Climate averages 1991–2020
Fort Myers weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Fort Myers: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cape Coral (13 km away). In April its highs average 28.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Fort Myers, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fort Myers ranks joint 15th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 150th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Fort Myers is 9.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 74 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
Fort Myers climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 45 | 5.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 24.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 35 | 4.7 | 11.211 h |
| March | 26.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 43 | 4.9 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 28.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 50 | 6.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 30.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 74 | 9.5 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 176 | 20.8 | 13.814 h |
| July | 31.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 165 | 23.1 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 164 | 24.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 156 | 19.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 74 | 8.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 26.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 33 | 4.2 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 33 | 4.3 | 10.511 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
- Cape Coral in AprilUnited States · 13 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Lehigh Acres in AprilUnited States · 21 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 57 mm rain
- St. Petersburg in AprilUnited States · 152 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Brandon in AprilUnited States · 153 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Lakeland in AprilUnited States · 158 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Tampa in AprilUnited States · 160 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Coral Springs in AprilUnited States · 161 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Port Saint Lucie in AprilUnited States · 166 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 56 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 Fort Myers) is explained once on the Fort Myers year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.