Budapest Weather in April
Budapest in April
The short of it: Budapest in April averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 36 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 13 h 34 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 7° · rain 36 mm · daylight 13 h 34 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & May
Thirty years of records give Budapest an average April high of 18°, a low of 7° and some 36 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 7° from March to about 18°, with nights near 7°. Rain is modest, about 36 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 34 min in mid-April, 108 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates April 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Budapest runs about middling and wetter than most in April. Budapest I. kerület, 0 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
April in Budapest, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus March
- 7° warmer, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus May
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 34 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
April averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budapest I. kerületBudapest | 0 km SSW | 18° | 7° | 36 mm |
| BudaBudapest | 1 km WNW | 18° | 7° | 36 mm |
| Budapest V. kerületBudapest | 1 km E | 19° | 8° | 36 mm |
| NaphegyPest County | 2 km SW | 18° | 7° | 36 mm |
| Budapest VI. kerületBudapest | 2 km ENE | 19° | 8° | 35 mm |
| Budapest XII. kerületBudapest | 2 km WSW | 18° | 7° | 36 mm |
| ÚjlipótvárosBudapest | 2 km NNE | 19° | 8° | 35 mm |
| ErzsébetvárosBudapest | 2 km E | 19° | 8° | 35 mm |