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Palm Springs in April

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Palm Springs is warm: highs near 84°F, lows near 53°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 43 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Palm Springs is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 12°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 43 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
84°F29°Caverage
Low
53°F12°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 9% of days
Daylight
13h 00mon average

Is April a good time to visit Palm Springs?

A good month, just outside Palm Springs's best months, which run in two parts: March, or November.

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 84°F in April, against 70°F to 108°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in April, against 21°C to 42°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

9% of days in April, against 1% to 17% through the year.

Cloud cover

28% cover in April, against 13% to 41% through the year.

Daylight

13h 00m in April, against 9h 56m to 14h 22m 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. March77°25°low 49°low 9°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. April84°29°low 53°low 12°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. May92°33°low 59°low 15°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Palm Springs sits, in April

America/Los Angeles
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:17 AMsets 7:16 PM
Above the sea
129 mlow-lying
Latitude
33.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Rancho Santa Fe108 km south-west

The land around Palm 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 Palm Springs

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Palm 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 (129 m) against the climate model's (505 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 (129 m) against the climate model's (505 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.