Average Precipitation for the United Kingdom in April

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during April at cities and towns in the United Kingdom.

Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation. The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least one millimetre (0.04 inches).

The month's total precipitation is an average of weather data collected from 1991 to 2020.

In April, the entire UK averages 12 days of rain or snow, totalling 72 millimetres (2.8 inches).

Southern England

Average monthly precipitation in April
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
11	Birmingham	2.2	56
10	Bristol	2.2	55
–	Dover	2.2	57
10	Isles of Scilly	2.0	50
8	London, Greenwich	1.5	39
9	London, Kew Gardens	1.7	44
9	Norwich	1.5	39
9	Nottingham	1.9	48
11	Plymouth	2.7	69
9	Southampton	2.1	52
10	Stoke-on-Trent	2.2	55
9	Weymouth	2.1	52
9	Worthing	1.8	45

Northern England

April averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
–	Ambleside, Windermere Lake	4.0	101
–	Berwick-upon-Tweed	1.4	36
11	Dumfries	2.6	67
10	Hull	1.9	48
10	Liverpool	2.0	50
11	Manchester	2.2	56
–	Middlesbrough	1.5	39
11	Newcastle upon Tyne	2.5	64
12	Prestwick	2.3	58
11	Rochester, Northumberland Park	2.3	58
10	Sheffield	2.3	59

Wales

Average amount of rain and snow in April
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
11	Cardiff	2.8	72
12	Harlech	2.2	56
–	Llandrindod Wells	2.4	62
10	Rhyl	1.9	49
11	Swansea	2.4	60

Scotland

Precipitation totals for April
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
11	Aberdeen	2.3	58
9	Dundee	1.8	45
9	Edinburgh	1.6	41
12	Glasgow	2.6	66
10	Inverness	1.6	41
14	Kirkwall, Orkney Islands	2.3	59
15	Lerwick, Shetland Islands	2.7	68
15	Stornoway, Outer Hebrides	2.9	74
12	Tiree, Inner Hebrides	2.9	72

Northern Ireland

Total precipitation during April
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
12	Armagh	2.2	56
11	Belfast	2.4	60
14	Castlederg	2.9	74
12	Londonderry	2.1	54
11	Warrenpoint	2.8	72

Average April Precipitation in the United Kingdom

Southern England

Northern England

Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

Reference

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