Fort William weather in April

In April, Fort William sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 113 mm of precipitation across 16.4 wet days and about 13.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 8°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of April to 15 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Fort William's 2nd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fort William's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 113 mm; 16.4 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 54 min; 5:23 AM – 7:19 PM
Cloud cover: 80%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 3.4 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.7; out of 10

Fort William is town in Highland, Scotland, UK.

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 8°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical April day in Fort William reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 3°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)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4

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

How April really feels in Fort William

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 21 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.

Fort William 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	4° / 0°	224	19.5	10.8	7.2	0.0
Feb	5° / 0°	181	17.5	9.8	9.1	0.0
Mar	7° / 1°	166	17.9	7.6	11.4	0.6
Apr	10° / 3°	113	16.4	2.8	13.9	1.7
May	13° / 5°	122	16.9	0.4	16.1	2.8
Jun	15° / 8°	118	17.4	0	17.4	3.4
Jul	16° / 10°	129	19.4	0	16.9	3.7
Aug	16° / 10°	145	19.5	0	14.9	3.7
Sep	14° / 8°	151	17	0	12.5	3.1
Oct	10° / 5°	186	18.9	0.5	10	1.8
Nov	7° / 3°	175	18.7	3.2	7.8	0.7
Dec	5° / 1°	205	18.4	8	6.6	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

	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 (%)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	20	20	19	19	20	19	19	19
Cloudier (%)	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	84	84	84	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	81	80	80	81	81	80	81	81	81

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	15	85
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	17	83
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	19	81
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Fort William gets around 113 mm of rain and snow over 16.4 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 54% and peaks near 57% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring 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 (%)	56	57	57	57	56	56	55	55	54	53	52	52	51	51	51	52	52	52	53	53	54	54	54	55	55	55	55	55	55	55
Snow chance (%)	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	10	9	9	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4

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

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 11 km/h in April.

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 min at the start of April to 15 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 138 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:04 AM to 4:47 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 7:49 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)	12.7	12.8	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.2	13.3	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.7	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.1	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.8	14.9	15.0	15.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:04	6:01	5:58	5:55	5:52	5:50	5:47	5:44	5:41	5:39	5:36	5:33	5:31	5:28	5:25	5:23	5:20	5:17	5:15	5:12	5:09	5:07	5:04	5:02	4:59	4:57	4:54	4:52	4:49	4:47
Sunset (PM)	6:47	6:49	6:51	6:53	6:55	6:57	7:00	7:02	7:04	7:06	7:08	7:10	7:12	7:15	7:17	7:19	7:21	7:23	7:25	7:27	7:30	7:32	7:34	7:36	7:38	7:40	7:42	7:44	7:47	7:49

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.7	6:04	6:47
2	12.8	6:01	6:49
3	12.9	5:58	6:51
4	13.0	5:55	6:53
5	13.0	5:52	6:55
6	13.1	5:50	6:57
7	13.2	5:47	7:00
8	13.3	5:44	7:02
9	13.4	5:41	7:04
10	13.5	5:39	7:06
11	13.5	5:36	7:08
12	13.6	5:33	7:10
13	13.7	5:31	7:12
14	13.8	5:28	7:15
15	13.9	5:25	7:17
16	13.9	5:23	7:19
17	14.0	5:20	7:21
18	14.1	5:17	7:23
19	14.2	5:15	7:25
20	14.3	5:12	7:27
21	14.3	5:09	7:30
22	14.4	5:07	7:32
23	14.5	5:04	7:34
24	14.6	5:02	7:36
25	14.6	4:59	7:38
26	14.7	4:57	7:40
27	14.8	4:54	7:42
28	14.9	4:52	7:44
29	15.0	4:49	7:47
30	15.0	4:47	7:49

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 3.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.29 kWh/m² to a high of 4.43 kWh/m² in May across the year — April's 3.4 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)	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.7	Moderate
2	2.7	Moderate
3	2.8	Moderate
4	2.8	Moderate
5	2.9	Moderate
6	2.9	Moderate
7	3.0	Moderate
8	3.0	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.1	Moderate
11	3.2	Moderate
12	3.2	Moderate
13	3.3	Moderate
14	3.4	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.5	Moderate
18	3.6	Moderate
19	3.6	Moderate
20	3.7	Moderate
21	3.7	Moderate
22	3.7	Moderate
23	3.8	Moderate
24	3.8	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	3.9	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	4.0	Moderate
29	4.0	Bright
30	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Fort William?

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

1.7

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Fort William.

What to pack for Fort William in April

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

In April, Fort William sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. About 16 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Fort William in April

The nearest coast averages about 8°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 47 km away) is warmest in August at about 14°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)	8	8	8	8	10	12	13	14	14	13	11	10
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	8	Bracing
Feb	8	Bracing
Mar	8	Bracing
Apr	8	Bracing
May	10	Bracing
Jun	12	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	14	Bracing
Sep	14	Bracing
Oct	13	Bracing
Nov	11	Bracing
Dec	10	Bracing

UV index in Fort William in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Fort William peaks around July 11 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	1	2	3	5	5	5	4	3	1	1	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	2	Low
Apr	3	Moderate
May	5	Moderate
Jun	5	High
Jul	5	High
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	1	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Fort William?

Fort William sits at 56.8°N, 5.1°W, 24 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Inverness, 91 km away.

Topography around Fort William

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fort William has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 521 m around an average of 97 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,341 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,339 m.

The land around Fort William is covered by grassland (48%), trees (23%) and water (21%) within 3 km, grassland (69%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (68%) within 80 km.

3 km

521 m

grassland 48%

16 km

1,341 m

grassland 69%

80 km

1,339 m

grassland 68%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

April weather nearby: Inverness 91 km · Greenock 99 km · Vale of Leven 100 km · Dumbarton 103 km · Stirling 106 km · Erskine 110 km · Clydebank 111 km · Bearsden 111 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 Fort William (56.8165°, -5.1121°, elevation 24 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	8	2
2	8	2
3	8	2
4	8	2
5	8	2
6	9	2
7	9	2
8	9	2
9	9	2
10	9	2
11	9	2
12	9	2
13	9	3
14	9	3
15	9	3
16	10	3
17	10	3
18	10	3
19	10	3
20	10	3
21	10	3
22	10	3
23	10	3
24	10	3
25	11	3
26	11	3
27	11	3
28	11	4
29	11	4
30	11	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	15	85
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	17	83
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	19	81
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	15	85
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	17	83
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	19	81
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	15	85
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	17	83
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	19	81
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81

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

	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