Climate averages 1991–2020
Austin weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Austin: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Round Rock (28 km away). In April its highs average 25.5°C, about as warm as Austin, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Austin ranks joint 56th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 235th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Austin is 6.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 83 mm to 116 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
Austin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.9°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 61 | 7.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.1°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 62 | 7.5 | 11.111 h |
| March | 21.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 74 | 9.0 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 25.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 83 | 8.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 29.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 116 | 10.8 | 13.714 h |
| June | 32.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 77 | 9.2 | 14.114 h |
| July | 34.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 42 | 5.7 | 13.914 h |
| August | 35.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 59 | 5.6 | 13.213 h |
| September | 31.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 75 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 85 | 7.2 | 11.511 h |
| November | 20.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 74 | 6.7 | 10.711 h |
| December | 16.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 70 | 7.4 | 10.210 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
- Round Rock in AprilUnited States · 28 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 76 mm rain
- New Braunfels in AprilUnited States · 73 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Killeen in AprilUnited States · 95 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Temple in AprilUnited States · 100 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 83 mm rain
- San Antonio in AprilUnited States · 118 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Bryan in AprilUnited States · 139 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 101 mm rain
- College Station in AprilUnited States · 141 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Waco in AprilUnited States · 154 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 86 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 Austin) is explained once on the Austin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.