Bridlington weather in April

In April, Bridlington sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 47 mm of precipitation across 10.4 wet days and about 13.7 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 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Bridlington's 4th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bridlington's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10°
7th warmest
Overnight low
5th coldest
Precipitation
47 mm
10.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 42 min
5:09 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover
69%
4th clearest
Wind
20 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.3
out of 10

Bridlington is coastal town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Density
4,050/km²
people per km²

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 9°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical April day in Bridlington reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 2°C warmer than March and about 3°C cooler than May.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How April really feels in Bridlington

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Bridlington 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5812.817.70.8
Feb / 4710.71.39.40.9
Mar / 4610.90.811.51.5
Apr10° / 4710.40.113.72.3
May13° / 469.6015.73.5
Jun15° / 11°6211.6016.84.4
Jul18° / 13°6011.4016.35.5
Aug18° / 13°6411.1014.65.6
Sep16° / 12°5710.3012.54.9
Oct13° / 6512.4010.23.4
Nov10° / 67130.28.32.0
Dec / 6112.50.67.21.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23466
33466
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53466
63466
73466
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113466
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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Bridlington gets around 47 mm of rain and snow over 10.4 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 34% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
137
237
337
436
536
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735
835
934
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1133
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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.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in April

Winds average 20 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 21 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
121breezy
221breezy
320breezy
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720breezy
820light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of April to 14 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 126 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:46 AM to 4:36 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 7:20 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:466:25
212.75:436:27
312.85:416:29
412.95:386:31
512.95:366:32
613.05:336:34
713.15:316:36
813.25:286:38
913.25:266:40
1013.35:236:42
1113.45:216:44
1213.55:186:46
1313.55:166:48
1413.65:136:50
1513.75:116:51
1613.75:096:53
1713.85:066:55
1813.95:046:57
1914.05:016:59
2014.04:597:01
2114.14:577:03
2214.24:547:05
2314.24:527:07
2414.34:507:09
2514.44:487:10
2614.54:457:12
2714.54:437:14
2814.64:417:16
2914.74:397:18
3014.74:367:20

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.54 kWh/m² to a high of 5.39 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.25 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.5Moderate
23.6Moderate
33.6Moderate
43.7Moderate
53.7Moderate
63.8Moderate
73.8Moderate
83.9Moderate
93.9Moderate
104.0Moderate
114.0Bright
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134.2Bright
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304.9Bright
Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Bridlington?

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

2.3
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 Bridlington.

What to pack for Bridlington in April

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

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

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Bridlington in April

The nearest coast averages about 7°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in February near 6°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
Feb6Bracing
Mar6Bracing
Apr7Bracing
May9Bracing
Jun12Bracing
Jul14Bracing
Aug15Bracing
Sep14Bracing
Oct12Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Bridlington in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bridlington peaks around August 11 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 11UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bridlington?

Bridlington sits at 54.1°N, 0.2°W, 14 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Scarborough, 26 km away.

Topography around Bridlington

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bridlington has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m around an average of 15 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 460 m.

The land around Bridlington is covered by water (44%) within 3 km, water (49%) and cropland (38%) within 16 km, and cropland (39%), water (32%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
71 m
16 km
148 m
80 km
460 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
April weather nearby: Scarborough 26 km · Beverley 30 km · Kingston upon Hull 39 km · Brough 47 km · Grimsby 58 km · Cleethorpes 59 km · York 60 km · Goole 62 km

United Kingdom travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 89% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$57,602
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
3.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 60%none 26%Muslim 4%other 2%

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 Bridlington (54.0831°, -0.1919°, elevation 14 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).