Climate averages 1991–2020
Asheville weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Asheville: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 04 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gastonia (129 km away). In April its highs average 21.1°C, 2.5°C warmer than Asheville, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Asheville ranks joint 282nd of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 307th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Asheville is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 93 mm to 90 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
Asheville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 96 | 10.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 9.3°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 84 | 9.4 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.3°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 106 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 18.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 93 | 10.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 90 | 11.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 95 | 14.0 | 14.515 h |
| July | 27.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 99 | 15.6 | 14.314 h |
| August | 27.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 105 | 14.3 | 13.514 h |
| September | 24.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 95 | 9.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.9°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 79 | 7.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 85 | 8.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 8.6°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 89 | 8.9 | 9.810 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
- Gastonia in AprilUnited States · 129 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Knoxville in AprilUnited States · 130 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Rock Hill in AprilUnited States · 158 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Charlotte in AprilUnited States · 161 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 9.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in AprilUnited States · 180 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Athens, United States in AprilUnited States · 197 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in AprilUnited States · 215 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Columbia (South Carolina), United States in AprilUnited States · 226 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.4°C · 85 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 Asheville) is explained once on the Asheville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.