Fleetwood weather in April

In April, Fleetwood sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 74 mm of precipitation across 12.8 wet days and about 13.7 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 12th-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 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Fleetwood's 4th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fleetwood's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10°
7th warmest
Overnight low
5th coldest
Precipitation
74 mm
12.8 wet days
Daylight
13 h 42 min
5:20 AM – 7:04 PM
Cloud cover
68%
4th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.02 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.1
out of 10

Fleetwood is town in Lancashire, England, UK.

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 Fleetwood 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 13°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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296
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796
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996
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How April really feels in Fleetwood

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.

Fleetwood 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 13117.70.87.70.6
Feb / 10515.10.99.40.6
Mar / 9314.80.711.51.1
Apr10° / 7412.80.113.72.1
May13° / 7912.6015.73.3
Jun15° / 12°8914.1016.84.2
Jul17° / 14°10416.3016.34.7
Aug17° / 14°12717.8014.64.5
Sep16° / 12°12114.9012.54.1
Oct13° / 10°15317.7010.22.9
Nov10° / 15618.80.18.31.7
Dec / 15918.20.67.20.9

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 16% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
23367
33367
43367
53367
63367
73367
83466
93466
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113664
123565
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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Fleetwood gets around 74 mm of rain and snow over 12.8 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 42% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
145
245
345
445
544
643
743
842
941
1040
1139
1238
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2041
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2242
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2643
2743
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3043

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 (%)
1100
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Wind in April

Winds average 19 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
120breezy
220breezy
320breezy
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520breezy
620light 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 5:57 AM to 4:48 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 7:31 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:576:36
212.75:556:38
312.85:526:40
412.95:506:42
512.95:476:44
613.05:456:45
713.15:426:47
813.25:406:49
913.25:376:51
1013.35:356:53
1113.45:326:55
1213.45:306:57
1313.55:276:59
1413.65:257:01
1513.75:237:02
1613.75:207:04
1713.85:187:06
1813.95:157:08
1913.95:137:10
2014.05:117:12
2114.15:087:14
2214.25:067:16
2314.25:047:17
2414.35:017:19
2514.44:597:21
2614.44:577:23
2714.54:557:25
2814.64:537:27
2914.64:507:29
3014.74:487:31

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.47 kWh/m² to a high of 5.25 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.02 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
113.9Moderate
123.9Moderate
134.0Moderate
144.0Bright
154.1Bright
164.1Bright
174.2Bright
184.2Bright
194.2Bright
204.3Bright
214.3Bright
224.4Bright
234.4Bright
244.5Bright
254.5Bright
264.5Bright
274.6Bright
284.6Bright
294.7Bright
304.7Bright
Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Fleetwood?

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

2.1
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Fleetwood.

What to pack for Fleetwood in April

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

In April, Fleetwood sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 6°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Fleetwood in April

The nearest coast averages about 9°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 17°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°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
Feb6Bracing
Mar7Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct14Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Fleetwood 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 Fleetwood peaks around August 10 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 10UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Fleetwood?

Fleetwood sits at 53.9°N, 3.0°W, 10 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Thornton-Cleveleys, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Fleetwood

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fleetwood has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 3 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 962 m.

The land around Fleetwood is covered by water (54%) within 3 km, water (59%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and water (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
56 m
80 km
962 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
April weather nearby: Thornton-Cleveleys 6.0 km · Poulton-le-Fylde 10 km · Fylde 12 km · Blackpool 12 km · Heysham 15 km · Morecambe 19 km · Lancaster 19 km · Lytham St Annes 20 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 Fleetwood (53.9253°, -3.0109°, elevation 10 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).