06	7:02
10	13.0	6:04	7:04
11	13.1	6:02	7:05
12	13.1	6:00	7:06
13	13.2	5:58	7:08
14	13.2	5:56	7:09
15	13.3	5:54	7:11
16	13.3	5:52	7:12
17	13.4	5:50	7:13
18	13.4	5:48	7:15
19	13.5	5:46	7:16
20	13.5	5:45	7:17
21	13.6	5:43	7:19
22	13.7	5:41	7:20
23	13.7	5:39	7:22
24	13.8	5:37	7:23
25	13.8	5:36	7:24
26	13.9	5:34	7:26
27	13.9	5:32	7:27
28	14.0	5:30	7:28
29	14.0	5:29	7:30
30	14.1	5:27	7:31

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.16 kWh/m² to a high of 5.81 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.98 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)	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1
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	4.4	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Bulle?

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

2.2

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 Bulle.

What to pack for Bulle in April

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

In April, Bulle sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bulle 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 Bulle peaks around July 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	4	5	7	7	9	7	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	7	High
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Bulle?

Bulle sits at 46.6°N, 7.1°E, 771 m above sea level, in Switzerland. The nearest listed city is Fribourg, 22 km away.

Topography around Bulle

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bulle has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 323 m around an average of 774 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,747 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,030 m.

The land around Bulle is covered by grassland (50%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, grassland (52%) and trees (39%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

323 m

grassland 50%

16 km

1,747 m

grassland 52%

80 km

4,030 m

trees 42%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen

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

April weather nearby: Fribourg 22 km · Montreux 23 km · Vevey 24 km · Pully 32 km · Lausanne 34 km · Yverdon-les-Bains 36 km · Renens 37 km · Monthey 41 km

Switzerland travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / J; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 112% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $114,769; 2025
Happiness: 7.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.6; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 2.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 564
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 Bulle (46.618°, 7.0569°, elevation 771 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	9	0
2	9	0
3	9	0
4	9	0
5	9	0
6	9	1
7	9	1
8	9	1
9	10	1
10	10	1
11	10	1
12	10	1
13	10	1
14	10	1
15	10	1
16	11	1
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	11	2
20	11	2
21	11	2
22	12	2
23	12	3
24	12	3
25	12	3
26	12	3
27	12	3
28	13	3
29	13	4
30	13	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	42	58
12	42	58
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	42	58
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	42	58
19	41	59
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	39	61
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	35	65
28	34	66
29	35	65
30	33	67

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	48	26
2	47	26
3	47	26
4	47	25
5	47	25
6	47	25
7	47	25
8	48	26
9	48	26
10	48	26
11	48	26
12	48	26
13	47	26
14	47	26
15	47	25
16	47	24
17	48	24
18	48	23
19	49	22
20	50	21
21	51	20
22	52	19
23	52	17
24	53	16
25	54	15
26	55	14
27	56	13
28	57	12
29	57	11
30	58	10

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	42	58
12	42	58
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	42	58
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	42	58
19	41	59
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	39	61
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	35	65
28	34	66
29	35	65
30	33	67

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	48	26
2	47	26
3	47	26
4	47	25
5	47	25
6	47	25
7	47	25
8	48	26
9	48	26
10	48	26
11	48	26
12	48	26
13	47	26
14	47	26
15	47	25
16	47	24
17	48	24
18	48	23
19	49	22
20	50	21
21	51	20
22	52	19
23	52	17
24	53	16
25	54	15
26	55	14
27	56	13
28	57	12
29	57	11
30	58	10

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	42	58
12	42	58
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	42	58
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	42	58
19	41	59
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	39	61
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	35	65
28	34	66
29	35	65
30	33	67

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	48	26
2	47	26
3	47	26
4	47	25
5	47	25
6	47	25
7	47	25
8	48	26
9	48	26
10	48	26
11	48	26
12	48	26
13	47	26
14	47	26
15	47	25
16	47	24
17	48	24
18	48	23
19	49	22
20	50	21
21	51	20
22	52	19
23	52	17
24	53	16
25	54	15
26	55	14
27	56	13
28	57	12
29	57	11
30	58	10

	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