Pontefract weather in April

In April, Pontefract sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 53 mm of precipitation across 10.7 wet days and about 13.7 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 Pontefract's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pontefract's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 53 mm; 10.7 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 42 min; 5:14 AM – 6:57 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 7th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 3.87 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.3; out of 10

Pontefract is market town in West Yorkshire, 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 12°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical April day in Pontefract reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 17°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)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

How April really feels in Pontefract

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.

Pontefract weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 8th-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° / 3°	52	11.4	1.1	7.8	0.9
Feb	8° / 2°	45	10.4	1.3	9.4	1.2
Mar	10° / 4°	45	10.1	0.8	11.5	2.2
Apr	13° / 5°	53	10.7	0.2	13.7	3.3
May	16° / 8°	51	10.6	0	15.6	4.6
Jun	18° / 11°	66	11.3	0	16.7	5.5
Jul	21° / 13°	62	11.6	0	16.3	6.0
Aug	20° / 13°	65	10.8	0	14.6	6.0
Sep	18° / 10°	54	9.6	0	12.5	5.5
Oct	14° / 8°	58	11.2	0	10.3	3.8
Nov	10° / 5°	58	11.8	0.3	8.3	2.1
Dec	7° / 3°	58	11.5	0.9	7.3	1.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%.

	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 (%)	29	29	29	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	30	30	29	29	29
Cloudier (%)	71	71	71	72	72	72	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	70	70	71	71	71

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	29	71
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	29	71

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Pontefract gets around 53 mm of rain and snow over 10.7 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 39% 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 (%)	34	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	32	31	31	32	32	32	33	34	34	35	36	37	38	38	39	39	39	39	38	38	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	34
4	34
5	33
6	33
7	32
8	32
9	32
10	32
11	31
12	31
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	33
17	34
18	34
19	35
20	36
21	37
22	38
23	38
24	39
25	39
26	39
27	39
28	38
29	38
30	38

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 15 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 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)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

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 5:51 AM to 4:42 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 7:23 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	12.7	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:51	5:48	5:46	5:43	5:41	5:38	5:36	5:33	5:31	5:28	5:26	5:23	5:21	5:19	5:16	5:14	5:11	5:09	5:07	5:04	5:02	5:00	4:58	4:55	4:53	4:51	4:49	4:46	4:44	4:42
Sunset (PM)	6:29	6:31	6:33	6:35	6:37	6:38	6:40	6:42	6:44	6:46	6:48	6:50	6:51	6:53	6:55	6:57	6:59	7:01	7:03	7:05	7:06	7:08	7:10	7:12	7:14	7:16	7:18	7:19	7:21	7:23

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	5:51	6:29
2	12.7	5:48	6:31
3	12.8	5:46	6:33
4	12.9	5:43	6:35
5	12.9	5:41	6:37
6	13.0	5:38	6:38
7	13.1	5:36	6:40
8	13.1	5:33	6:42
9	13.2	5:31	6:44
10	13.3	5:28	6:46
11	13.4	5:26	6:48
12	13.4	5:23	6:50
13	13.5	5:21	6:51
14	13.6	5:19	6:53
15	13.6	5:16	6:55
16	13.7	5:14	6:57
17	13.8	5:11	6:59
18	13.9	5:09	7:01
19	13.9	5:07	7:03
20	14.0	5:04	7:05
21	14.1	5:02	7:06
22	14.1	5:00	7:08
23	14.2	4:58	7:10
24	14.3	4:55	7:12
25	14.3	4:53	7:14
26	14.4	4:51	7:16
27	14.5	4:49	7:18
28	14.5	4:46	7:19
29	14.6	4:44	7:21
30	14.7	4:42	7:23

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 3.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.52 kWh/m² to a high of 4.85 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 3.87 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)	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5
Level	Moderate	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

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

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Pontefract?

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

3.3

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 Pontefract.

What to pack for Pontefract in April

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

In April, Pontefract sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Pontefract 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 Pontefract peaks around August 12 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. 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	5	6	6	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	3	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	5	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Pontefract?

Pontefract sits at 53.7°N, 1.3°W, 69 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Castleford, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Pontefract

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pontefract has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m around an average of 46 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 151 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 721 m.

The land around Pontefract is covered by cropland (38%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, cropland (46%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%) and cropland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

73 m

cropland 38%

16 km

151 m

cropland 46%

80 km

721 m

grassland 43%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

April weather nearby: Castleford 5.0 km · Kippax 9.0 km · South Elmsall 11 km · Wakefield 12 km · Lofthouse 13 km · Adwick le Street 16 km · Ossett 18 km · Darton 18 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 Pontefract (53.6911°, -1.3127°, elevation 69 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. 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	11	4
2	11	4
3	12	4
4	12	4
5	12	4
6	12	4
7	12	4
8	12	4
9	12	4
10	12	5
11	12	5
12	12	5
13	12	5
14	12	5
15	13	5
16	13	5
17	13	5
18	13	5
19	13	5
20	13	5
21	13	5
22	13	5
23	13	6
24	14	6
25	14	6
26	14	6
27	14	6
28	14	6
29	14	6
30	14	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	29	71
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	34
4	34
5	33
6	33
7	32
8	32
9	32
10	32
11	31
12	31
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	33
17	34
18	34
19	35
20	36
21	37
22	38
23	38
24	39
25	39
26	39
27	39
28	38
29	38
30	38

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	29	71
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	34
4	34
5	33
6	33
7	32
8	32
9	32
10	32
11	31
12	31
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	33
17	34
18	34
19	35
20	36
21	37
22	38
23	38
24	39
25	39
26	39
27	39
28	38
29	38
30	38

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	29	71
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	34
4	34
5	33
6	33
7	32
8	32
9	32
10	32
11	31
12	31
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	33
17	34
18	34
19	35
20	36
21	37
22	38
23	38
24	39
25	39
26	39
27	39
28	38
29	38
30	38

	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