London · United Kingdom

London in April: every year compared

In April, London averages highs of 13.5 °C and lows of 5.9 °C, with 49 mm of precipitation. The warmest April was 2011 (12.7 °C), the coldest 1986 (6.3 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 13.5 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low 5.9 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 49 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 11

Day by day through April

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

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every April in London, ranked

86 months of April since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 5 of 86 (+1.6 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 11.2 °C · +1.6 °C vs normal · rank 5 of 86

Warmest years

1201112.7 °C
2200712.1 °C
3194311.3 °C
4201411.3 °C
5202511.2 °C

Coldest years

119866.3 °C
219786.6 °C
319566.6 °C
420217.0 °C
519897.0 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	11.2 °C	16.3 °C	6.2 °C	33 mm	0 days	0 cm	3 days
2024	10.4 °C	13.6 °C	7.2 °C	64 mm	0 days	0 cm	17 days
2023	9.1 °C	13.1 °C	5.4 °C	78 mm	1 day	0 cm	15 days
2022	9.9 °C	14.2 °C	5.7 °C	26 mm	2 days	0 cm	9 days
2021	7.0 °C	11.4 °C	2.5 °C	9 mm	5 days	0 cm	3 days
2020	11.1 °C	16.2 °C	6.1 °C	32 mm	1 day	0 cm	5 days
2019	9.6 °C	14.0 °C	5.4 °C	36 mm	1 day	0 cm	10 days
2018	11.0 °C	14.4 °C	8.0 °C	65 mm	0 days	0 cm	12 days
2017	10.1 °C	14.1 °C	6.0 °C	14 mm	0 days	0 cm	5 days
2016	8.4 °C	12.1 °C	4.7 °C	54 mm	0 days	0 cm	14 days
2015	9.8 °C	14.5 °C	5.3 °C	26 mm	0 days	0 cm	8 days
2014	11.3 °C	15.1 °C	7.6 °C	59 mm	0 days	0 cm	14 days
2013	8.1 °C	11.9 °C	4.5 °C	40 mm	5 days	1 cm	10 days
2012	8.1 °C	11.8 °C	4.6 °C	104 mm	1 day	0 cm	19 days
2011	12.7 °C	17.9 °C	8.0 °C	3 mm	0 days	0 cm	1 day
2010	9.7 °C	14.4 °C	5.3 °C	20 mm	0 days	0 cm	8 days
2009	10.9 °C	15.0 °C	6.9 °C	43 mm	0 days	0 cm	10 days
2008	8.8 °C	12.3 °C	5.3 °C	60 mm	2 days	2 cm	15 days
2007	12.1 °C	17.2 °C	7.3 °C	5 mm	0 days	0 cm	2 days
2006	9.3 °C	12.7 °C	6.1 °C	34 mm	1 day	0 cm	11 days
2005	9.7 °C	13.5 °C	5.9 °C	56 mm	1 day	0 cm	13 days
2004	9.9 °C	13.8 °C	6.1 °C	67 mm	0 days	0 cm	15 days
2003	9.8 °C	14.0 °C	5.7 °C	21 mm	2 days	0 cm	5 days
2002	9.9 °C	14.2 °C	5.8 °C	29 mm	0 days	0 cm	7 days
2001	8.5 °C	11.6 °C	5.2 °C	75 mm	0 days	0 cm	20 days
2000	8.7 °C	12.0 °C	5.7 °C	111 mm	0 days	1 cm	19 days
1999	10.0 °C	13.3 °C	6.7 °C	50 mm	1 day	0 cm	13 days
1998	8.6 °C	11.4 °C	6.0 °C	122 mm	0 days	4 cm	25 days
1997	9.2 °C	13.5 °C	4.7 °C	13 mm	1 day	0 cm	2 days
1996	9.0 °C	12.8 °C	5.1 °C	31 mm	4 days	0 cm	7 days
1995	9.6 °C	13.1 °C	6.1 °C	15 mm	2 days	0 cm	6 days
1994	8.5 °C	11.8 °C	5.4 °C	71 mm	0 days	1 cm	14 days
1993	9.9 °C	13.4 °C	6.9 °C	85 mm	0 days	0 cm	13 days
1992	9.0 °C	12.4 °C	5.6 °C	57 mm	0 days	0 cm	14 days
1991	8.1 °C	11.8 °C	4.6 °C	68 mm	1 day	0 cm	12 days
1990	8.6 °C	12.8 °C	4.2 °C	41 mm	3 days	0 cm	11 days
1989	7.0 °C	9.9 °C	3.9 °C	101 mm	1 day	2 cm	15 days
1988	8.4 °C	11.9 °C	4.5 °C	30 mm	2 days	0 cm	8 days
1987	10.8 °C	14.5 °C	7.0 °C	41 mm	0 days	0 cm	11 days
1986	6.3 °C	9.3 °C	3.3 °C	88 mm	0 days	0 cm	21 days
1985	8.9 °C	12.4 °C	5.2 °C	45 mm	1 day	0 cm	10 days
1984	8.2 °C	12.8 °C	3.7 °C	16 mm	3 days	0 cm	5 days
1983	7.5 °C	11.3 °C	3.8 °C	100 mm	0 days	3 cm	19 days
1982	8.8 °C	12.8 °C	4.9 °C	19 mm	1 day	0 cm	7 days
1981	8.1 °C	11.5 °C	5.0 °C	49 mm	0 days	5 cm	9 days
1980	8.8 °C	12.6 °C	4.9 °C	24 mm	0 days	0 cm	4 days
1979	8.2 °C	11.4 °C	4.7 °C	87 mm	2 days	0 cm	17 days
1978	6.6 °C	9.6 °C	3.6 °C	63 mm	4 days	4 cm	11 days
1977	7.4 °C	10.7 °C	3.6 °C	48 mm	3 days	0 cm	14 days
1976	8.1 °C	11.9 °C	4.1 °C	21 mm	2 days	0 cm	5 days
1975	8.3 °C	11.5 °C	4.8 °C	59 mm	3 days	0 cm	18 days
1974	8.4 °C	12.1 °C	4.8 °C	22 mm	0 days	0 cm	5 days
1973	7.4 °C	10.6 °C	4.0 °C	78 mm	2 days	0 cm	14 days
1972	8.8 °C	11.5 °C	5.7 °C	60 mm	0 days	0 cm	12 days
1971	7.9 °C	11.1 °C	4.8 °C	42 mm	0 days	0 cm	7 days
1970	7.0 °C	10.1 °C	3.7 °C	72 mm	4 days	2 cm	20 days
1969	8.2 °C	12.1 °C	4.1 °C	35 mm	2 days	0 cm	11 days
1968	8.8 °C	12.6 °C	4.8 °C	82 mm	5 days	3 cm	12 days
1967	7.9 °C	11.1 °C	4.1 °C	59 mm	1 day	0 cm	11 days
1966	8.2 °C	11.6 °C	4.7 °C	68 mm	0 days	4 cm	16 days
1965	8.5 °C	12.4 °C	4.5 °C	50 mm	0 days	0 cm	14 days
1964	8.8 °C	12.1 °C	5.6 °C	86 mm	0 days	1 cm	15 days
1963	8.4 °C	12.3 °C	4.5 °C	75 mm	2 days	0 cm	15 days
1962	7.9 °C	11.6 °C	4.1 °C	47 mm	0 days	0 cm	15 days
1961	10.8 °C	14.6 °C	7.1 °C	48 mm	0 days	0 cm	14 days
1960	9.1 °C	13.0 °C	5.0 °C	15 mm	0 days	0 cm	3 days
1959	9.7 °C	13.2 °C	6.2 °C	52 mm	0 days	0 cm	13 days
1958	7.4 °C	11.3 °C	3.6 °C	37 mm	3 days	4 cm	10 days
1957	8.8 °C	12.8 °C	5.1 °C	9 mm	0 days	0 cm	4 days
1956	6.6 °C	10.7 °C	2.3 °C	29 mm	6 days	0 cm	9 days
1955	9.2 °C	13.5 °C	5.1 °C	11 mm	0 days	0 cm	5 days
1954	7.3 °C	11.4 °C	3.0 °C	18 mm	2 days	0 cm	6 days
1953	7.9 °C	11.6 °C	4.5 °C	56 mm	0 days	0 cm	17 days
1952	9.8 °C	13.9 °C	5.6 °C	50 mm	3 days	0 cm	11 days
1951	7.0 °C	10.9 °C	2.8 °C	57 mm	2 days	0 cm	16 days
1950	8.0 °C	11.6 °C	4.5 °C	66 mm	0 days	1 cm	16 days
1949	10.5 °C	14.7 °C	6.2 °C	33 mm	0 days	0 cm	10 days
1948	9.6 °C	13.8 °C	5.4 °C	42 mm	1 day	0 cm	11 days
1947	9.3 °C	13.5 °C	5.1 °C	45 mm	1 day	0 cm	11 days
1946	10.3 °C	14.7 °C	5.7 °C	68 mm	1 day	0 cm	9 days
1945	10.3 °C	14.9 °C	6.1 °C	16 mm	0 days	0 cm	7 days
1944	10.4 °C	15.0 °C	6.2 °C	34 mm	0 days	0 cm	9 days
1943	11.3 °C	15.6 °C	6.8 °C	29 mm	0 days	0 cm	8 days
1942	9.1 °C	12.8 °C	5.4 °C	27 mm	0 days	0 cm	9 days
1941	7.1 °C	10.4 °C	3.5 °C	40 mm	1 day	0 cm	11 days
1940	9.9 °C	13.7 °C	6.0 °C	68 mm	1 day	0 cm	18 days

April records

Hottest day

26.7 °C

April 19, 2018 estimate

Coldest night

-2.8 °C

April 7, 2013 estimate

Wettest day

27 mm

April 5, 1946 estimate

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Questions & answers

How warm is London in April?

Highs average 13.5 °C and lows 5.9 °C. A typical April brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 1 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in London in April?

About 49 mm falls in April, over some 11 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest April was 1998 (122 mm), the driest 2011 (3 mm).

What was the warmest April in London?

2011, with a mean temperature of 12.7 °C. The coldest was 1986 (6.3 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 5 of 86.