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Places with the best weather in North America in April: ranked by comfort score

Bakersfield tops the list at 96 /100 in April. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in North America.

Top three in April: Bakersfield (96 /100) , Fresno (96 /100) , Ontario (96 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 7.6 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Bakersfield United States 96 /100 24 °C 10 °C 26 mm 4 358 h –
2 Fresno United States 96 /100 24 °C 10 °C 34 mm 5 351 h –
3 Ontario United States 96 /100 23 °C 10 °C 26 mm 4 348 h –
4 Pomona United States 95 /100 23 °C 10.0 °C 27 mm 4 347 h –
5 Modesto United States 95 /100 23 °C 9.7 °C 36 mm 5 342 h –
6 Glendale United States 95 /100 23 °C 9.8 °C 26 mm 4 358 h –
7 San Bernardino United States 95 /100 23 °C 9.4 °C 28 mm 4 356 h –
8 Corona United States 95 /100 23 °C 11 °C 30 mm 5 352 h –
9 Moreno Valley United States 95 /100 22 °C 9.2 °C 28 mm 4 355 h –
10 Riverside United States 95 /100 23 °C 9.7 °C 31 mm 5 352 h –
11 Fontana United States 95 /100 23 °C 9.1 °C 32 mm 5 353 h –
12 Los Angeles United States 95 /100 24 °C 10 °C 21 mm 3 354 h 15 °C
13 Irvine United States 95 /100 21 °C 12 °C 24 mm 3 351 h 16 °C
14 Stockton United States 94 /100 22 °C 9.3 °C 40 mm 5 343 h –
15 Ensenada Mexico 94 /100 20 °C 12 °C 22 mm 3 364 h 16 °C
16 Palmdale United States 94 /100 22 °C 8.9 °C 23 mm 4 363 h –
17 Santa Clarita United States 94 /100 23 °C 9.4 °C 23 mm 4 359 h –
18 Windhoek Namibia 94 /100 25 °C 13 °C 27 mm 5 332 h –
19 Sacramento United States 94 /100 23 °C 9.1 °C 43 mm 6 340 h –
20 Escondido United States 93 /100 21 °C 10 °C 33 mm 4 353 h 16 °C
21 Elk Grove United States 93 /100 22 °C 9.0 °C 50 mm 6 340 h –
22 Long Beach United States 93 /100 21 °C 12 °C 17 mm 2 357 h 16 °C
23 Ecatepec de Morelos Mexico 92 /100 25 °C 9.8 °C 21 mm 5 352 h –
24 Gustavo Adolfo Madero Mexico 92 /100 25 °C 10 °C 20 mm 5 352 h –
25 Mixco Guatemala 91 /100 26 °C 15 °C 28 mm 5 347 h –
26 San Diego United States 91 /100 19 °C 12 °C 24 mm 4 353 h 16 °C
27 Coacalco Mexico 91 /100 25 °C 10.0 °C 19 mm 5 352 h –
28 Lancaster United States 91 /100 23 °C 8.9 °C 12 mm 2 363 h –
29 Toluca Mexico 91 /100 22 °C 9.2 °C 44 mm 9 360 h –
30 Iztapalapa Mexico 91 /100 25 °C 11 °C 38 mm 7 351 h –
31 Xico Mexico 91 /100 26 °C 12 °C 38 mm 7 351 h –
32 Columbus United States 91 /100 24 °C 12 °C 86 mm 8 307 h –
33 Oceanside United States 90 /100 19 °C 12 °C 28 mm 4 355 h 16 °C
34 San Jose United States 90 /100 20 °C 9.4 °C 48 mm 6 343 h –
35 San Cristóbal de las Casas Mexico 90 /100 24 °C 12 °C 53 mm 10 353 h –
36 Fayetteville United States 90 /100 23 °C 12 °C 86 mm 8 305 h –
37 Tallahassee United States 90 /100 25 °C 14 °C 75 mm 7 321 h –
38 Raleigh United States 90 /100 22 °C 11 °C 90 mm 9 302 h –
39 Montgomery United States 90 /100 24 °C 12 °C 94 mm 8 306 h –
40 Cary United States 89 /100 21 °C 11 °C 90 mm 9 302 h –
41 Charlotte United States 89 /100 22 °C 10 °C 89 mm 9 303 h –
42 Oxnard United States 89 /100 19 °C 11 °C 22 mm 3 360 h 14 °C
43 Sunnyvale United States 89 /100 19 °C 9.4 °C 46 mm 6 343 h 12 °C
44 Saltillo Mexico 89 /100 27 °C 13 °C 27 mm 6 354 h –
45 Puebla Mexico 89 /100 26 °C 12 °C 34 mm 7 358 h –
46 Pachuca de Soto Mexico 89 /100 24 °C 9.5 °C 42 mm 9 352 h –
47 Santa Rosa United States 89 /100 20 °C 7.9 °C 50 mm 6 340 h –
48 Fremont United States 89 /100 19 °C 9.6 °C 43 mm 6 342 h –
49 Guatemala City Guatemala 88 /100 27 °C 16 °C 27 mm 5 347 h –
50 Birmingham United States 88 /100 23 °C 12 °C 121 mm 10 299 h –

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

March: top 5

  1. San Cristóbal de las Casas 97 /100
  2. Saltillo 95 /100
  3. Xico 95 /100
  4. Henderson 94 /100
  5. Iztapalapa 94 /100

Full ranking for March

May: top 5

  1. Ensenada 97 /100
  2. Irvine 96 /100
  3. San Jose 96 /100
  4. Santa Ana 96 /100
  5. Escondido 96 /100

Full ranking for May

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Our 0–100 comfort score for sightseeing weather (formula on the methodology page), in April, highest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in North America with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by fewest wet days.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering and the score is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.