Climate averages 1991–2020
Nashville weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Nashville: daytime highs average 20.4°C and nights cool to about 9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 128 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Franklin (28 km away). In April its highs average 20.5°C, about as warm as Nashville, with 127 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Nashville ranks joint 232nd of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 485th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Nashville is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 128 mm to 123 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
Nashville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.8°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 104 | 10.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 116 | 10.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.1°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 126 | 11.5 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 20.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 128 | 11.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 123 | 12.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 99 | 12.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 106 | 12.8 | 14.414 h |
| August | 30.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 84 | 10.5 | 13.514 h |
| September | 27.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 83 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 91 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.5°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 99 | 9.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 9.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 124 | 10.7 | 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
- Franklin in AprilUnited States · 28 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 127 mm rain
- Murfreesboro in AprilUnited States · 50 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.4°C · 124 mm rain
- Clarksville in AprilUnited States · 65 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 125 mm rain
- Huntsville in AprilUnited States · 161 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 10.7°C · 126 mm rain
- Chattanooga in AprilUnited States · 182 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 120 mm rain
- East Chattanooga in AprilUnited States · 185 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 9.8°C · 120 mm rain
- Evansville in AprilUnited States · 212 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 9.4°C · 130 mm rain
- Louisville in AprilUnited States · 249 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.3°C · 127 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 Nashville) is explained once on the Nashville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.