Dodge City weather in April

In April, Dodge City sees average daytime highs of 67°F and overnight lows near 42°F, with 2.2 in of precipitation across 7.2 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 63°F in the first days to 69°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Dodge City's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dodge City's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 67°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 42°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 2.2 in; 7.2 wet days
Daylight: 13 hours; 6:11 AM – 7:09 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 10th clearest
Wind: 12 mph; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.98 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.7; out of 10

Dodge City is city in and county seat of Ford County, Kansas, United States.

Density: 741/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1872

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 63°F in the first days to 69°F by the end.

A typical April day in Dodge City reaches about 67°F in the afternoon and slips back to 42°F overnight — a 24°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 51°F and 82°F. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 9°F warmer than March and about 10°F cooler than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°F)	63	63	64	64	64	64	65	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	70	70
Avg low (°F)	38	38	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	46	47

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	63	38
2	63	38
3	64	39
4	64	39
5	64	39
6	64	40
7	65	40
8	65	40
9	65	40
10	65	41
11	66	41
12	66	41
13	66	42
14	66	42
15	67	42
16	67	43
17	67	43
18	67	43
19	67	44
20	68	44
21	68	44
22	68	44
23	68	44
24	68	45
25	69	45
26	69	45
27	69	46
28	69	46
29	70	46
30	70	47

How April really feels in Dodge City

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 4 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 32°F

wind chill below the day's low

The story in April is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Dodge City weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	44° / 23°	0.7	3.2	2.3	9.7	1.0
Feb	48° / 26°	0.9	3.7	2.4	10.5	2.1
Mar	58° / 33°	1.6	6	1.9	11.7	4.8
Apr	67° / 42°	2.2	7.2	0.6	12.9	6.7
May	76° / 53°	3.4	9.6	0	14	7.0
Jun	86° / 63°	3.3	9.4	0	14.6	5.2
Jul	91° / 68°	2.4	8.5	0	14.3	3.9
Aug	89° / 66°	2.6	8.8	0	13.5	4.6
Sep	82° / 58°	1.5	6	0	12.3	7.1
Oct	69° / 45°	2.1	5.8	0.4	11	7.5
Nov	56° / 33°	0.9	3.7	1	10	4.6
Dec	45° / 25°	1.1	3.9	2.6	9.4	1.3

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	58	58	59	58	58	58	58	58	58	59
Cloudier (%)	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	59	41
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	59	41

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Dodge City gets around 2.2 in of rain and snow over 7.2 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 25% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	24	25	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	30	30
Snow chance (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	21	3
2	21	3
3	21	3
4	21	3
5	21	3
6	21	3
7	21	3
8	21	3
9	21	3
10	21	3
11	22	3
12	22	2
13	22	2
14	23	2
15	23	2
16	24	2
17	25	2
18	25	2
19	26	1
20	26	1
21	27	1
22	27	1
23	28	1
24	28	1
25	29	1
26	29	1
27	30	1
28	30	1
29	30	1
30	30	1

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 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	98	97	97	97	97	97	96	95	94	93
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	6
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	99	1	0
7	99	1	0
8	99	1	0
9	98	2	0
10	98	2	0
11	98	2	0
12	98	2	0
13	98	2	0
14	98	2	0
15	97	3	0
16	97	3	0
17	97	3	0
18	97	3	0
19	97	3	0
20	97	3	0
21	98	2	0
22	97	3	0
23	97	3	0
24	97	3	0
25	97	3	0
26	97	3	0
27	96	4	0
28	95	5	0
29	94	5	1
30	93	6	1

Wind in April

Winds average 12 mph in April, the windiest month of the year.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 11 mph on the calmest days to 12 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (mph)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (mph)	Feels
1	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	11	light breeze
27	11	light breeze
28	11	light breeze
29	11	light breeze
30	11	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:34 AM to 5:52 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 7:23 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:34	6:32	6:31	6:29	6:28	6:26	6:25	6:23	6:21	6:20	6:18	6:17	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:11	6:10	6:08	6:07	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:52
Sunset (PM)	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:34	6:56
2	12.4	6:32	6:57
3	12.4	6:31	6:57
4	12.5	6:29	6:58
5	12.5	6:28	6:59
6	12.6	6:26	7:00
7	12.6	6:25	7:01
8	12.7	6:23	7:02
9	12.7	6:21	7:03
10	12.7	6:20	7:04
11	12.8	6:18	7:05
12	12.8	6:17	7:06
13	12.9	6:15	7:07
14	12.9	6:14	7:08
15	12.9	6:13	7:09
16	13.0	6:11	7:09
17	13.0	6:10	7:10
18	13.1	6:08	7:11
19	13.1	6:07	7:12
20	13.1	6:05	7:13
21	13.2	6:04	7:14
22	13.2	6:03	7:15
23	13.2	6:01	7:16
24	13.3	6:00	7:17
25	13.3	5:59	7:18
26	13.4	5:57	7:19
27	13.4	5:56	7:20
28	13.4	5:55	7:21
29	13.5	5:54	7:22
30	13.5	5:52	7:23

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.55 kWh/m² to a high of 7.07 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 5.98 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	6.0	Bright
14	6.0	Bright
15	6.0	Bright
16	6.0	Intense
17	6.0	Intense
18	6.0	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.1	Intense
23	6.1	Intense
24	6.1	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.2	Intense
30	6.2	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Dodge City?

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

6.7

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

3.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Dodge City for sightseeing.

What to pack for Dodge City in April

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

In April, Dodge City sees daytime highs around 67°F and nights near 42°F. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Dodge City 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 Dodge City peaks around July 13 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	5	8	8	10	10	9	7	5	4	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Dodge City?

Dodge City sits at 37.8°N, 100.0°W, 2,493 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Garden City, 49 mi away.

Topography around Dodge City

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Dodge City.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Dodge City has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 190 ft around an average of 2,530 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 331 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,207 ft.

The land around Dodge City is covered by grassland (44%) and artificial surfaces (35%) within 2 miles, cropland (68%) and grassland (29%) within 10 miles, and cropland (58%) and grassland (41%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

190 ft

grassland 44%

10 miles

331 ft

cropland 68%

50 miles

1,207 ft

cropland 58%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← March Dodge City year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Garden City 49 mi · Liberal 70 mi · Great Bend 80 mi · Hays 86 mi · Hutchinson 116 mi · Wichita 147 mi · Newton 147 mi · Salina 150 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 100% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $90,027; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 5.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

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 Dodge City (37.7528°, -100.0171°, elevation 2,493 ft), 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	63	38
2	63	38
3	64	39
4	64	39
5	64	39
6	64	40
7	65	40
8	65	40
9	65	40
10	65	41
11	66	41
12	66	41
13	66	42
14	66	42
15	67	42
16	67	43
17	67	43
18	67	43
19	67	44
20	68	44
21	68	44
22	68	44
23	68	44
24	68	45
25	69	45
26	69	45
27	69	46
28	69	46
29	70	46
30	70	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	59	41
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	59	41

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	21	3
2	21	3
3	21	3
4	21	3
5	21	3
6	21	3
7	21	3
8	21	3
9	21	3
10	21	3
11	22	3
12	22	2
13	22	2
14	23	2
15	23	2
16	24	2
17	25	2
18	25	2
19	26	1
20	26	1
21	27	1
22	27	1
23	28	1
24	28	1
25	29	1
26	29	1
27	30	1
28	30	1
29	30	1
30	30	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	99	1	0
7	99	1	0
8	99	1	0
9	98	2	0
10	98	2	0
11	98	2	0
12	98	2	0
13	98	2	0
14	98	2	0
15	97	3	0
16	97	3	0
17	97	3	0
18	97	3	0
19	97	3	0
20	97	3	0
21	98	2	0
22	97	3	0
23	97	3	0
24	97	3	0
25	97	3	0
26	97	3	0
27	96	4	0
28	95	5	0
29	94	5	1
30	93	6	1

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	63	38
2	63	38
3	64	39
4	64	39
5	64	39
6	64	40
7	65	40
8	65	40
9	65	40
10	65	41
11	66	41
12	66	41
13	66	42
14	66	42
15	67	42
16	67	43
17	67	43
18	67	43
19	67	44
20	68	44
21	68	44
22	68	44
23	68	44
24	68	45
25	69	45
26	69	45
27	69	46
28	69	46
29	70	46
30	70	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	59	41
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	59	41

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	21	3
2	21	3
3	21	3
4	21	3
5	21	3
6	21	3
7	21	3
8	21	3
9	21	3
10	21	3
11	22	3
12	22	2
13	22	2
14	23	2
15	23	2
16	24	2
17	25	2
18	25	2
19	26	1
20	26	1
21	27	1
22	27	1
23	28	1
24	28	1
25	29	1
26	29	1
27	30	1
28	30	1
29	30	1
30	30	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	99	1	0
7	99	1	0
8	99	1	0
9	98	2	0
10	98	2	0
11	98	2	0
12	98	2	0
13	98	2	0
14	98	2	0
15	97	3	0
16	97	3	0
17	97	3	0
18	97	3	0
19	97	3	0
20	97	3	0
21	98	2	0
22	97	3	0
23	97	3	0
24	97	3	0
25	97	3	0
26	97	3	0
27	96	4	0
28	95	5	0
29	94	5	1
30	93	6	1

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	63	38
2	63	38
3	64	39
4	64	39
5	64	39
6	64	40
7	65	40
8	65	40
9	65	40
10	65	41
11	66	41
12	66	41
13	66	42
14	66	42
15	67	42
16	67	43
17	67	43
18	67	43
19	67	44
20	68	44
21	68	44
22	68	44
23	68	44
24	68	45
25	69	45
26	69	45
27	69	46
28	69	46
29	70	46
30	70	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	59	41
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	59	41

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	21	3
2	21	3
3	21	3
4	21	3
5	21	3
6	21	3
7	21	3
8	21	3
9	21	3
10	21	3
11	22	3
12	22	2
13	22	2
14	23	2
15	23	2
16	24	2
17	25	2
18	25	2
19	26	1
20	26	1
21	27	1
22	27	1
23	28	1
24	28	1
25	29	1
26	29	1
27	30	1
28	30	1
29	30	1
30	30	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	99	1	0
7	99	1	0
8	99	1	0
9	98	2	0
10	98	2	0
11	98	2	0
12	98	2	0
13	98	2	0
14	98	2	0
15	97	3	0
16	97	3	0
17	97	3	0
18	97	3	0
19	97	3	0
20	97	3	0
21	98	2	0
22	97	3	0
23	97	3	0
24	97	3	0
25	97	3	0
26	97	3	0
27	96	4	0
28	95	5	0
29	94	5	1
30	93	6	1