Gallup weather in April

In April, Gallup sees average daytime highs of 63°F and overnight lows near 38°F, with 0.6 in of precipitation across 4 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 59°F in the first days to 66°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Gallup's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gallup's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 63°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 38°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 0.6 in; 4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 5:48 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover: 42%; 8th clearest
Wind: 11 mph; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 7.26 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.4; out of 10

Gallup is city in and county seat of McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.

Density: 474/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1881

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 59°F in the first days to 66°F by the end.

A typical April day in Gallup reaches about 63°F in the afternoon and slips back to 38°F overnight — a 25°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 50°F and 73°F. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 8°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)	59	59	59	59	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	64	64	64	65	65	65	65	66	66	66	67	67
Avg low (°F)	34	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	42

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	59	34
2	59	35
3	59	35
4	59	35
5	60	35
6	60	35
7	60	36
8	60	36
9	61	36
10	61	36
11	61	36
12	62	37
13	62	37
14	62	37
15	62	37
16	63	38
17	63	38
18	63	38
19	64	38
20	64	39
21	64	39
22	65	39
23	65	40
24	65	40
25	65	40
26	66	40
27	66	41
28	66	41
29	67	41
30	67	42

How April really feels in Gallup

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 21 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.

Gallup weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	41° / 21°	1.0	5.6	4.2	9.9	0.1
Feb	46° / 25°	0.9	5.2	4.1	10.7	1.5
Mar	55° / 31°	0.9	5.7	3	11.7	4.0
Apr	63° / 38°	0.6	4	1.5	12.9	6.4
May	72° / 47°	0.6	3.7	0.3	13.8	8.1
Jun	83° / 56°	0.3	1.7	0	14.4	7.5
Jul	85° / 62°	1.2	6.9	0	14.2	5.9
Aug	82° / 60°	1.3	7.4	0	13.3	6.8
Sep	76° / 53°	0.9	4.4	0	12.2	8.2
Oct	65° / 42°	0.8	4.1	0.6	11.1	7.2
Nov	53° / 30°	0.7	4.1	2.1	10.1	3.5
Dec	42° / 22°	1.0	4.8	4.5	9.6	0.4

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%.

	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 (%)	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	65	66	66	67	67	67	68	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	71	71	70	70	71	70	70	70	71
Cloudier (%)	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	35	34	34	33	33	33	32	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	30	30	29	30	30	30	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	65	35
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	68	32
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	71	29
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	71	29

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Gallup gets around 0.6 in of rain and snow over 4 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 14% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

	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 (%)	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Snow chance (%)	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in April

Winds average 11 mph in April, the windiest month of the year.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 10 mph on the calmest days to 11 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)	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	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	10	light breeze
2	10	light breeze
3	11	light breeze
4	11	light breeze
5	11	light breeze
6	11	light breeze
7	11	light breeze
8	11	light breeze
9	11	light breeze
10	11	light breeze
11	11	light breeze
12	11	light breeze
13	11	light breeze
14	11	light breeze
15	11	light breeze
16	11	light breeze
17	11	light breeze
18	11	light breeze
19	11	light breeze
20	11	light breeze
21	11	light breeze
22	11	light breeze
23	11	light breeze
24	11	light breeze
25	11	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 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 24 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 6:10 AM to 5:31 AM, and sunset from 6:30 PM to 6:54 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)	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:10	6:08	6:07	6:05	6:04	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:55	5:54	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:37	5:35	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:31
Sunset (PM)	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:10	6:30
2	12.4	6:08	6:31
3	12.4	6:07	6:31
4	12.4	6:05	6:32
5	12.5	6:04	6:33
6	12.5	6:02	6:34
7	12.6	6:01	6:35
8	12.6	5:59	6:35
9	12.6	5:58	6:36
10	12.7	5:57	6:37
11	12.7	5:55	6:38
12	12.8	5:54	6:39
13	12.8	5:52	6:40
14	12.8	5:51	6:40
15	12.9	5:50	6:41
16	12.9	5:48	6:42
17	12.9	5:47	6:43
18	13.0	5:46	6:44
19	13.0	5:44	6:45
20	13.0	5:43	6:45
21	13.1	5:42	6:46
22	13.1	5:40	6:47
23	13.1	5:39	6:48
24	13.2	5:38	6:49
25	13.2	5:37	6:50
26	13.3	5:35	6:51
27	13.3	5:34	6:51
28	13.3	5:33	6:52
29	13.4	5:32	6:53
30	13.4	5:31	6:54

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 7.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.07 kWh/m² to a high of 8.47 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 7.26 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)	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.7	7.7
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.7	Intense
2	6.7	Intense
3	6.8	Intense
4	6.8	Intense
5	6.8	Intense
6	6.9	Intense
7	6.9	Intense
8	7.0	Intense
9	7.0	Intense
10	7.1	Intense
11	7.1	Intense
12	7.2	Intense
13	7.2	Intense
14	7.2	Intense
15	7.3	Intense
16	7.3	Intense
17	7.3	Intense
18	7.4	Intense
19	7.4	Intense
20	7.4	Intense
21	7.5	Intense
22	7.5	Intense
23	7.5	Intense
24	7.5	Intense
25	7.6	Intense
26	7.6	Intense
27	7.6	Intense
28	7.7	Intense
29	7.7	Intense
30	7.7	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Gallup?

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

6.4

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

1.7

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Gallup for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gallup in April

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

In April, Gallup sees daytime highs around 63°F and nights near 38°F. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Gallup in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gallup peaks around July 11 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	5	7	6	9	12	12	11	9	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	6	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Gallup?

Gallup sits at 35.5°N, 108.7°W, 6,512 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Farmington, 88 mi away.

Topography around Gallup

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Gallup has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 561 ft around an average of 6,611 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,555 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,940 ft.

The land around Gallup is covered by shrubs (29%), artificial surfaces (28%) and grassland (26%) within 2 miles, grassland (48%) and shrubs (25%) within 10 miles, and trees (39%) and grassland (36%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

561 ft

shrubs 29%

10 miles

1,555 ft

grassland 48%

50 miles

3,940 ft

trees 39%

treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

April weather nearby: Farmington 88 mi · Rio Rancho 119 mi · Enchanted Hills 122 mi · South Valley 122 mi · Albuquerque 122 mi · Los Lunas 124 mi · Durango 130 mi · Santa Fe 158 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 Gallup (35.5281°, -108.7426°, elevation 6,512 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	59	34
2	59	35
3	59	35
4	59	35
5	60	35
6	60	35
7	60	36
8	60	36
9	61	36
10	61	36
11	61	36
12	62	37
13	62	37
14	62	37
15	62	37
16	63	38
17	63	38
18	63	38
19	64	38
20	64	39
21	64	39
22	65	39
23	65	40
24	65	40
25	65	40
26	66	40
27	66	41
28	66	41
29	67	41
30	67	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	65	35
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	68	32
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	71	29
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	71	29

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	59	34
2	59	35
3	59	35
4	59	35
5	60	35
6	60	35
7	60	36
8	60	36
9	61	36
10	61	36
11	61	36
12	62	37
13	62	37
14	62	37
15	62	37
16	63	38
17	63	38
18	63	38
19	64	38
20	64	39
21	64	39
22	65	39
23	65	40
24	65	40
25	65	40
26	66	40
27	66	41
28	66	41
29	67	41
30	67	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	65	35
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	68	32
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	71	29
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	71	29

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	59	34
2	59	35
3	59	35
4	59	35
5	60	35
6	60	35
7	60	36
8	60	36
9	61	36
10	61	36
11	61	36
12	62	37
13	62	37
14	62	37
15	62	37
16	63	38
17	63	38
18	63	38
19	64	38
20	64	39
21	64	39
22	65	39
23	65	40
24	65	40
25	65	40
26	66	40
27	66	41
28	66	41
29	67	41
30	67	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	65	35
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	68	32
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	71	29
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	71	29

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100