Morgan Hill weather in April

In April, Morgan Hill sees average daytime highs of 65°F and overnight lows near 45°F, with 1.6 in of rain across 5.7 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 68°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 Morgan Hill's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Morgan Hill's year-round climate.

Daytime high
65°
7th warmest
Overnight low
45°
6th coldest
Rainfall
1.6 in
5.7 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
5:38 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover
46%
8th clearest
Wind
5 mph
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.22 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Morgan Hill is city in Santa Clara County, California, United States.

Density
1,287/km²
people per km²
Founded
1906

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 63°F in the first days to 68°F by the end.

A typical April day in Morgan Hill reaches about 65°F in the afternoon and slips back to 45°F overnight — a 20°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 55°F and 76°F. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 4°F warmer than March and about 6°F cooler than May.

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Morgan Hill 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan56° / 40°4.49.19.74.1
Feb58° / 42°4.49.210.64.4
Mar61° / 44°3.39.211.75.4
Apr65° / 45°1.65.712.96.7
May71° / 49°0.83.4148.1
Jun77° / 53°0.20.814.59.1
Jul82° / 57°0.10.214.38.8
Aug82° / 57°0.00.313.48.8
Sep80° / 56°0.10.612.38.9
Oct73° / 51°1.02.8118.6
Nov63° / 44°1.95.7106.2
Dec56° / 40°3.98.89.54.0

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 15% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Morgan Hill gets around 1.6 in of rain over 5.7 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 20% and peaks near 24% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in April

Winds average 5 mph in April, the windiest month of the year.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 5 mph on the calmest days to 5 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
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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 6:01 AM to 5:20 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:48 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:016:22
212.45:596:23
312.45:586:24
412.55:566:25
512.55:556:26
612.65:536:26
712.65:516:27
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1412.95:416:34
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1613.05:386:35
1713.05:376:36
1813.05:356:37
1913.15:346:38
2013.15:336:39
2113.15:316:40
2213.25:306:41
2313.25:296:42
2413.35:276:43
2513.35:266:44
2613.35:256:44
2713.45:246:45
2813.45:226:46
2913.45:216:47
3013.55:206:48

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.36 kWh/m² to a high of 7.99 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.22 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.6Bright
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95.9Bright
106.0Bright
116.0Intense
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Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Morgan Hill

In seasonPeak

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

Morgan Hill's rainy season runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is April a good time to visit Morgan Hill?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
2.6
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Morgan Hill for sightseeing.

What to pack for Morgan Hill in April

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

In April, Morgan Hill sees daytime highs around 65°F and nights near 45°F. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layer

Sea temperature near Morgan Hill 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 22 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.

52°54°56°58°60°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°F)Comfort
Jan55Bracing
Feb55Bracing
Mar55Bracing
Apr54Bracing
May54Bracing
Jun55Bracing
Jul57Bracing
Aug58Bracing
Sep58Bracing
Oct58Bracing
Nov56Bracing
Dec55Bracing

UV index in Morgan Hill 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 Morgan Hill peaks around June 22 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 2 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 22UV 10Dec 14UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep7High
Oct5High
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Morgan Hill 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 Morgan Hill is worst in August — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.9× the cleanest month (June, 7 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateAug 1832 µg/m³Jun 157 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr10Good
May8Good
Jun7Good
Jul9Good
Aug34Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Morgan Hill?

Morgan Hill sits at 37.1°N, 121.7°W, 354 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Gilroy, 9.9 mi away.

Topography around Morgan Hill

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Morgan Hill has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,073 ft around an average of 436 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,360 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,298 ft.

The land around Morgan Hill is covered by artificial surfaces (45%), grassland (26%) and trees (20%) within 2 miles, trees (53%) and grassland (33%) within 10 miles, and grassland (37%) and trees (26%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
1,073 ft
10 miles
3,360 ft
50 miles
4,298 ft
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
April weather nearby: Gilroy 9.9 mi · Watsonville 16 mi · Los Gatos 19 mi · Alum Rock 19 mi · Campbell 19 mi · San Jose 20 mi · Live Oak 21 mi · Saratoga 22 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
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 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 Morgan Hill (37.1305°, -121.6544°, elevation 354 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).