Climate averages 1991–2020
West Palm Beach weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in West Palm Beach: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Boynton Beach (21 km away). In April its highs average 27.0°C, about as warm as West Palm Beach, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, West Palm Beach ranks joint 39th of 498 for the warmest April highs and 194th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; West Palm Beach is 7.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 100 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
West Palm Beach climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.6°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 52 | 7.1 | 10.711 h |
| February | 23.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 48 | 6.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 24.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 66 | 7.8 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 26.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 65 | 8.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 28.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 100 | 12.4 | 13.413 h |
| June | 29.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 165 | 21.1 | 13.814 h |
| July | 30.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 134 | 22.4 | 13.614 h |
| August | 30.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 166 | 24.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 179 | 23.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 116 | 15.0 | 11.512 h |
| November | 25.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 56 | 9.3 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.6°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 42 | 7.4 | 10.510 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
- Boynton Beach in AprilUnited States · 21 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 70 mm rain
- Boca Raton in AprilUnited States · 40 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Deerfield Beach in AprilUnited States · 44 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Pompano Beach in AprilUnited States · 54 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Coral Springs in AprilUnited States · 54 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Fort Lauderdale in AprilUnited States · 67 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Port Saint Lucie in AprilUnited States · 71 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Davie in AprilUnited States · 75 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 62 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 West Palm Beach) is explained once on the West Palm Beach year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.