Climate averages 1991–2020
Charlotte weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Charlotte: daytime highs average 21.3°C and nights cool to about 9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 03 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Concord (North Carolina), United States (31 km away). In April its highs average 21.5°C, about as warm as Charlotte, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Charlotte ranks joint 189th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 254th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Charlotte is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 76 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
Charlotte climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.8°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 91 | 9.4 | 10.110 h |
| February | 12.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 83 | 8.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.1°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 106 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 21.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 87 | 8.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 76 | 10.2 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 95 | 13.1 | 14.514 h |
| July | 31.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 98 | 14.2 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 96 | 12.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 98 | 9.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 81 | 6.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.6°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 82 | 7.8 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.2°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 93 | 9.1 | 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
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in AprilUnited States · 31 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Gastonia in AprilUnited States · 31 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Rock Hill in AprilUnited States · 37 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.8°C · 89 mm rain
- High Point in AprilUnited States · 111 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in AprilUnited States · 111 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Greensboro in AprilUnited States · 134 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Columbia (South Carolina), United States in AprilUnited States · 137 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Asheville in AprilUnited States · 161 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 6.9°C · 93 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 Charlotte) is explained once on the Charlotte year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.