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Nuuk in April: every year compared

In April, Nuuk averages highs of -1.1 °C and lows of -6.1 °C, with 53 mm of precipitation. The warmest April was 2016 (0.2 °C), the coldest 1949 (-13.0 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high -1.1 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low -6.1 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 53 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 8

Day by day through April

Normal high and low for each day of April in Nuuk.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every April in Nuuk, ranked

86 months of April since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 27 of 86 (+0.2 °C vs normal).

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2025 · -3.3 °C · +0.2 °C vs normal · rank 27 of 86

Warmest years

120160.2 °C
220000.1 °C
32010-0.5 °C
42024-0.9 °C
51999-1.0 °C

Coldest years

11949-13.0 °C
21942-11.8 °C
31955-11.3 °C
41943-11.3 °C
51945-10.8 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	-3.3 °C	-0.5 °C	-6.1 °C	34 mm	30 days	23 cm	10 days
2024	-0.9 °C	1.1 °C	-3.0 °C	87 mm	23 days	35 cm	15 days
2023	-1.1 °C	1.4 °C	-3.7 °C	4 mm	27 days	2 cm	1 day
2022	-1.9 °C	-0.1 °C	-4.0 °C	78 mm	28 days	49 cm	9 days
2021	-1.0 °C	1.0 °C	-3.6 °C	146 mm	25 days	96 cm	11 days
2020	-1.9 °C	0.6 °C	-4.6 °C	44 mm	26 days	20 cm	8 days
2019	-1.3 °C	1.6 °C	-4.2 °C	52 mm	26 days	27 cm	7 days
2018	-2.3 °C	0.0 °C	-4.6 °C	35 mm	29 days	28 cm	5 days
2017	-5.4 °C	-3.1 °C	-7.9 °C	68 mm	28 days	42 cm	15 days
2016	0.2 °C	2.9 °C	-2.8 °C	93 mm	22 days	35 cm	12 days
2015	-5.3 °C	-3.0 °C	-8.0 °C	72 mm	30 days	51 cm	8 days
2014	-7.2 °C	-4.6 °C	-10.1 °C	57 mm	29 days	43 cm	9 days
2013	-1.5 °C	1.5 °C	-5.0 °C	43 mm	27 days	31 cm	3 days
2012	-1.5 °C	0.2 °C	-3.6 °C	101 mm	23 days	33 cm	15 days
2011	-9.0 °C	-6.5 °C	-11.9 °C	4 mm	30 days	6 cm	1 day
2010	-0.5 °C	1.5 °C	-2.5 °C	38 mm	24 days	25 cm	7 days
2009	-3.2 °C	-1.1 °C	-5.7 °C	57 mm	30 days	41 cm	8 days
2008	-1.6 °C	0.8 °C	-4.3 °C	20 mm	27 days	15 cm	5 days
2007	-4.9 °C	-2.7 °C	-7.2 °C	35 mm	30 days	27 cm	5 days
2006	-3.6 °C	-1.1 °C	-6.3 °C	148 mm	28 days	83 cm	16 days
2005	-1.3 °C	1.0 °C	-3.7 °C	66 mm	26 days	45 cm	9 days
2004	-3.3 °C	-1.4 °C	-5.3 °C	117 mm	28 days	81 cm	15 days
2003	-4.0 °C	-1.3 °C	-7.1 °C	20 mm	27 days	14 cm	5 days
2002	-4.9 °C	-2.5 °C	-7.7 °C	27 mm	30 days	22 cm	6 days
2001	-2.4 °C	-0.1 °C	-4.8 °C	34 mm	28 days	24 cm	9 days
2000	0.1 °C	2.0 °C	-2.0 °C	82 mm	24 days	50 cm	14 days
1999	-1.0 °C	1.5 °C	-4.0 °C	15 mm	28 days	8 cm	5 days
1998	-2.1 °C	-0.3 °C	-4.1 °C	46 mm	25 days	8 cm	7 days
1997	-4.5 °C	-1.8 °C	-7.3 °C	85 mm	27 days	51 cm	6 days
1996	-1.1 °C	0.9 °C	-3.5 °C	50 mm	24 days	25 cm	7 days
1995	-3.3 °C	-1.0 °C	-5.9 °C	38 mm	27 days	16 cm	11 days
1994	-4.2 °C	-2.0 °C	-6.5 °C	7 mm	28 days	10 cm	3 days
1993	-7.7 °C	-5.1 °C	-10.9 °C	76 mm	30 days	59 cm	11 days
1992	-8.5 °C	-5.7 °C	-11.6 °C	30 mm	30 days	25 cm	8 days
1991	-6.6 °C	-4.2 °C	-9.3 °C	21 mm	29 days	14 cm	5 days
1990	-8.2 °C	-6.1 °C	-11.0 °C	97 mm	30 days	74 cm	14 days
1989	-6.4 °C	-3.6 °C	-9.5 °C	4 mm	26 days	7 cm	2 days
1988	-5.8 °C	-2.9 °C	-9.0 °C	78 mm	30 days	58 cm	8 days
1987	-7.1 °C	-4.6 °C	-9.9 °C	63 mm	29 days	27 cm	11 days
1986	-4.1 °C	-1.8 °C	-6.6 °C	62 mm	26 days	39 cm	9 days
1985	-3.1 °C	-0.8 °C	-5.7 °C	24 mm	26 days	16 cm	7 days
1984	-8.9 °C	-6.6 °C	-11.6 °C	47 mm	30 days	38 cm	8 days
1983	-5.2 °C	-3.3 °C	-7.4 °C	98 mm	18 days	36 cm	17 days
1982	-5.7 °C	-2.8 °C	-9.2 °C	52 mm	28 days	41 cm	8 days
1981	-5.5 °C	-2.5 °C	-9.3 °C	89 mm	26 days	49 cm	11 days
1980	-6.4 °C	-3.4 °C	-9.9 °C	109 mm	30 days	79 cm	14 days
1979	-1.5 °C	0.8 °C	-4.5 °C	87 mm	29 days	49 cm	9 days
1978	-3.1 °C	-0.1 °C	-6.6 °C	24 mm	28 days	7 cm	4 days
1977	-3.1 °C	-0.5 °C	-5.9 °C	137 mm	26 days	75 cm	14 days
1976	-5.6 °C	-2.9 °C	-8.8 °C	100 mm	30 days	70 cm	11 days
1975	-4.2 °C	-2.5 °C	-6.6 °C	42 mm	29 days	17 cm	12 days
1974	-5.0 °C	-3.0 °C	-7.3 °C	26 mm	29 days	17 cm	9 days
1973	-2.5 °C	-0.5 °C	-4.8 °C	108 mm	24 days	25 cm	15 days
1972	-7.2 °C	-4.7 °C	-9.9 °C	22 mm	29 days	12 cm	6 days
1971	-6.1 °C	-3.5 °C	-9.2 °C	39 mm	29 days	26 cm	13 days
1970	-3.8 °C	-1.8 °C	-6.2 °C	75 mm	25 days	32 cm	12 days
1969	-5.1 °C	-3.0 °C	-7.5 °C	20 mm	26 days	13 cm	5 days
1968	-2.6 °C	-0.5 °C	-5.0 °C	63 mm	27 days	43 cm	12 days
1967	-8.9 °C	-6.4 °C	-12.1 °C	73 mm	30 days	51 cm	16 days
1966	-7.7 °C	-5.4 °C	-10.9 °C	35 mm	30 days	25 cm	4 days
1965	-6.6 °C	-4.1 °C	-9.9 °C	60 mm	30 days	41 cm	10 days
1964	-7.9 °C	-5.3 °C	-11.3 °C	93 mm	30 days	56 cm	14 days
1963	-7.0 °C	-4.4 °C	-10.5 °C	34 mm	30 days	22 cm	10 days
1962	-9.3 °C	-6.5 °C	-12.7 °C	34 mm	30 days	23 cm	9 days
1961	-10.0 °C	-7.5 °C	-12.9 °C	9 mm	30 days	6 cm	2 days
1960	-10.7 °C	-8.1 °C	-13.8 °C	25 mm	30 days	17 cm	6 days
1959	-7.6 °C	-4.9 °C	-11.4 °C	76 mm	30 days	43 cm	9 days
1958	-9.2 °C	-6.3 °C	-12.8 °C	43 mm	30 days	27 cm	10 days
1957	-7.5 °C	-5.0 °C	-10.3 °C	86 mm	30 days	52 cm	10 days
1956	-5.0 °C	-2.7 °C	-7.9 °C	30 mm	29 days	16 cm	8 days
1955	-11.3 °C	-9.0 °C	-14.2 °C	3 mm	30 days	2 cm	1 day
1954	-6.2 °C	-3.4 °C	-9.9 °C	35 mm	29 days	24 cm	7 days
1953	-1.2 °C	1.0 °C	-4.1 °C	78 mm	24 days	24 cm	13 days
1952	-7.0 °C	-3.8 °C	-10.8 °C	34 mm	30 days	24 cm	4 days
1951	-7.5 °C	-4.5 °C	-11.2 °C	66 mm	30 days	46 cm	13 days
1950	-6.9 °C	-4.1 °C	-9.9 °C	45 mm	27 days	26 cm	7 days
1949	-13.0 °C	-10.0 °C	-16.1 °C	31 mm	30 days	22 cm	7 days
1948	-10.0 °C	-7.2 °C	-13.2 °C	71 mm	30 days	49 cm	8 days
1947	-9.9 °C	-7.2 °C	-13.2 °C	32 mm	30 days	21 cm	5 days
1946	-7.9 °C	-5.4 °C	-11.1 °C	126 mm	29 days	72 cm	20 days
1945	-10.8 °C	-8.3 °C	-14.0 °C	44 mm	30 days	30 cm	11 days
1944	-7.2 °C	-4.8 °C	-10.3 °C	21 mm	30 days	14 cm	7 days
1943	-11.3 °C	-8.8 °C	-14.3 °C	68 mm	30 days	47 cm	14 days
1942	-11.8 °C	-9.0 °C	-15.3 °C	38 mm	30 days	27 cm	7 days
1941	-6.0 °C	-3.9 °C	-8.7 °C	61 mm	30 days	42 cm	11 days
1940	-5.5 °C	-3.5 °C	-7.9 °C	84 mm	26 days	36 cm	10 days

April records

Hottest day

10.1 °C

April 4, 2013 estimate

Coldest night

-24.5 °C

April 1, 1959 estimate

Wettest day

50 mm

April 11, 1997 estimate

The weather on your birthday in Nuuk

Any day since 1940: high, low, rain, snow, and how warm it was compared with the same date in every other year.

Questions & answers

How warm is Nuuk in April?

Highs average -1.1 °C and lows -6.1 °C. A typical April brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 27 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Nuuk in April?

About 53 mm falls in April, over some 8 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest April was 2006 (148 mm), the driest 1955 (3 mm).

What was the warmest April in Nuuk?

2016, with a mean temperature of 0.2 °C. The coldest was 1949 (-13.0 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 27 of 86.