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Carmel in April

Mild and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Carmel is mild: highs near 61°F, lows near 49°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 48 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Carmel is mild: highs near 16°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 48 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
61°F16°Caverage
Low
49°F9°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 22% of days
Daylight
13h 06mon average

Is April a good time to visit Carmel?

April sits outside Carmel's best months, which run from July to October. 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 61°F in April, against 60°F to 69°F through the year.Highs near 16°C in April, against 16°C to 21°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

22% of days in April, against 1% to 33% through the year.

Cloud cover

46% cover in April, against 15% to 58% through the year.

Daylight

13h 06m in April, against 9h 42m to 14h 37m 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. March60°16°low 48°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. April61°16°low 49°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. May63°17°low 51°low 11°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Carmel sits, in April

America/Los Angeles
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:35 AMsets 7:41 PM
Above the sea
45 mlow-lying
Latitude
36.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Big Sur33 km south

The land around Carmel, 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 Carmel

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Carmel. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.