Where to go
Where to go in April
Every place in the atlas, ranked by its April climate: comfortable temperatures, few wet days and clear skies score highest. Cape Verde has the month's top-scoring destination.
iTop ten
The best of April
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La Serena
Coquimbo Region, Chile
21°high in Apr15°low16°sea
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Guadalupe
Zacatecas, Mexico
24°high in Apr11°low1wet day
iiThe full table
April, ranked
| # | Place | Country | High | Low | Rain | Sea | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antofagasta Antofagasta | Chile | 20° | 15° | 0 days | 18° | 100 |
| 2 | Iquique Tarapacá | Chile | 22° | 16° | 0 days | 20° | 100 |
| 3 | Praia Praia | Cape Verde | 25° | 20° | 0 days | 23° | 99 |
| 4 | La Serena Coquimbo Region | Chile | 21° | 15° | 1 day | 16° | 98 |
| 5 | Walvis Bay Erongo Region | Namibia | 21° | 16° | 1 day | 16° | 98 |
| 6 | Ilo Moquegua Department | Peru | 21° | 18° | 0 days | 21° | 98 |
| 7 | San Juan San Juan | Argentina | 24° | 11° | 1 day | – | 97 |
| 8 | Guadalupe Zacatecas | Mexico | 24° | 11° | 1 day | – | 97 |
| 9 | Alexandria Alexandria | Egypt | 24° | 15° | 2 days | 19° | 96 |
| 10 | Sanaa Amanat Alasimah | Yemen | 24° | 12° | 2 days | – | 96 |
| 11 | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Canary Islands | Spain | 22° | 16° | 2 days | 19° | 96 |
| 12 | Manama Manama | Bahrain | 25° | 23° | 2 days | 24° | 96 |
| 13 | Tacna Tacna | Peru | 24° | 17° | 0 days | – | 96 |
| 14 | Viña del Mar Valparaiso | Chile | 18° | 13° | 1 day | 15° | 96 |
| 15 | Al-Muharraq Muharraq | Bahrain | 25° | 23° | 2 days | 23° | 96 |
| 16 | Rancagua O'Higgins Region | Chile | 23° | 9° | 2 days | – | 95 |
| 17 | Santiago Santiago Metropolitan | Chile | 23° | 11° | 2 days | – | 94 |
| 18 | Amman Amman | Jordan | 23° | 12° | 3 days | – | 94 |
| 19 | Callao Callao | Peru | 22° | 19° | 0 days | 20° | 94 |
| 20 | Lima Lima Province | Peru | 23° | 19° | 0 days | 20° | 93 |
| 21 | Los Angeles California | United States | 74° | 52° | 3 days | – | 93 |
| 22 | Damascus Damascus Governorate | Syria | 24° | 8° | 3 days | – | 93 |
| 23 | Kerman Kerman | Iran | 23° | 9° | 3 days | – | 93 |
| 24 | Jerusalem Jerusalem | Israel | 22° | 13° | 3 days | – | 92 |
iiiBeach
Beach weather in April
Beach scores add sea temperature and favour hot, settled days.
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3Jeddah
Saudi Arabia
30°high
27°sea
99beach score
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5Aden
Yemen
28°high
28°sea
98beach score
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7Mukalla
Yemen
30°high
28°sea
98beach score
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8Salalah
Oman
31°high
28°sea
98beach score
Beaches to swim at in April
At the towns with the best beach weather this month, with the sea temperature and the EU water quality on each beach's page.
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Playa El Borrego
Beach
Playa El Borrego
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Playa Campos
Beach
Playa Campos
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As Sāḩil adh Dhahhabī
Beach · 4 m
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Shāţi' Hīltawniyā
Beach · 16 m
Shāţi' HīltawniyāFestivals in April
The best-known festivals held this month, with their town.
- Moscow International Film FestivalFilm festivalMoscow, Russia
- CoachellaMusic festivalCoachella, United States
- Tribeca FestivalFilm festivalNew York City, United States
- Seville FairTraditional festival · Apr–MaySeville, Spain
- New Orleans Jazz & Heritage FestivalMusic festival · Apr–MayNew Orleans, United States
- Holy Week in SevilleReligious festival · Mar–AprSeville, Spain
- National Cherry Blossom FestivalTraditional festival · Mar–AprWashington, United States
- 1939 New York World's FairTraditional festivalQueens, United States
- Kanamara MatsuriTraditional festivalKawasaki, Japan
- Holy Week in MálagaReligious festival · Mar–AprMálaga, Spain
- International Istanbul Film FestivalFilm festivalIstanbul, Türkiye
- Scoppio del carroReligious festival · Mar–AprFlorence, Italy
Only the month is given: the exact dates change from year to year.
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