Delhi weather in April

In April, Delhi sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 15 mm of rain across 3.2 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 38°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Delhi's 5th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Delhi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
22°
7th coldest
Rainfall
15 mm
3.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
6:01 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover
28%
5th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.96 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.4
out of 10

Delhi is megacity and union territory of India.

Air quality
Severe
PM2.5 105 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
7,436/km²
people per km²
Founded
~500 BCE

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

Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 38°C by the end.

A typical April day in Delhi reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 7°C warmer than March and about 3°C cooler than May.

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How April really feels in Delhi

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 30 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
30
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in April is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Delhi weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 3rd-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan20° / 272.710.47.9
Feb24° / 12°353.8118.3
Mar30° / 16°243.611.86.5
Apr36° / 22°153.212.72.4
May40° / 26°195.313.40.3
Jun38° / 28°699.813.80.9
Jul34° / 28°19219.713.62.1
Aug33° / 27°17619.7132.7
Sep33° / 25°9910.312.23.6
Oct32° / 20°142.111.35.1
Nov28° / 14°51.110.68.2
Dec22° / 10°71.210.28.8

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18218
28317
38317
48317
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68416
78515
88515
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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Delhi gets around 15 mm of rain over 3.2 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 11% and peaks near 14% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3014

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 48% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 5% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
145341830
245341830
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648321740
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2843281991
29412819102
30392820112

Wind in April

Winds average 10 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:18 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:186:33
212.36:176:34
312.36:166:35
412.36:146:35
512.46:136:36
612.46:126:36
712.46:116:37
812.56:106:37
912.56:096:38
1012.56:076:38
1112.56:066:39
1212.66:056:40
1312.66:046:40
1412.66:036:41
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1812.75:596:43
1912.85:576:44
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2613.05:506:48
2713.05:496:48
2813.05:496:49
2913.05:486:50
3013.15:476:50

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.77 kWh/m² to a high of 7.31 kWh/m² in May across the year — April's 6.96 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
26.6Intense
36.6Intense
46.7Intense
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Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Delhi

In seasonPeak

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

Delhi's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Delhi sees seasonal dust haze (May–August), heaviest in June.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is April a good time to visit Delhi?

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

2.4
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Delhi.

What to pack for Delhi in April

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

In April, Delhi sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Delhi in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Delhi peaks around August 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highHighModerateAug 15UV 9Jan 1UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar8Very high
Apr8Very high
May9Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Delhi in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Delhi is worst in November — around 168 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 3.2× the cleanest month (July, 53 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Delhi's WHO annual average of 105 µg/m³.

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyVery unhealthyNov 23168 µg/m³Jul 2153 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan159Very unhealthy
Feb137Unhealthy
Mar105Unhealthy
Apr79Unhealthy
May68Unhealthy
Jun63Unhealthy
Jul53Poor
Aug55Unhealthy
Sep75Unhealthy
Oct132Unhealthy
Nov168Very unhealthy
Dec167Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Delhi?

Delhi sits at 28.7°N, 77.2°E, 227 m above sea level, in India. The nearest listed city is Fatehpur Sikri, 178 km away.

AgraRishikeshJaipurShimlaBhimdattaDhangaḍhi̇̄Amargaḍhi̇̄

Topography around Delhi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Delhi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m around an average of 218 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 229 m.

The land around Delhi is covered by artificial surfaces (62%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (62%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (78%) within 80 km.

3 km
48 m
16 km
91 m
80 km
229 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
April weather nearby: Fatehpur Sikri 178 km · Agra 181 km · Rishikesh 192 km · Jaipur 239 km · Shimla 273 km · Bhimdatta 289 km · Dhangaḍhi̇̄ 328 km · Amargaḍhi̇̄ 334 km

India travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / D / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 23% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,702
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
76%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.8
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
15.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 484
Religion
Hindu 80%Muslim 14%Christian 2%other and unspecified 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 Delhi (28.6519°, 77.2315°, elevation 227 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. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).