Climate averages 1991–2020
Oceanside weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Oceanside: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vista (13 km away). In April its highs average 20.3°C, 1.7°C warmer than Oceanside, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Oceanside ranks joint 282nd of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 32nd of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Oceanside is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 7.5 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
Oceanside climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.9°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 62 | 5.3 | 10.210 h |
| February | 16.7°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 74 | 6.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 17.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 40 | 5.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 18.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 17 | 3.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 19.9°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 7.5 | 1.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 22.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 14.314 h |
| July | 24.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 14.114 h |
| August | 25.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 25.3°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 3.3 | 0.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 13 | 2.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.9°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 21 | 2.7 | 10.510 h |
| December | 16.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 46 | 4.7 | 10.010 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
- Vista in AprilUnited States · 13 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.6°C · 28 mm rain
- San Marcos in AprilUnited States · 21 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Escondido in AprilUnited States · 29 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Temecula in AprilUnited States · 39 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 9.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Murrieta in AprilUnited States · 43 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 9.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Mission Viejo in AprilUnited States · 53 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 20 mm rain
- San Diego in AprilUnited States · 57 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 11.9°C · 16 mm rain
- El Cajon in AprilUnited States · 59 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.9°C · 23 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 Oceanside) is explained once on the Oceanside year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.