Waterlooville weather in April

In April, Waterlooville sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 56 mm of precipitation across 10.9 wet days and about 13.5 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 19% 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 Waterlooville's 3rd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Waterlooville's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 56 mm; 10.9 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 36 min; 5:18 AM – 6:51 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.32 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Waterlooville is town in Havant, Hampshire, England, 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 12°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical April day in Waterlooville 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 9°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)	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	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7

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

How April really feels in Waterlooville

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.

Waterlooville 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	8° / 3°	66	11.5	0.6	8.2	1.1
Feb	8° / 3°	51	9.8	0.7	9.7	1.2
Mar	10° / 4°	47	10.1	0.4	11.5	2.3
Apr	13° / 5°	56	10.9	0.1	13.5	3.5
May	16° / 8°	57	10.8	0	15.3	4.8
Jun	19° / 11°	56	9.9	0	16.2	5.9
Jul	21° / 13°	54	10.5	0	15.8	6.4
Aug	21° / 13°	64	10.2	0	14.3	6.3
Sep	18° / 11°	53	9.4	0	12.4	5.8
Oct	14° / 8°	73	11.3	0	10.4	4.1
Nov	11° / 5°	75	11.6	0.1	8.7	2.4
Dec	8° / 3°	71	11.5	0.5	7.8	1.3

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 15% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

	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 (%)	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	32	32	32	32	31	31
Cloudier (%)	66	66	66	66	66	65	65	65	64	64	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	65	65	65	66	66	66	67	68	68	68	68	69	69

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	37	63
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	31	69
30	31	69

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Waterlooville gets around 56 mm of rain and snow over 10.9 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 38% 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 (%)	37	37	37	37	37	36	35	35	34	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	34	35	35	36	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	36
7	35
8	35
9	34
10	33
11	33
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	32
17	32
18	33
19	34
20	35
21	35
22	36
23	37
24	37
25	38
26	38
27	38
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	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	99	1
30	99	1

Wind in April

Winds average 15 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 14 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	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	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	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	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	14	light breeze
14	14	light breeze
15	14	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	14	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 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 5:51 AM to 4:49 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 7:14 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	13.7	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.4	14.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:51	5:49	5:47	5:45	5:42	5:40	5:38	5:36	5:33	5:31	5:29	5:27	5:24	5:22	5:20	5:18	5:16	5:13	5:11	5:09	5:07	5:05	5:03	5:01	4:59	4:57	4:55	4:53	4:51	4:49
Sunset (PM)	6:26	6:28	6:29	6:31	6:33	6:34	6:36	6:38	6:39	6:41	6:43	6:44	6:46	6:48	6:49	6:51	6:53	6:54	6:56	6:58	6:59	7:01	7:02	7:04	7:06	7:07	7:09	7:11	7:12	7:14

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	5:51	6:26
2	12.6	5:49	6:28
3	12.7	5:47	6:29
4	12.8	5:45	6:31
5	12.8	5:42	6:33
6	12.9	5:40	6:34
7	13.0	5:38	6:36
8	13.0	5:36	6:38
9	13.1	5:33	6:39
10	13.2	5:31	6:41
11	13.2	5:29	6:43
12	13.3	5:27	6:44
13	13.4	5:24	6:46
14	13.4	5:22	6:48
15	13.5	5:20	6:49
16	13.6	5:18	6:51
17	13.6	5:16	6:53
18	13.7	5:13	6:54
19	13.7	5:11	6:56
20	13.8	5:09	6:58
21	13.9	5:07	6:59
22	13.9	5:05	7:01
23	14.0	5:03	7:02
24	14.1	5:01	7:04
25	14.1	4:59	7:06
26	14.2	4:57	7:07
27	14.2	4:55	7:09
28	14.3	4:53	7:11
29	14.4	4:51	7:12
30	14.4	4:49	7:14

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.7 kWh/m² to a high of 5.52 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.32 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)	3.6	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	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.6	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.8	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	4.0	Bright
9	4.0	Bright
10	4.1	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Waterlooville?

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

3.5

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 Waterlooville.

What to pack for Waterlooville in April

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

In April, Waterlooville 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

Sea temperature near Waterlooville 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 29 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in March 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 Waterlooville in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Waterlooville peaks around August 11 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	4	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	4	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 Waterlooville?

Waterlooville sits at 50.9°N, 1.0°W, 54 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Havant, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Waterlooville

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Waterlooville has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 46 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 272 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 302 m.

The land around Waterlooville is covered by trees (36%), artificial surfaces (33%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, grassland (26%), trees (23%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and water (31%), grassland (25%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

82 m

trees 36%

16 km

272 m

grassland 26%

80 km

302 m

water 31%

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

April weather nearby: Havant 4.0 km · Emsworth 8.0 km · Portsmouth 10 km · Fareham 11 km · South Hayling 11 km · Southsea 12 km · Hayling Island 12 km · Gosport 12 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 Waterlooville (50.8807°, -1.0304°, elevation 54 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	12	5
2	12	5
3	12	5
4	12	5
5	12	5
6	12	5
7	12	5
8	12	5
9	12	5
10	12	5
11	13	5
12	13	5
13	13	5
14	13	5
15	13	5
16	13	5
17	13	5
18	13	6
19	13	6
20	14	6
21	14	6
22	14	6
23	14	6
24	14	6
25	14	6
26	14	6
27	14	7
28	14	7
29	14	7
30	14	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	37	63
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	31	69
30	31	69

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	99	1
30	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	37	63
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	31	69
30	31	69

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	99	1
30	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	37	63
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	31	69
30	31	69

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	99	1
30	99	1