Brunssum weather in April

In April, Brunssum sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 44 mm of precipitation across 10.2 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of April to 14 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Brunssum's 4th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Brunssum's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 44 mm; 10.2 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 36 min; 5:50 AM – 7:23 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 4th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.33 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

Brunssum is town and municipality in Limburg, the Netherlands.

Density: 1,692/km²; people per km²

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 13°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical April day in Brunssum reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 21°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)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17
Avg low (°C)	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8

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

How April really feels in Brunssum

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

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Brunssum weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	6° / 1°	63	12.5	1.6	8.2	0.2
Feb	7° / 1°	57	11.3	2.8	9.7	0.6
Mar	10° / 3°	57	12.5	1	11.5	2.3
Apr	14° / 6°	44	10.2	0.1	13.5	4.2
May	18° / 9°	53	11.4	0	15.3	5.5
Jun	21° / 12°	63	11.6	0	16.2	6.0
Jul	23° / 14°	70	12.6	0	15.8	6.4
Aug	23° / 14°	67	11.2	0	14.3	6.5
Sep	19° / 11°	57	10.1	0	12.4	5.9
Oct	15° / 8°	59	11	0	10.4	4.1
Nov	9° / 5°	61	12.4	0.5	8.7	1.8
Dec	6° / 2°	72	13.7	2.3	7.8	0.5

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% 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 (%)	34	34	34	33	34	33	32	31	31	31	32	32	34	34	35	35	35	34	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	33	32	32	32	30
Cloudier (%)	66	66	66	67	66	67	68	69	69	69	68	68	66	66	65	65	65	66	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	67	68	68	68	70

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Brunssum gets around 44 mm of rain and snow over 10.2 wet days in April, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 34% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings 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	34	34	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	32	32	32	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	34
4	34
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	33
9	32
10	32
11	32
12	32
13	32
14	31
15	31
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	33
20	34
21	34
22	35
23	35
24	36
25	36
26	36
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	37

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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

Wind in April

Winds average 12 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of April to 14 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 108 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:23 AM to 5:21 AM, and sunset from 6:58 PM to 7:46 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)	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.4	14.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:23	6:21	6:19	6:17	6:14	6:12	6:10	6:07	6:05	6:03	6:01	5:58	5:56	5:54	5:52	5:50	5:48	5:45	5:43	5:41	5:39	5:37	5:35	5:33	5:31	5:29	5:27	5:25	5:23	5:21
Sunset (PM)	6:58	7:00	7:01	7:03	7:05	7:06	7:08	7:10	7:11	7:13	7:15	7:16	7:18	7:20	7:21	7:23	7:25	7:26	7:28	7:30	7:31	7:33	7:35	7:36	7:38	7:40	7:41	7:43	7:44	7:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	6:23	6:58
2	12.6	6:21	7:00
3	12.7	6:19	7:01
4	12.8	6:17	7:03
5	12.8	6:14	7:05
6	12.9	6:12	7:06
7	13.0	6:10	7:08
8	13.0	6:07	7:10
9	13.1	6:05	7:11
10	13.2	6:03	7:13
11	13.2	6:01	7:15
12	13.3	5:58	7:16
13	13.4	5:56	7:18
14	13.4	5:54	7:20
15	13.5	5:52	7:21
16	13.6	5:50	7:23
17	13.6	5:48	7:25
18	13.7	5:45	7:26
19	13.7	5:43	7:28
20	13.8	5:41	7:30
21	13.9	5:39	7:31
22	13.9	5:37	7:33
23	14.0	5:35	7:35
24	14.1	5:33	7:36
25	14.1	5:31	7:38
26	14.2	5:29	7:40
27	14.2	5:27	7:41
28	14.3	5:25	7:43
29	14.4	5:23	7:44
30	14.4	5:21	7:46

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.63 kWh/m² to a high of 5.29 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.33 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)	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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	3.7	Moderate
2	3.7	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.8	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	4.0	Moderate
8	4.0	Bright
9	4.1	Bright
10	4.1	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Brunssum?

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

4.2

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.2

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Brunssum for sightseeing.

What to pack for Brunssum in April

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

In April, Brunssum sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Brunssum in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Brunssum peaks around July 15 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

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

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

Air quality in Brunssum in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Brunssum is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	11	11	15	15	14	13	12	13	12	10	10	9
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	15	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	13	Moderate
Jul	12	Good
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	12	Good
Oct	10	Good
Nov	10	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Brunssum?

Brunssum sits at 50.9°N, 6.0°E, 79 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Hoensbroek, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Brunssum

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Brunssum has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 89 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 229 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,003 m.

The land around Brunssum is covered by trees (34%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, cropland (39%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and trees (37%), cropland (29%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

78 m

trees 34%

16 km

229 m

cropland 39%

80 km

1,003 m

trees 37%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

April weather nearby: Hoensbroek 4.0 km · Heerlen 7.0 km · Sittard 9.0 km · Geleen 10 km · Geilenkirchen 11 km · Kerkrade 11 km · Übach-Palenberg 11 km · Herzogenrath 12 km

The Netherlands travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 84% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $73,684; 2025
Happiness: 7.2 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 624
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 Brunssum (50.9467°, 5.9708°, elevation 79 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	12	4
2	13	5
3	13	5
4	13	5
5	13	5
6	13	5
7	13	5
8	13	5
9	13	5
10	13	5
11	14	5
12	14	5
13	14	5
14	14	5
15	14	5
16	14	6
17	15	6
18	15	6
19	15	6
20	15	6
21	15	6
22	16	7
23	16	7
24	16	7
25	16	7
26	16	7
27	16	7
28	16	7
29	16	8
30	17	8

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	34
4	34
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	33
9	32
10	32
11	32
12	32
13	32
14	31
15	31
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	33
20	34
21	34
22	35
23	35
24	36
25	36
26	36
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	34
4	34
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	33
9	32
10	32
11	32
12	32
13	32
14	31
15	31
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	33
20	34
21	34
22	35
23	35
24	36
25	36
26	36
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	34
4	34
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	33
9	32
10	32
11	32
12	32
13	32
14	31
15	31
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	33
20	34
21	34
22	35
23	35
24	36
25	36
26	36
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1