Scottsdale weather in April

In April, Scottsdale sees average daytime highs of 85°F and overnight lows near 58°F, with 0.3 in of rain across 1.3 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 81°F in the first days to 89°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Scottsdale's 5th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Scottsdale's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 85°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 58°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 0.3 in; 1.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 48 min; 6:03 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover: 26%; 5th clearest
Wind: 6 mph; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 7.38 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.0; out of 10

Scottsdale is city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.

Density: 496/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1894

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 81°F in the first days to 89°F by the end.

A typical April day in Scottsdale reaches about 85°F in the afternoon and slips back to 58°F overnight — a 27°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 73°F and 94°F. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 8°F warmer than March and about 9°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)	80	80	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	84	84	85	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	89	89	89	89
Avg low (°F)	54	55	55	55	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	59	59	60	60	60	61	61	61	62	62	62

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	80	54
2	80	55
3	81	55
4	81	55
5	81	55
6	81	55
7	82	55
8	82	56
9	82	56
10	83	56
11	83	56
12	83	56
13	83	57
14	84	57
15	84	57
16	85	58
17	85	58
18	85	58
19	86	58
20	86	59
21	86	59
22	87	60
23	87	60
24	87	60
25	88	61
26	88	61
27	89	61
28	89	62
29	89	62
30	89	62

How April really feels in Scottsdale

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

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Scottsdale 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	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	66° / 43°	1.3	3.7	10	7.4
Feb	70° / 46°	1.5	4.1	10.8	7.6
Mar	77° / 51°	1.0	2.8	11.7	8.3
Apr	85° / 58°	0.3	1.3	12.8	7.0
May	94° / 67°	0.2	0.6	13.7	3.8
Jun	103° / 76°	0.1	0.4	14.2	0.6
Jul	105° / 83°	0.7	3.6	14	0.0
Aug	104° / 83°	1.2	4.4	13.2	0.2
Sep	99° / 75°	1.0	3.1	12.2	1.9
Oct	88° / 63°	0.8	2.2	11.2	5.8
Nov	75° / 51°	0.7	2.2	10.3	8.5
Dec	65° / 43°	1.1	3.6	9.8	7.2

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%. 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 (%)	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	81	81	82	83	83	84	84	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87
Cloudier (%)	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	82	18
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Scottsdale gets around 0.3 in of rain over 1.3 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 4% and peaks near 7% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	7
4	6
5	6
6	5
7	5
8	5
9	4
10	4
11	4
12	4
13	4
14	3
15	3
16	3
17	3
18	3
19	3
20	3
21	3
22	3
23	3
24	3
25	3
26	3
27	3
28	3
29	3
30	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 6 mph in April, the windiest month of the year.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 6 mph on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 60 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:23 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 7:03 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	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	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	13.2	13.3	13.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:47	5:46
Sunset (PM)	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:23	6:42
2	12.3	6:22	6:42
3	12.4	6:20	6:43
4	12.4	6:19	6:44
5	12.5	6:17	6:45
6	12.5	6:16	6:45
7	12.5	6:15	6:46
8	12.6	6:13	6:47
9	12.6	6:12	6:48
10	12.6	6:11	6:48
11	12.7	6:09	6:49
12	12.7	6:08	6:50
13	12.7	6:07	6:51
14	12.8	6:05	6:51
15	12.8	6:04	6:52
16	12.8	6:03	6:53
17	12.9	6:02	6:54
18	12.9	6:00	6:54
19	12.9	5:59	6:55
20	13.0	5:58	6:56
21	13.0	5:57	6:57
22	13.0	5:55	6:57
23	13.1	5:54	6:58
24	13.1	5:53	6:59
25	13.1	5:52	7:00
26	13.2	5:51	7:00
27	13.2	5:50	7:01
28	13.2	5:49	7:02
29	13.3	5:47	7:03
30	13.3	5:46	7:03

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 7.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.16 kWh/m² to a high of 8.46 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 7.38 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	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.9
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	6.8	Intense
3	6.8	Intense
4	6.9	Intense
5	6.9	Intense
6	7.0	Intense
7	7.0	Intense
8	7.1	Intense
9	7.1	Intense
10	7.2	Intense
11	7.2	Intense
12	7.3	Intense
13	7.3	Intense
14	7.3	Intense
15	7.4	Intense
16	7.4	Intense
17	7.5	Intense
18	7.5	Intense
19	7.5	Intense
20	7.6	Intense
21	7.6	Intense
22	7.6	Intense
23	7.7	Intense
24	7.7	Intense
25	7.7	Intense
26	7.8	Intense
27	7.8	Intense
28	7.8	Intense
29	7.8	Intense
30	7.9	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Scottsdale?

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

7.0

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

8.6

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Scottsdale for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Scottsdale in April

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

In April, Scottsdale sees daytime highs around 85°F and nights near 58°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Scottsdale 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 Scottsdale peaks around July 14 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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)	3	5	5	7	9	11	11	11	9	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

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

Air quality in Scottsdale 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 Scottsdale is worst in June — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (December, 11 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)	12	12	12	12	13	32	15	13	13	13	12	11
Level	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Moderate
Feb	12	Good
Mar	12	Good
Apr	12	Good
May	13	Moderate
Jun	32	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	12	Good
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Scottsdale?

Scottsdale sits at 33.5°N, 111.9°W, 1,257 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Tempe, 6.8 mi away.

Topography around Scottsdale

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Scottsdale has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 ft around an average of 1,266 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,169 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 7,270 ft.

The land around Scottsdale is covered by artificial surfaces (58%) within 2 miles, artificial surfaces (56%) within 10 miles, and shrubs (54%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

112 ft

artificial surfaces 58%

10 miles

2,169 ft

artificial surfaces 56%

50 miles

7,270 ft

shrubs 54%

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

April weather nearby: Tempe 6.8 mi · Tempe Junction 6.8 mi · Mesa 7.5 mi · Central City 11 mi · Encanto 11 mi · Phoenix 11 mi · Gilbert 12 mi · Ahwatukee Foothills 12 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 Scottsdale (33.5092°, -111.899°, elevation 1,257 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. 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	80	54
2	80	55
3	81	55
4	81	55
5	81	55
6	81	55
7	82	55
8	82	56
9	82	56
10	83	56
11	83	56
12	83	56
13	83	57
14	84	57
15	84	57
16	85	58
17	85	58
18	85	58
19	86	58
20	86	59
21	86	59
22	87	60
23	87	60
24	87	60
25	88	61
26	88	61
27	89	61
28	89	62
29	89	62
30	89	62

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	82	18
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	7
4	6
5	6
6	5
7	5
8	5
9	4
10	4
11	4
12	4
13	4
14	3
15	3
16	3
17	3
18	3
19	3
20	3
21	3
22	3
23	3
24	3
25	3
26	3
27	3
28	3
29	3
30	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	80	54
2	80	55
3	81	55
4	81	55
5	81	55
6	81	55
7	82	55
8	82	56
9	82	56
10	83	56
11	83	56
12	83	56
13	83	57
14	84	57
15	84	57
16	85	58
17	85	58
18	85	58
19	86	58
20	86	59
21	86	59
22	87	60
23	87	60
24	87	60
25	88	61
26	88	61
27	89	61
28	89	62
29	89	62
30	89	62

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	82	18
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	7
4	6
5	6
6	5
7	5
8	5
9	4
10	4
11	4
12	4
13	4
14	3
15	3
16	3
17	3
18	3
19	3
20	3
21	3
22	3
23	3
24	3
25	3
26	3
27	3
28	3
29	3
30	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	80	54
2	80	55
3	81	55
4	81	55
5	81	55
6	81	55
7	82	55
8	82	56
9	82	56
10	83	56
11	83	56
12	83	56
13	83	57
14	84	57
15	84	57
16	85	58
17	85	58
18	85	58
19	86	58
20	86	59
21	86	59
22	87	60
23	87	60
24	87	60
25	88	61
26	88	61
27	89	61
28	89	62
29	89	62
30	89	62

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	82	18
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13

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