Where the weather was good in April

50 cities ranked on 20 years of April records. The closer the mean high to 24°C and the fewer the rain days, the higher a city sits. For snow trips or festivals, read the numbers, not the rank.

RankCityIn a lineHigh / lowRain daysSea
1 Los AngelesUnited Stateswarm, little rain warm, little rain 23° / 12° 2 days 15°
2 BeijingChinacool and fresh, only a little rain cool and fresh, only a little rain 21° / 9° 3 days
3 SydneyAustraliacomfortably warm comfortably warm 24° / 15° 10 days 23°
4 Hong Kongwarm warm 26° / 21° 8 days 23°
5 NahaJapancomfortably warm, frequent rain comfortably warm, frequent rain 25° / 19° 10 days 23°
6 Macauwarm, rain here and there warm, rain here and there 26° / 20° 8 days
7 HonoluluUnited Statesproperly hot, occasional rain properly hot, occasional rain 29° / 21° 6 days 25°
8 ShanghaiChinacool cool 20° / 12° 7 days
9 KagoshimaJapancomfortably warm comfortably warm 22° / 13° 10 days
10 BarcelonaSpaincool cool 19° / 11° 6 days 15°
11 LisbonPortugalcool, occasional rain cool, occasional rain 21° / 13° 8 days 16°
12 KumamotoJapancool cool 22° / 11° 10 days
13 RomeItalycool cool 19° / 9° 6 days
14 NagasakiJapancool, occasional rain cool, occasional rain 20° / 12° 9 days
15 Da NangVietnamvery hot, little rain very hot, little rain 31° / 24° 4 days 26°
16 Hoi AnVietnamvery hot, little rain very hot, little rain 31° / 24° 4 days 26°
17 OsakaJapancool cool 20° / 11° 9 days
18 HiroshimaJapancool and fresh, frequent rain cool and fresh, frequent rain 20° / 10° 9 days
19 NagoyaJapancool, frequent rain cool, frequent rain 21° / 10° 10 days
20 KyotoJapancool and fresh cool and fresh 20° / 10° 9 days
21 BeppuJapancool and fresh, occasional rain cool and fresh, occasional rain 20° / 11° 9 days
22 NaraJapancool and fresh cool and fresh 20° / 8° 9 days
23 MatsuyamaJapancool and fresh, frequent rain cool and fresh, frequent rain 20° / 11° 9 days
24 FukuokaJapancool and fresh cool and fresh 20° / 12° 10 days 16°
25 Da LatVietnamcomfortably warm comfortably warm 25° / 17° 18 daysRain not yet station-calibrated
26 TokyoJapancool and fresh, frequent rain cool and fresh, frequent rain 20° / 10° 10 days
27 QingdaoChinacool, little rain cool, little rain 16° / 9° 4 days 10°
28 KobeJapancool, frequent rain cool, frequent rain 19° / 12° 9 days
29 HanoiVietnamhot hot 28° / 22° 10 daysRain not yet station-calibrated
30 PortoPortugalcool and fresh, frequent rain cool and fresh, frequent rain 19° / 11° 10 days 15°
31 KaohsiungTaiwanhot hot 28° / 22° 11 daysRain not yet station-calibrated 26°
32 ManilaPhilippinesseriously hot, only a little rain seriously hot, only a little rain 34° / 27° 3 days
33 CebuPhilippinesvery hot very hot 32° / 26° 6 days 29°
34 TaipeiTaiwancomfortably warm comfortably warm 26° / 19° 16 daysRain not yet station-calibrated
35 PattayaThailandseriously hot, occasional rain seriously hot, occasional rain 33° / 27° 5 days 31°
36 HakoneJapancool and fresh, frequent rain cool and fresh, frequent rain 19° / 11° 11 days
37 ParisFrancecool cool 16° / 8° 8 days
38 New YorkUnited Statescool, occasional rain cool, occasional rain 17° / 8° 9 days
39 SaipanNorthern Mariana Islandsproperly hot properly hot 31° / 25° 12 days 29°
40 Chiang MaiThailandvery hot, only a little rain very hot, only a little rain 37° / 23° 5 days
41 BangkokThailandvery hot very hot 36° / 27° 6 days
42 Nha TrangVietnamvery hot very hot 31° / 25° 13 daysRain not yet station-calibrated 28°
43 Phu QuocVietnamvery hot, frequent rain very hot, frequent rain 33° / 26° 11 days 31°
44 Singaporeseriously hot, rain on many days seriously hot, rain on many days 32° / 25° 12 days 30°
45 BaliIndonesiaproperly hot properly hot 30° / 26° 23 daysRain not yet station-calibrated 29°
46 Kota KinabaluMalaysiaseriously hot, rain on many days seriously hot, rain on many days 33° / 25° 12 days 30°
47 Guamseriously hot, rain every other day seriously hot, rain every other day 31° / 25° 16 days 29°
48 PhuketThailandvery hot, frequent rain very hot, frequent rain 34° / 26° 10 days 31°
49 OtaruJapanchilly, frequent rain chilly, frequent rain 11° / 3° 9 days
50 SapporoJapancrisp and chilly, rain on many days crisp and chilly, rain on many days 12° / 4° 10 days

Ranked on mean daily high (points off the further from 24°C) and rain days. Uncalibrated cities may show too many rain days.

Warm seas in April