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Aspen in April

Chilly and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Aspen is chilly: highs near 50°F, lows near 23°F. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 52 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Aspen is chilly: highs near 10°C, lows near -5°C. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 52 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
50°F10°Caverage
Low
23°F-5°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 51% of days
Daylight
13h 12mon average

Is April a good time to visit Aspen?

April sits outside Aspen's best months, which run from June to September. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about four 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 50°F in April, against 34°F to 80°F through the year.Highs near 10°C in April, against 1°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

51% of days in April, against 28% to 51% through the year.

Cloud cover

47% cover in April, against 28% to 50% through the year.

Daylight

13h 12m in April, against 9h 27m to 14h 53m 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. March43°6°low 16°low -9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. April50°10°low 23°low -5°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. May59°15°low 30°low -1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Aspen sits, in April

America/Denver
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:32 AMsets 7:43 PM
Above the sea
2,410 mhigh country
Latitude
39.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Crested Butte38 km south

The land around Aspen, 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 United States in April

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Aspen. 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 (2,410 m) against the climate model's (2,933 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 (2,410 m) against the climate model's (2,933 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.