Folkestone weather in April

In April, Folkestone sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 48 mm of precipitation across 9.6 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-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 26% 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 Folkestone's 3rd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Folkestone's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 48 mm; 9.6 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 36 min; 5:09 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover: 60%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 22 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.67 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.4; out of 10

Folkestone is town and civil parish in Kent, England.

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 11°C by the end.

A typical April day in Folkestone reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 12°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 2°C warmer than March and about 3°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	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

How April really feels in Folkestone

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.

Folkestone weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 8th-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	8° / 5°	101	15.3	0.7	8.2	1.1
Feb	7° / 5°	70	12.5	0.9	9.6	1.0
Mar	9° / 6°	55	10.8	0.3	11.5	1.5
Apr	10° / 8°	48	9.6	0.1	13.5	2.4
May	13° / 11°	53	9.8	0	15.3	3.6
Jun	16° / 13°	53	9.2	0	16.2	4.8
Jul	18° / 15°	55	9.6	0	15.9	5.9
Aug	19° / 16°	66	9.8	0	14.4	6.1
Sep	17° / 15°	70	11.1	0	12.4	5.4
Oct	15° / 12°	110	14.6	0	10.4	3.9
Nov	11° / 9°	115	16.4	0.2	8.7	2.4
Dec	9° / 6°	112	15.4	0.7	7.8	1.5

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%.

	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 (%)	45	45	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	45	45	45	45	44	44	43	43	43
Cloudier (%)	55	55	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	55	55	55	55	56	56	57	57	57

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	47	53
20	46	54
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	43	57
29	43	57
30	43	57

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Folkestone gets around 48 mm of rain and snow over 9.6 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 32% and peaks near 35% 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 (%)	33	33	33	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	29	29	29	28	28	29	29	29	30	31	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	35	35	35

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

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 22 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 23 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)	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

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

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 5:43 AM to 4:40 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 7:06 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	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:43	5:40	5:38	5:36	5:33	5:31	5:29	5:26	5:24	5:22	5:20	5:17	5:15	5:13	5:11	5:09	5:06	5:04	5:02	5:00	4:58	4:56	4:54	4:52	4:50	4:48	4:46	4:44	4:42	4:40
Sunset (PM)	6:17	6:19	6:21	6:22	6:24	6:26	6:27	6:29	6:31	6:32	6:34	6:36	6:37	6:39	6:41	6:42	6:44	6:46	6:47	6:49	6:51	6:52	6:54	6:56	6:57	6:59	7:01	7:02	7:04	7:06

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	5:43	6:17
2	12.6	5:40	6:19
3	12.7	5:38	6:21
4	12.8	5:36	6:22
5	12.8	5:33	6:24
6	12.9	5:31	6:26
7	13.0	5:29	6:27
8	13.0	5:26	6:29
9	13.1	5:24	6:31
10	13.2	5:22	6:32
11	13.2	5:20	6:34
12	13.3	5:17	6:36
13	13.4	5:15	6:37
14	13.4	5:13	6:39
15	13.5	5:11	6:41
16	13.6	5:09	6:42
17	13.6	5:06	6:44
18	13.7	5:04	6:46
19	13.8	5:02	6:47
20	13.8	5:00	6:49
21	13.9	4:58	6:51
22	13.9	4:56	6:52
23	14.0	4:54	6:54
24	14.1	4:52	6:56
25	14.1	4:50	6:57
26	14.2	4:48	6:59
27	14.3	4:46	7:01
28	14.3	4:44	7:02
29	14.4	4:42	7:04
30	14.4	4:40	7:06

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.7 kWh/m² to a high of 5.91 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.67 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)	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.9	Moderate
2	4.0	Moderate
3	4.0	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.1	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Folkestone?

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

2.4

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 Folkestone.

What to pack for Folkestone in April

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

In April, Folkestone sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 8°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear, sun protection and a windbreaker. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Folkestone 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 at the nearest coast (about 15 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 8°C.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	9	8	8	9	11	14	16	18	17	16	13	11
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	9	Bracing
Feb	8	Bracing
Mar	8	Bracing
Apr	9	Bracing
May	11	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	16	Cool
Aug	18	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	16	Cool
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	11	Bracing

UV index in Folkestone 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 Folkestone peaks around June 22 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 6 months of the year.

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

Location & terrain

Where is Folkestone?

Folkestone sits at 51.1°N, 1.2°E, 46 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Dover, 11 km away.

Topography around Folkestone

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Folkestone has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 177 m around an average of 45 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 196 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 319 m.

The land around Folkestone is covered by water (40%), artificial surfaces (22%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, water (49%) within 16 km, and water (53%) within 80 km.

3 km

177 m

water 40%

16 km

196 m

water 49%

80 km

319 m

water 53%

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

April weather nearby: Dover 11 km · Ashford 22 km · Deal 23 km · Canterbury 23 km · Faversham 32 km · Herne Bay 33 km · Whitstable 33 km · Ramsgate 33 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

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 Folkestone (51.0817°, 1.1673°, elevation 46 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	47	53
20	46	54
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	43	57
29	43	57
30	43	57

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	47	53
20	46	54
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	43	57
29	43	57
30	43	57

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	47	53
20	46	54
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	43	57
29	43	57
30	43	57

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

	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