Climate averages 1991–2020
Bend weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Bend: daytime highs average 11.7°C and nights cool to about 0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 25 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eugene (142 km away). In April its highs average 14.4°C, 2.8°C warmer than Bend, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Bend ranks 481st of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 138th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Bend is 7.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 16.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 45 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
Bend climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.8°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 71 | 12.2 | 9.39 h |
| February | 5.2°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 56 | 11.1 | 10.410 h |
| March | 8.2°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 56 | 12.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 11.7°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 46 | 11.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 16.9°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 45 | 9.6 | 14.715 h |
| June | 21.4°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 26 | 6.7 | 15.415 h |
| July | 27.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 14 | 3.7 | 15.115 h |
| August | 27.2°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 14 | 3.9 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.9°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 16 | 3.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.0°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 37 | 6.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 7.6°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 69 | 11.6 | 9.710 h |
| December | 3.2°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 96 | 13.1 | 9.09 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
- Eugene in AprilUnited States · 142 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Salem, United States in AprilUnited States · 168 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Gresham in AprilUnited States · 183 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.5°C · 142 mm rain
- Portland in AprilUnited States · 195 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.4°C · 115 mm rain
- Beaverton in AprilUnited States · 198 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 115 mm rain
- Vancouver, United States in AprilUnited States · 205 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 142 mm rain
- Hillsboro in AprilUnited States · 210 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 5.2°C · 115 mm rain
- Medford in AprilUnited States · 230 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 4.2°C · 99 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 Bend) is explained once on the Bend year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.