Nigg weather in April

In April, Nigg sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 10.5 wet days and about 13.9 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month. 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 42 min at the start of April to 15 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Nigg's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nigg's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 8°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 49 mm; 10.5 wet days
Daylight: 14 hours; 5:10 AM – 7:07 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 5th clearest
Wind: 22 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.3; out of 10

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month.

A typical April day in Nigg reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 10°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C warmer than March and about 2°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)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7

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

How April really feels in Nigg

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.

Nigg weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 8th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	7° / 5°	69	14.1	0.6	7.1	0.7
Feb	6° / 4°	54	11.7	1.3	9	0.6
Mar	7° / 5°	53	11.7	1.1	11.4	0.8
Apr	8° / 6°	49	10.5	0.3	13.9	1.3
May	10° / 8°	45	10	0	16.2	2.1
Jun	12° / 10°	58	10.6	0	17.5	3.1
Jul	14° / 12°	57	11	0	17	3.9
Aug	15° / 13°	62	11.4	0	15	4.2
Sep	14° / 12°	63	11.3	0	12.5	3.7
Oct	12° / 10°	95	14.4	0	10	2.7
Nov	10° / 7°	93	15.3	0.3	7.8	1.8
Dec	8° / 5°	77	14.2	0.7	6.5	1.1

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 19% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

	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 (%)	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	34	34	36	37	37	39	40	40	40	41	41	42	42	42	42	43	42	41	41	40	40	39
Cloudier (%)	69	69	69	69	69	69	68	68	66	66	64	63	63	61	60	60	60	59	59	58	58	58	58	57	58	59	59	60	60	61

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	39	61
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	43	57
25	42	58
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	39	61

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Nigg gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 10.5 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 35% 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 (%)	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
Snow chance (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	36	2
2	37	2
3	37	2
4	37	2
5	37	2
6	37	2
7	37	2
8	37	1
9	36	1
10	36	1
11	35	1
12	35	1
13	34	1
14	34	1
15	34	1
16	34	1
17	33	1
18	33	1
19	33	1
20	33	1
21	33	1
22	33	1
23	33	0
24	33	0
25	33	0
26	33	0
27	33	0
28	33	0
29	33	0
30	33	0

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 min at the start of April to 15 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 144 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:51 AM to 4:34 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 7:38 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	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.3	13.4	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.8	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.2	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.6	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.9	15.0	15.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:51	5:48	5:46	5:43	5:40	5:37	5:34	5:32	5:29	5:26	5:23	5:21	5:18	5:15	5:12	5:10	5:07	5:04	5:02	4:59	4:57	4:54	4:51	4:49	4:46	4:44	4:41	4:39	4:36	4:34
Sunset (PM)	6:35	6:37	6:39	6:41	6:44	6:46	6:48	6:50	6:52	6:54	6:57	6:59	7:01	7:03	7:05	7:07	7:10	7:12	7:14	7:16	7:18	7:20	7:23	7:25	7:27	7:29	7:31	7:33	7:36	7:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.7	5:51	6:35
2	12.8	5:48	6:37
3	12.9	5:46	6:39
4	13.0	5:43	6:41
5	13.1	5:40	6:44
6	13.1	5:37	6:46
7	13.2	5:34	6:48
8	13.3	5:32	6:50
9	13.4	5:29	6:52
10	13.5	5:26	6:54
11	13.6	5:23	6:57
12	13.6	5:21	6:59
13	13.7	5:18	7:01
14	13.8	5:15	7:03
15	13.9	5:12	7:05
16	14.0	5:10	7:07
17	14.0	5:07	7:10
18	14.1	5:04	7:12
19	14.2	5:02	7:14
20	14.3	4:59	7:16
21	14.4	4:57	7:18
22	14.4	4:54	7:20
23	14.5	4:51	7:23
24	14.6	4:49	7:25
25	14.7	4:46	7:27
26	14.8	4:44	7:29
27	14.8	4:41	7:31
28	14.9	4:39	7:33
29	15.0	4:36	7:36
30	15.1	4:34	7:38

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 3.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.36 kWh/m² to a high of 5.2 kWh/m² in May across the year — April's 3.94 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)	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.1	Moderate
2	3.2	Moderate
3	3.2	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.3	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.7	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.9	Moderate
15	3.9	Moderate
16	4.0	Moderate
17	4.0	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Nigg?

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

1.3

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nigg.

What to pack for Nigg in April

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

In April, Nigg sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 6°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Nigg 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 at the nearest coast (about 13 km away) is warmest in August at about 13°C and coldest in March near 6°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)	7	7	6	7	8	11	13	13	13	12	11	9
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	7	Bracing
Feb	7	Bracing
Mar	6	Bracing
Apr	7	Bracing
May	8	Bracing
Jun	11	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	13	Bracing
Sep	13	Bracing
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	11	Bracing
Dec	9	Bracing

UV index in Nigg 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 Nigg peaks around July 13 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 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	5	3	1	1	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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	Moderate
Jul	5	High
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	1	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Nigg?

Nigg sits at 57.1°N, 2.1°W, 84 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Aberdeen, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Nigg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nigg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m around an average of 42 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 264 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,150 m.

The land around Nigg is covered by artificial surfaces (34%), grassland (22%) and water (20%) within 3 km, water (50%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (36%) and water (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

141 m

artificial surfaces 34%

16 km

264 m

water 50%

80 km

1,150 m

grassland 36%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

April weather nearby: Aberdeen 3.0 km · Peterhead 47 km · Arbroath 68 km · Dundee 90 km · Elgin 94 km · Saint Andrews 97 km · Perth 114 km · Glenrothes 122 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 Nigg (57.116°, -2.0925°, elevation 84 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	7	5
2	7	5
3	7	5
4	8	5
5	8	5
6	8	5
7	8	5
8	8	6
9	8	6
10	8	6
11	8	6
12	8	6
13	8	6
14	8	6
15	8	6
16	8	6
17	8	6
18	8	6
19	8	6
20	8	6
21	8	6
22	8	6
23	8	6
24	8	6
25	8	6
26	8	7
27	8	7
28	9	7
29	9	7
30	9	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	39	61
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	43	57
25	42	58
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	39	61

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	36	2
2	37	2
3	37	2
4	37	2
5	37	2
6	37	2
7	37	2
8	37	1
9	36	1
10	36	1
11	35	1
12	35	1
13	34	1
14	34	1
15	34	1
16	34	1
17	33	1
18	33	1
19	33	1
20	33	1
21	33	1
22	33	1
23	33	0
24	33	0
25	33	0
26	33	0
27	33	0
28	33	0
29	33	0
30	33	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	39	61
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	43	57
25	42	58
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	39	61

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	36	2
2	37	2
3	37	2
4	37	2
5	37	2
6	37	2
7	37	2
8	37	1
9	36	1
10	36	1
11	35	1
12	35	1
13	34	1
14	34	1
15	34	1
16	34	1
17	33	1
18	33	1
19	33	1
20	33	1
21	33	1
22	33	1
23	33	0
24	33	0
25	33	0
26	33	0
27	33	0
28	33	0
29	33	0
30	33	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	39	61
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	43	57
25	42	58
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	39	61

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	36	2
2	37	2
3	37	2
4	37	2
5	37	2
6	37	2
7	37	2
8	37	1
9	36	1
10	36	1
11	35	1
12	35	1
13	34	1
14	34	1
15	34	1
16	34	1
17	33	1
18	33	1
19	33	1
20	33	1
21	33	1
22	33	1
23	33	0
24	33	0
25	33	0
26	33	0
27	33	0
28	33	0
29	33	0
30	33	0

	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