Climate averages 1991–2020
Los Ángeles weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Los Ángeles: daytime highs average 18.9°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 09 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Villa Mercedes, Chile (34 km away). In April its highs average 17.9°C, 1.0°C cooler than Los Ángeles, with 124 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Los Ángeles ranks joint 27th of 40 for the warmest April highs and 34th of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 20.5°C; Los Ángeles is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 15.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 178 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Los Ángeles climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 15 | 2.0 | 14.414 h |
| February | 26.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 25 | 2.5 | 13.514 h |
| March | 23.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 33 | 4.0 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 18.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 85 | 6.7 | 11.211 h |
| May | 15.0°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 178 | 11.0 | 10.110 h |
| June | 12.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 252 | 15.5 | 9.610 h |
| July | 11.8°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 193 | 14.1 | 9.810 h |
| August | 13.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 169 | 13.1 | 10.711 h |
| September | 15.3°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 94 | 9.4 | 11.812 h |
| October | 17.8°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 71 | 8.1 | 13.013 h |
| November | 21.0°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 40 | 5.1 | 14.114 h |
| December | 24.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 30 | 3.9 | 14.715 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Villa Mercedes, Chile in AprilChile · 34 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.8°C · 124 mm rain
- Coronel in AprilChile · 85 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Chiguayante in AprilChile · 85 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Concepción in AprilChile · 94 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.9°C · 52 mm rain
- San Pedro de la Paz in AprilChile · 96 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 10.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Chillán in AprilChile · 99 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 8.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Talcahuano in AprilChile · 107 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 10.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Temuco in AprilChile · 142 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.8°C · 102 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Los Ángeles) is explained once on the Los Ángeles year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.