Plymouth weather in April

In April, Plymouth sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 63 mm of rain across 11.5 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 10°C in the first days to 12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 Plymouth's 1st-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Plymouth's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 63 mm; 11.5 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 30 min; 5:31 AM – 7:03 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 1st clearest
Wind: 22 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.56 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.6; out of 10

Plymouth is city in Devon, England.

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 11.1 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 3,282/km²; people per km²

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 10°C in the first days to 12°C by the end.

A typical April day in Plymouth reaches about 11°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 9°C and 13°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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

Plymouth weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	9° / 7°	102	15.5	8.3	1.6
Feb	9° / 6°	76	11.9	9.7	1.5
Mar	10° / 7°	67	11.9	11.5	1.9
Apr	11° / 8°	63	11.5	13.5	2.6
May	13° / 10°	61	10.8	15.2	3.6
Jun	16° / 13°	61	10.6	16.1	4.6
Jul	17° / 15°	61	10.5	15.7	5.6
Aug	18° / 15°	70	11.2	14.3	5.6
Sep	16° / 14°	61	10.3	12.4	5.0
Oct	14° / 12°	104	14.5	10.5	3.7
Nov	12° / 9°	112	15.4	8.8	2.6
Dec	10° / 8°	109	15.1	7.9	2.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in April, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%.

	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 (%)	38	39	40	40	40	41	41	42	43	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	42	42	41	41	42	40	40	40	39	39	39
Cloudier (%)	62	61	60	60	60	59	59	58	57	56	56	55	55	55	55	55	55	56	56	58	58	59	59	58	60	60	60	61	61	61

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	39	61
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	43	57
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	44	56
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	42	58
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	39	61

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Plymouth gets around 63 mm of rain over 11.5 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 37% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	39	39	38	38	37	36	36	35	34	34	33	33	33	33	34	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	40	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	38
4	38
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	35
9	34
10	34
11	33
12	33
13	33
14	33
15	34
16	34
17	35
18	36
19	37
20	38
21	39
22	40
23	40
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	40
30	40

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	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	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	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	21	breezy
13	21	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	21	breezy
24	21	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 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 6:04 AM to 5:03 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 7:25 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	13.1	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:04	6:02	6:00	5:57	5:55	5:53	5:51	5:49	5:46	5:44	5:42	5:40	5:38	5:35	5:33	5:31	5:29	5:27	5:25	5:23	5:21	5:19	5:17	5:15	5:13	5:11	5:09	5:07	5:05	5:03
Sunset (PM)	6:38	6:40	6:41	6:43	6:45	6:46	6:48	6:50	6:51	6:53	6:54	6:56	6:58	6:59	7:01	7:03	7:04	7:06	7:07	7:09	7:11	7:12	7:14	7:15	7:17	7:19	7:20	7:22	7:23	7:25

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	6:04	6:38
2	12.6	6:02	6:40
3	12.7	6:00	6:41
4	12.8	5:57	6:43
5	12.8	5:55	6:45
6	12.9	5:53	6:46
7	13.0	5:51	6:48
8	13.0	5:49	6:50
9	13.1	5:46	6:51
10	13.1	5:44	6:53
11	13.2	5:42	6:54
12	13.3	5:40	6:56
13	13.3	5:38	6:58
14	13.4	5:35	6:59
15	13.5	5:33	7:01
16	13.5	5:31	7:03
17	13.6	5:29	7:04
18	13.6	5:27	7:06
19	13.7	5:25	7:07
20	13.8	5:23	7:09
21	13.8	5:21	7:11
22	13.9	5:19	7:12
23	14.0	5:17	7:14
24	14.0	5:15	7:15
25	14.1	5:13	7:17
26	14.1	5:11	7:19
27	14.2	5:09	7:20
28	14.3	5:07	7:22
29	14.3	5:05	7:23
30	14.4	5:03	7:25

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.75 kWh/m² to a high of 5.82 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.56 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)	3.8	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	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1
Level	Moderate	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.8	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	4.0	Moderate
4	4.0	Bright
5	4.1	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Plymouth?

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

2.6

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 Plymouth.

What to pack for Plymouth in April

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

In April, Plymouth sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 8°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear, sun protection and a windbreaker. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Plymouth in April

The nearest coast averages about 10°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 16 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in March near 9°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)	10	10	9	10	12	14	16	17	16	15	13	12
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	10	Bracing
Feb	10	Bracing
Mar	9	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	12	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	16	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	16	Cool
Oct	15	Bracing
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	12	Bracing

UV index in Plymouth in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Plymouth peaks around August 13 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	5	6	6	6	7	5	3	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	5	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Plymouth?

Plymouth sits at 50.4°N, 4.1°W, 14 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Plymstock, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Plymouth

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Plymouth has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m around an average of 25 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 492 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 651 m.

The land around Plymouth is covered by artificial surfaces (45%) and water (29%) within 3 km, water (36%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and water (48%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

110 m

artificial surfaces 45%

16 km

492 m

water 36%

80 km

651 m

water 48%

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

April weather nearby: Plymstock 4.0 km · Saltash 7.0 km · Paignton 41 km · Newton Abbot 41 km · Bodmin 43 km · Brixham 45 km · St Austell 45 km · Torquay 45 km

United Kingdom travel facts

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Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Plymouth (50.3715°, -4.143°, 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	39	61
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	43	57
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	44	56
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	42	58
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	38
4	38
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	35
9	34
10	34
11	33
12	33
13	33
14	33
15	34
16	34
17	35
18	36
19	37
20	38
21	39
22	40
23	40
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	40
30	40

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	39	61
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	43	57
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	44	56
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	42	58
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	38
4	38
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	35
9	34
10	34
11	33
12	33
13	33
14	33
15	34
16	34
17	35
18	36
19	37
20	38
21	39
22	40
23	40
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	40
30	40

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	39	61
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	43	57
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	44	56
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	42	58
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	38
4	38
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	35
9	34
10	34
11	33
12	33
13	33
14	33
15	34
16	34
17	35
18	36
19	37
20	38
21	39
22	40
23	40
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	40
30	40

	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