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Luang Prabang in April

Very hot and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Luang Prabang is very hot: highs near 96°F, lows near 72°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 23 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Luang Prabang is very hot: highs near 36°C, lows near 22°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 23 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
96°F36°Caverage
Low
72°F22°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 38% of days
Daylight
12h 35mon average

Is April a good time to visit Luang Prabang?

April sits outside Luang Prabang's best months, which run from December to January. Expect very hot days and rain on about three 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 96°F in April, against 82°F to 96°F through the year.Highs near 36°C in April, against 28°C to 36°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

38% of days in April, against 9% to 91% through the year.

Cloud cover

51% cover in April, against 36% to 86% through the year.

Daylight

12h 35m in April, against 10h 57m to 13h 19m 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. March94°34°low 68°low 20°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. April96°36°low 72°low 22°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. May93°34°low 74°low 23°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Luang Prabang sits, in April

Asia/Vientiane
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
5:54 AMsets 6:29 PM
Above the sea
300 mlow-lying
Latitude
19.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Vientiane220 km south

The land around Luang Prabang, 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. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Laos in April

high · low · wet days
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Luang Prabang

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Luang Prabang. 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 (300 m) against the climate model's (467 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 (300 m) against the climate model's (467 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.