Nassau weather in April

In April, Nassau sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 49 mm of rain across 5.8 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in April, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of April to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Nassau's 2nd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nassau's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
8th warmest
Overnight low
23°
5th coldest
Rainfall
49 mm
5.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:52 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover
40%
2nd clearest
Wind
22 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.0
out of 10

Nassau is capital and largest city of the Bahamas.

Air quality
Excellent
PM2.5 3.2 µg/m³ · 2020
Density
1,101/km²
people per km²
Founded
1695

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical April day in Nassau reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 1°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C warmer than March and about 1°C cooler than May.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How April really feels in Nassau

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Nassau weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 8th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 22°417.210.67.5
Feb23° / 22°324.811.18.0
Mar23° / 22°345.911.87.9
Apr24° / 23°495.812.68.0
May26° / 25°80913.27.1
Jun28° / 26°9814.513.55.7
Jul28° / 27°7714.313.45.3
Aug29° / 27°1191712.94.9
Sep28° / 27°13918.512.24.7
Oct27° / 26°13516.311.45.7
Nov25° / 24°708.710.87.2
Dec24° / 23°396.610.57.7

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 25%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Nassau gets around 49 mm of rain over 5.8 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 19% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the muggy band about 39% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 65% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
13182337180
23182337180
33172338190
43172338190
53162338200
63162339200
72152339210
82152339210
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26181837351
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Wind in April

Winds average 22 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 22 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
122breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of April to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:07 AM to 5:40 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 6:34 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:076:21
212.26:066:21
312.36:056:21
412.36:046:22
512.36:036:22
612.36:026:23
712.46:016:23
812.46:006:24
912.45:596:24
1012.45:586:25
1112.55:576:25
1212.55:566:25
1312.55:556:26
1412.55:546:26
1512.65:536:27
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1912.75:496:29
2012.75:486:29
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2612.85:436:32
2712.85:426:32
2812.95:416:33
2912.95:406:33
3012.95:406:34

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.61 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 6.4 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.2Intense
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Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Nassau

In seasonPeak

None of Nassau's seasonal hazards are active in April. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Nassau sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Nassau's rainy season runs May–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

Atlantic hurricane
Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is April a good time to visit Nassau?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

8.0
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Nassau for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Nassau in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Nassau sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 23°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and a windbreaker. About 6 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesa windbreaker

Sea temperature near Nassau in April

The nearest coast averages about 25°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 30°C and coldest in February near 24°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

22°24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan24Warm
Feb24Warm
Mar24Warm
Apr25Warm
May26Warm
Jun28Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct28Tropical
Nov27Warm
Dec25Warm

UV index in Nassau in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nassau peaks around July 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 5 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighJul 19UV 12Dec 17UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb8Very high
Mar10Very high
Apr9Very high
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov6High
Dec5High
Location & terrain

Where is Nassau?

Nassau sits at 25.1°N, 77.3°W, 5 m above sea level, in Bahamas. The nearest listed city is Killarney, 7.0 km away.

LucayaFreeport

Topography around Nassau

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Nassau.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nassau has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m.

The land around Nassau is covered by artificial surfaces (58%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, water (78%) within 16 km, and water (91%) within 80 km.

3 km
30 m
16 km
37 m
80 km
32 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
April weather nearby: Killarney 7.0 km · Lucaya 211 km · Freeport 213 km · Miami Beach 291 km · Sunny Isles Beach 296 km · Miami 297 km · Aventura 298 km · Ojus 299 km

Bahamas travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 96% of US
price level, 2024
GDP per capita
$39,455
2024
Homicide rate
32.2
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
7.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 70%other Christian 13%Roman Catholic 12%none 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Nassau (25.0582°, -77.3431°, elevation 5 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).