Climate averages 1991–2020
Eugene weather
in April.
A cool, 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 Eugene: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes April a 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 Salem, United States (99 km away). In April its highs average 14.6°C, about as warm as Eugene, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Eugene ranks joint 381st of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 489th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Eugene is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 130 mm to 82 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
Eugene climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 176 | 16.5 | 9.39 h |
| February | 10.5°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 139 | 15.1 | 10.410 h |
| March | 12.4°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 160 | 16.9 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 14.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 130 | 15.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.0°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 82 | 10.3 | 14.715 h |
| June | 21.3°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 43 | 7.3 | 15.415 h |
| July | 27.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 8.6 | 1.5 | 15.115 h |
| August | 27.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 12 | 2.2 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 41 | 5.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 107 | 10.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 11.5°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 186 | 16.4 | 9.710 h |
| December | 8.2°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 206 | 17.0 | 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
- Salem, United States in AprilUnited States · 99 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Bend in AprilUnited States · 142 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 0.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Beaverton in AprilUnited States · 161 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 115 mm rain
- Hillsboro in AprilUnited States · 164 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 5.2°C · 115 mm rain
- Portland in AprilUnited States · 167 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.4°C · 115 mm rain
- Gresham in AprilUnited States · 169 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.5°C · 142 mm rain
- Vancouver, United States in AprilUnited States · 180 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 142 mm rain
- Medford in AprilUnited States · 193 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 Eugene) is explained once on the Eugene year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.