Hollister weather in April

In April, Hollister sees average daytime highs of 65°F and overnight lows near 46°F, with 1.2 in of rain across 5 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 63°F in the first days to 67°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% 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 Hollister's 8th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hollister's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 65°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 46°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 1.2 in; 5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 5:38 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 8th clearest
Wind: 4 mph; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.33 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; out of 10

Hollister is city in and county seat of San Benito County, California, United States.

Density: 1,984/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1868

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

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

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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 67°F by the end.

A typical April day in Hollister reaches about 65°F in the afternoon and slips back to 46°F overnight — a 19°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 56°F and 74°F. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 3°F warmer than March and about 4°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	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	67
Avg low (°F)	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47

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

Hollister weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	58° / 41°	3.4	8.1	9.8	4.6
Feb	60° / 42°	3.4	8.7	10.6	4.9
Mar	62° / 44°	2.7	8.4	11.7	5.7
Apr	65° / 46°	1.2	5	12.9	6.8
May	68° / 49°	0.6	2.8	13.9	7.9
Jun	73° / 52°	0.1	0.4	14.5	9.1
Jul	77° / 56°	0.0	0.2	14.3	9.4
Aug	77° / 56°	0.1	0.3	13.4	9.3
Sep	76° / 54°	0.1	0.5	12.3	9.4
Oct	72° / 50°	0.7	2.2	11	8.6
Nov	64° / 44°	1.5	4.7	10	6.6
Dec	58° / 40°	3.0	7.8	9.5	4.6

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	60	60	62	63	63	64	65	65	66	67	67	67	68	69	69	70	70
Cloudier (%)	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	40	40	38	37	37	36	35	35	34	33	33	33	32	31	31	30	30

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	62	38
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	64	36
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	66	34
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	68	32
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	70	30
30	70	30

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Hollister gets around 1.2 in of rain over 5 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 17% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days. The odds ease 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 (%)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	19	18	17	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11

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

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 98% 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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3

Wind in April

Winds average 4 mph in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 4 mph on the calmest days to 4 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

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 6:00 AM to 5:19 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 6:47 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	12.6	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:00	5:58	5:57	5:55	5:54	5:52	5:51	5:49	5:48	5:46	5:45	5:43	5:42	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:36	5:35	5:33	5:32	5:31	5:29	5:28	5:27	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:20	5:19
Sunset (PM)	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:00	6:21
2	12.4	5:58	6:22
3	12.4	5:57	6:23
4	12.5	5:55	6:23
5	12.5	5:54	6:24
6	12.6	5:52	6:25
7	12.6	5:51	6:26
8	12.6	5:49	6:27
9	12.7	5:48	6:28
10	12.7	5:46	6:29
11	12.7	5:45	6:30
12	12.8	5:43	6:31
13	12.8	5:42	6:31
14	12.9	5:40	6:32
15	12.9	5:39	6:33
16	12.9	5:38	6:34
17	13.0	5:36	6:35
18	13.0	5:35	6:36
19	13.1	5:33	6:37
20	13.1	5:32	6:38
21	13.1	5:31	6:39
22	13.2	5:29	6:39
23	13.2	5:28	6:40
24	13.2	5:27	6:41
25	13.3	5:25	6:42
26	13.3	5:24	6:43
27	13.4	5:23	6:44
28	13.4	5:22	6:45
29	13.4	5:20	6:46
30	13.5	5:19	6:47

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.47 kWh/m² to a high of 8 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.33 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)	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	5.7	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	6.0	Bright
8	6.0	Bright
9	6.0	Intense
10	6.1	Intense
11	6.1	Intense
12	6.2	Intense
13	6.2	Intense
14	6.3	Intense
15	6.3	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.4	Intense
18	6.4	Intense
19	6.5	Intense
20	6.5	Intense
21	6.6	Intense
22	6.6	Intense
23	6.6	Intense
24	6.7	Intense
25	6.7	Intense
26	6.8	Intense
27	6.8	Intense
28	6.8	Intense
29	6.9	Intense
30	6.9	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Hollister?

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

6.8

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

2.4

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Hollister for sightseeing.

What to pack for Hollister in April

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

In April, Hollister sees daytime highs around 65°F and nights near 46°F. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layer

Sea temperature near Hollister in April

The nearest coast averages about 54°F in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 26 mi away) is warmest in September at about 58°F and coldest in April near 54°F.

The water stays below 68°F all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°F)	55	55	55	54	54	55	57	58	58	58	56	55
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°F)	Comfort
Jan	55	Bracing
Feb	55	Bracing
Mar	55	Bracing
Apr	54	Bracing
May	54	Bracing
Jun	55	Bracing
Jul	57	Bracing
Aug	58	Bracing
Sep	58	Bracing
Oct	58	Bracing
Nov	56	Bracing
Dec	55	Bracing

UV index in Hollister in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Hollister peaks around June 22 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	5	7	8	11	10	10	7	5	2	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	High
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Hollister 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 Hollister is worst in August — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.2× the cleanest month (June, 5 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	7	8	8	7	6	5	8	22	15	12	8	7
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	7	Good
Feb	8	Good
Mar	8	Good
Apr	7	Good
May	6	Good
Jun	5	Good
Jul	8	Good
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	15	Moderate
Oct	12	Moderate
Nov	8	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Hollister?

Hollister sits at 36.9°N, 121.4°W, 289 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Gilroy, 14 mi away.

Topography around Hollister

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Hollister has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 285 ft around an average of 292 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,409 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,843 ft.

The land around Hollister is covered by artificial surfaces (42%) and cropland (34%) within 2 miles, grassland (55%) and cropland (20%) within 10 miles, and grassland (42%) and trees (26%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

285 ft

artificial surfaces 42%

10 miles

3,409 ft

grassland 55%

50 miles

5,843 ft

grassland 42%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

April weather nearby: Gilroy 14 mi · Prunedale 16 mi · Salinas 19 mi · Watsonville 20 mi · Morgan Hill 24 mi · Marina 25 mi · Soledad 30 mi · Seaside 30 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 Hollister (36.8524°, -121.4016°, elevation 289 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. 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. 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	62	38
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	64	36
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	66	34
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	68	32
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	70	30
30	70	30

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	62	38
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	64	36
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	66	34
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	68	32
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	70	30
30	70	30

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	62	38
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	64	36
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	66	34
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	68	32
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	70	30
30	70	30

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3