Weather in Longyearbyen in April 2025
Average weather
Average temperature in Longyearbyen in April
The expected average maximum temperature in April is -3°C with a maximum of +4°C and a minimum of -18°C.
The average maximum temperature goes up 45% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from -11°C to -1°C.
Is Longyearbyen warm or cold in April?
Longyearbyen is typically cold in April.
Maximum temperatures go up compared to the previous month from -11°C to -8°C. The minimum temperature also goes up from -16°C to -13°C.
Wear your winter warms as it will be cold. To save space, layer, and don’t forget gloves and a scarf.
Take a look at how April is compared to other months in Longyearbyen:
Climate in Longyearbyen in April
| March | April | May | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| -11°C | -8°C | -1°C | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| -40°C | -32°C | -18°C | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +4°C | +6°C | +9°C | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 2 mm | 1 mm | 4 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 3 m/s | 3 m/s | 3 m/s | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 80% | 80% | 80% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1008 HPa | 1013 HPa | 1016 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | 20 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 12 | 11 | 9 | ||||
April weather is still as ok as in March. It’s getting warmer as April arrives. The average maximum temperature goes up from -11°C to -8°C during the day. As April arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 2 mm to 1 mm. Humidity levels don’t change as the month goes on, averaging around 80%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during April, staying around 3 m/s. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 1 sunny days during the month.
May brings much the same weather, it remains ok.
Wind
The average wind speed is 4 m/s getting up to 10 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Longyearbyen is gradually increasing during April, going from 4 m/s to 5 m/s over the course of the month.
Rain
Snow
Here’s how April is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:
How was the weather last April in Longyearbyen?
Climate Change over Years
The climate in Longyearbyen in April has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1988 (-7°C) and the highest in 2016 (+1°C). The driest year was 1998 with only 51 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2016 with 381 mm.
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Monthly weather in Longyearbyen
Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Longyearbyen, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.