Climate averages 1991–2020
Virginia Beach weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Virginia Beach: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 07 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Norfolk (27 km away). In April its highs average 19.8°C, 2.1°C warmer than Virginia Beach, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Virginia Beach ranks joint 302nd of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 239th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Virginia Beach is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 84 mm to 89 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
Virginia Beach climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 96 | 9.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 9.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 84 | 9.7 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 101 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 84 | 9.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 89 | 10.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 26.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 88 | 10.4 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 117 | 13.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 27.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 109 | 12.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 114 | 10.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 96 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 94 | 8.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 10.8°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 96 | 9.6 | 9.710 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
- Norfolk in AprilUnited States · 27 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Portsmouth Heights in AprilUnited States · 35 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 84 mm rain
- East Hampton in AprilUnited States · 38 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Newport News in AprilUnited States · 43 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.0°C · 83 mm rain
- Suffolk in AprilUnited States · 56 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 86 mm rain
- Richmond in AprilUnited States · 153 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 8.9°C · 82 mm rain
- Greenville in AprilUnited States · 186 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 80 mm rain
- Alexandria, United States in AprilUnited States · 236 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 8.0°C · 85 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 Virginia Beach) is explained once on the Virginia Beach year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.