Climate averages 1991–2020
San Jose weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th 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 San Jose: daytime highs average 19.3°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 08 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Milpitas (10 km away). In April its highs average 19.4°C, about as warm as San Jose, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, San Jose ranks joint 262nd of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 138th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; San Jose is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 22 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
San Jose climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.9°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 129 | 9.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.8°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 135 | 9.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 100 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 19.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 46 | 5.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.1°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 22 | 3.4 | 14.214 h |
| June | 25.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 3.9 | 1.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 14.514 h |
| August | 28.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 2.5 | 0.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 24.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 30 | 3.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 62 | 6.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 14.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 119 | 9.2 | 9.610 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
- Milpitas in AprilUnited States · 10 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Sunnyvale in AprilUnited States · 13 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Mountain View in AprilUnited States · 17 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Fremont in AprilUnited States · 25 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Union City in AprilUnited States · 31 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Redwood City in AprilUnited States · 34 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Pleasanton in AprilUnited States · 36 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 8.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Livermore in AprilUnited States · 40 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 8.1°C · 32 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 San Jose) is explained once on the San Jose year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Sunnyvale lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.