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Colorado Springs in April

Cool and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Colorado Springs is cool: highs near 55°F, lows near 26°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 52 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Colorado Springs is cool: highs near 13°C, lows near -3°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 52 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
55°F13°Caverage
Low
26°F-3°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
13h 11mon average

Is April a good time to visit Colorado Springs?

April sits outside Colorado Springs's best months, which run from June to September. Expect cool days and rain or snow 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 55°F in April, against 38°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 13°C in April, against 3°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in April, against 14% to 53% through the year.

Cloud cover

46% cover in April, against 29% to 47% through the year.

Daylight

13h 11m in April, against 9h 30m to 14h 50m 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. March47°8°low 19°low -7°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. April55°13°low 26°low -3°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. May64°18°low 36°low 2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Colorado Springs sits, in April

America/Denver
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:25 AMsets 7:35 PM
Above the sea
2,499 mhigh country
Latitude
38.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Breckenridge130 km north-west

The land around Colorado Springs, 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 Colorado Springs

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Colorado Springs. 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 (2,499 m) against the climate model's (2,394 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 (2,499 m) against the climate model's (2,394 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.