Climate averages 1991–2020
Baton Rouge weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Baton Rouge: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lafayette (Louisiana), United States (84 km away). In April its highs average 24.9°C, about as warm as Baton Rouge, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Baton Rouge ranks joint 73rd of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 441st of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Baton Rouge is 5.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 115 mm to 105 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
Baton Rouge climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.9°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 124 | 9.4 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.1°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 115 | 8.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 21.4°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 118 | 9.8 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 25.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 115 | 8.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 28.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 105 | 9.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 31.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 120 | 13.6 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 132 | 17.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 32.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 133 | 15.7 | 13.213 h |
| September | 30.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 100 | 10.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 86 | 7.6 | 11.511 h |
| November | 20.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 89 | 7.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 17.1°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 112 | 9.3 | 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
- Lafayette (Louisiana), United States in AprilUnited States · 84 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Metairie in AprilUnited States · 112 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 100 mm rain
- New Orleans in AprilUnited States · 120 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 99 mm rain
- Lake Charles in AprilUnited States · 195 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 118 mm rain
- Gulfport in AprilUnited States · 201 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Jackson in AprilUnited States · 227 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 114 mm rain
- Beaumont in AprilUnited States · 283 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Mobile in AprilUnited States · 302 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 107 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 Baton Rouge) is explained once on the Baton Rouge year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.