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Budapest in April

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Budapest is mild: highs near 64°F, lows near 42°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 11 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Budapest is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 11 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
64°F18°Caverage
Low
42°F6°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 32% of days
Daylight
13h 35mon average

Is April a good time to visit Budapest?

April sits outside Budapest's best months, which run in two parts: May to June, or September. Expect mild days and rain on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 64°F in April, against 41°F to 84°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in April, against 5°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

32% of days in April, against 26% to 40% through the year.

Cloud cover

54% cover in April, against 36% to 66% through the year.

Daylight

13h 35m in April, against 8h 30m to 15h 54m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. March53°12°low 33°low 1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. April64°18°low 42°low 6°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. May73°23°low 52°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Budapest sits, in April

Europe/Budapest
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
5:57 AMsets 7:31 PM
Above the sea
110 mlow-lying
Latitude
47.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Budapest, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Budapest is our one place in Hungary so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Budapest

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Budapest. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (110 m) against the climate model's (184 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (110 m) against the climate model's (184 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.