Munich in April
In April, Munich has 56.0 mm (2.20 in) of rain, a daily high of 15.2 °C (59.4 °F) and a daily low of 5.3 °C (41.5 °F), as 1991-2020 means; figures in brackets are converted.
Last updated : what the month is like; shorter source notes.
Best time to visit Munich: April misses our rule: days are 0.8 °C under our 16 °C and nights are 2.7 °C under our 8 °C. Expect 8.9 rain days, 1.6 nights below 0 °C and days that grow by 1 h 37 min.
What April is like in Munich
- Brass bands play Bavarian folk music every day in the two big tents of the spring fair on the Theresienwiese. The fair comes in April and May. Source: muenchen.de (Landeshauptstadt München), checked .
- Public tea ceremonies return to the Japanese Teahouse in the English Garden in April. The teahouse sits on a small island in the Schwabinger Bach. Source: muenchen.de (Landeshauptstadt München), checked .
- Tulips, snowflakes and squills bloom in the pedestrian zone and around Odeonsplatz and Gärtnerplatz in spring. The blooms usually last until mid-May. Source: muenchen.de (Landeshauptstadt München), checked .
- Cherry trees bloom in soft pink in the east of the Olympiapark each spring, from late March to mid-April. They were a gift from Munich's twin city, Sapporo. Source: muenchen.de (Landeshauptstadt München), checked .
Key figures
Weather in April, 1991-2020 means
- Daily high
- 15.2 °C (59.4 °F)
- Daily low
- 5.3 °C (41.5 °F)
- Rain
- 56.0 mm (2.20 in) in the month
- Sunshine
- 186.0 h in the month
Climate normals 1991-2020, computed by DWD and submitted to the World Meteorological Organization. Checked .
Station: München-Stadt, 3.7 km from the city centre point.
Daylight on 15 April 2026
- Sunrise
- 06:24 local time
- Sunset
- 20:04 local time
- Day length
- 13 h 40 min
Day length 1-30 April: 12 h 52 min to 14 h 29 min, +1 h 37 min.
Source: NOAA Solar Calculator equations, checked .
Month by month
Each month: daily high in °C, then rain in mm, 1991-2020 means.
WMO climate normals 1991-2020, as above, checked .
This month against the year
| Measure | April | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Daily high | 15.2 °C | 6th warmest |
| Daily low | 5.3 °C | 6th coldest |
| Rain | 56.0 mm | 3rd driest |
| Sunshine | 186.0 hours | 5th sunniest |
| Day length | 13 h 40 min | 5th longest |
Equal values share a rank. How we rank months
Sunshine share: 45% of the 410.4 hours from sunrise to sunset in April. How we compute sunshine share
Munich in April, on average: 8.9 rain days (1 mm or more), 1.6 frost days (low below 0 °C), 0.0 hot days (high 30 °C or more).
WMO climate normals 1991-2020, as above, checked .
Day length: NOAA solar equations, checked .
Public holidays this month
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| Friday | Good Friday |
| Monday | Easter Monday |
April 2027: none.
Typed from the official list and re-checked, .
English names are from the holidays library where the official list gives none. How we check holidays
Source: Official public holiday list (stmi.bayern.de), checked ; holidays Python library, checked . Library: holidays 0.105.
Same month in 20 cities
Munich is warmer than 4 of our 20 cities in April by mean daily high. How we rank cities
Closest high and low in April: Berlin (0.1 °C apart), Amsterdam (0.5, equal), Chicago (0.5, equal), Prague (0.5, equal).
| City | Gap from Munich, °C | High, °C | Low, °C | Rain, mm | Sunshine, hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munich (this page) | — | 15.2 | 5.3 | 56.0 | 186.0 |
| Berlin (closest) | 0.1 | 15.1 | 5.2 | 29.3 | 192.0 |
| Amsterdam (closest) | 0.5 | 14.3 | 5.2 | 39.6 | 197.7 |
| Chicago (closest) | 0.5 | 15.0 | 4.6 | 95.3 | no data |
| Prague (closest) | 0.5 | 15.4 | 4.6 | 26.8 | 190.8 |
| London | 0.9 | 15.1 | 6.9 | 42.5 | no data |
| Vienna | 1.7 | 17.2 | 6.7 | 41.8 | 216.5 |
| New York | 1.8 | 16.6 | 7.5 | 103.9 | no data |
| Paris | 2.0 | 16.6 | 7.9 | 45.8 | 177.0 |
| Madrid | 3.4 | 19.1 | 8.2 | 46.1 | no data |
| Rome | 3.5 | 18.8 | 8.6 | no data | no data |
| Tokyo | 4.4 | 19.4 | 9.8 | 133.7 | 178.8 |
| Hiroshima | 4.7 | 19.8 | 10.1 | 141.0 | 191.9 |
| Barcelona | 4.8 | 18.9 | 11.1 | 47.3 | 211.4 |
| Osaka | 5.2 | 19.9 | 10.9 | 101.9 | 192.6 |
| Los Angeles | 7.3 | 22.4 | 12.7 | 17.5 | no data |
| Seville | 7.4 | 23.7 | 11.5 | 54.0 | 270.2 |
| Buenos Aires | 8.4 | 23.2 | 14.1 | 130.3 | 168.1 |
| Hong Kong | 13.1 | 25.6 | 21.1 | 153.0 | 113.2 |
| Singapore | 18.6 | 32.4 | 25.3 | 164.3 | no data |
Sources (1991-2020): WMO climate normals and NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, checked , ; Hong Kong: our 1991-2020 mean of the Hong Kong Observatory daily climate series on DATA.GOV.HK; Singapore: our 1991-2020 mean of the National Environment Agency monthly climate series on data.gov.sg; both checked . Each city's page names its station. All sources in full on Methodology.
Hong Kong figures: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Hong Kong Observatory own the intellectual property rights in the data; attribution to them and DATA.GOV.HK. Licence: Terms and Conditions of Use of DATA.GOV.HK, version 1.2.
Singapore figures: Contains information from the National Environment Agency on data.gov.sg, made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0 (https://data.gov.sg/open-data-licence). The Agency does not endorse our means.
Sources
- WMO Member Nations (each national weather service's own submission); archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Attribution: WMO Member Nations (2023). WMO Climatological Standard Normals for 1991-2020 (NCEI Accession 0253808). Station files named in each record. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/800j-vn07. Accessed on the check date shown. Licence: No licence stated. Published by NOAA NCEI for WMO; citation requested. Checked .
- NOAA Solar Calculator equations, computed locally, NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory (method); City by Month (computation). Attribution: Computed with the NOAA Solar Calculator method (no NOAA endorsement implied). Licence: Method, not data. Checked .
- holidays Python library, run locally. Attribution: holidays library, Vacanza team. Licence: MIT. Checked .
Official sources
Cite this page: City by Month. "Munich in April: weather, daylight, holidays". https://citybymonth.com/cities/germany/munich/april/. Last updated 5 November 2026.