Vatican City weather in April

In April, Vatican City sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 77 mm of rain across 10.6 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Vatican City's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vatican City's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 77 mm; 10.6 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 06 min; 5:37 AM – 6:44 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 11th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.33 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.0; out of 10

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical April day in Vatican City reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 3°C warmer than March and about 4°C 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 (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11

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

How April really feels in Vatican City

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

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Vatican 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 (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 4°	63	8.6	9.3	3.2
Feb	13° / 4°	71	9.2	10.3	3.6
Mar	16° / 6°	74	9.1	11.7	5.1
Apr	19° / 9°	77	10.6	13.1	6.0
May	23° / 13°	58	8.4	14.3	7.3
Jun	28° / 17°	34	5.5	15	7.1
Jul	31° / 19°	23	4	14.7	5.8
Aug	31° / 20°	22	4.3	13.7	5.5
Sep	26° / 16°	84	8.8	12.3	7.0
Oct	22° / 13°	116	10.4	10.9	6.7
Nov	16° / 8°	128	12.2	9.6	4.9
Dec	12° / 5°	94	10.6	9	3.4

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 43%.

	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 (%)	57	57	58	58	58	58	58	57	57	57	57	57	57	56	56	56	57	57	56	56	57	56	56	55	56	56	56	56	56	57
Cloudier (%)	43	43	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	43	43	44	44	43	44	44	45	44	44	44	44	44	43

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	57	43

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Vatican City gets around 77 mm of rain over 10.6 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 36% and peaks near 37% 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 (%)	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	34	35	35	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	34
9	35
10	35
11	36
12	36
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	37
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	37

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 95% 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	99	99	99	99	98	98	97	97	96	96	95	94	93	92	91	90	89	87	85	84	82	81
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	13	15	16	18	19

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	95	5
20	94	6
21	93	7
22	92	8
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	89	11
26	87	13
27	85	15
28	84	16
29	82	18
30	81	19

Wind in April

Winds average 8 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h 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 (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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 (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:02 AM to 5:15 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 7:00 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	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:02	6:00	5:59	5:57	5:55	5:53	5:52	5:50	5:48	5:47	5:45	5:43	5:42	5:40	5:38	5:37	5:35	5:33	5:32	5:30	5:29	5:27	5:25	5:24	5:22	5:21	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:15
Sunset (PM)	6:27	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:02	6:27
2	12.5	6:00	6:29
3	12.5	5:59	6:30
4	12.6	5:57	6:31
5	12.6	5:55	6:32
6	12.7	5:53	6:33
7	12.7	5:52	6:34
8	12.8	5:50	6:35
9	12.8	5:48	6:36
10	12.8	5:47	6:38
11	12.9	5:45	6:39
12	12.9	5:43	6:40
13	13.0	5:42	6:41
14	13.0	5:40	6:42
15	13.1	5:38	6:43
16	13.1	5:37	6:44
17	13.2	5:35	6:45
18	13.2	5:33	6:47
19	13.3	5:32	6:48
20	13.3	5:30	6:49
21	13.4	5:29	6:50
22	13.4	5:27	6:51
23	13.4	5:25	6:52
24	13.5	5:24	6:53
25	13.5	5:22	6:54
26	13.6	5:21	6:55
27	13.6	5:19	6:57
28	13.7	5:18	6:58
29	13.7	5:17	6:59
30	13.7	5:15	7:00

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.63 kWh/m² to a high of 7.08 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 5.33 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)	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Vatican City

In seasonPeak

In April, Vatican City sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Vatican City's rainy season runs September–April, 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 Vatican City?

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

6.0

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

2.4

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Vatican City in April

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

In April, Vatican City sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Vatican City in April

The nearest coast averages about 15°C 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 27 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 1 to Oct 31 — about 5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	14	14	15	18	22	25	25	24	21	19	16
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	15	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	24	Refreshing
Oct	21	Refreshing
Nov	19	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Vatican City in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Vatican City peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	3	5	4	7	9	10	8	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Vatican City 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 Vatican City is worst in April — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	15	15	17	17	15	14	12	13	11	12	12	13
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Good	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	17	Moderate
Apr	17	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	12	Good
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	11	Good
Oct	12	Moderate
Nov	12	Good
Dec	13	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Vatican City?

Vatican City sits at 41.9°N, 12.5°E, 55 m above sea level, in Vatican. The nearest listed city is Rome, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Vatican City

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Vatican City.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vatican City has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m around an average of 56 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 179 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,182 m.

The land around Vatican City is covered by artificial surfaces (59%) and trees (34%) within 3 km, trees (31%), artificial surfaces (29%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and water (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

140 m

artificial surfaces 59%

16 km

179 m

trees 31%

80 km

2,182 m

trees 45%

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

April weather nearby: Rome 5.0 km · Esquilino 5.0 km · Casal Bertone 7.0 km · Casal de' Pazzi 10 km · Spinaceto 14 km · Giardinetti-Tor Vergata 15 km · Malafede 16 km · Ciampino 17 km

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Vatican City (41.9027°, 12.4541°, elevation 55 m), 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 (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	7
2	17	7
3	17	7
4	17	8
5	17	8
6	18	8
7	18	8
8	18	8
9	18	8
10	18	8
11	18	8
12	18	8
13	18	8
14	18	9
15	18	9
16	18	9
17	19	9
18	19	9
19	19	9
20	19	9
21	19	9
22	19	10
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	20	10
26	20	10
27	20	10
28	20	11
29	21	11
30	21	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	34
9	35
10	35
11	36
12	36
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	37
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	95	5
20	94	6
21	93	7
22	92	8
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	89	11
26	87	13
27	85	15
28	84	16
29	82	18
30	81	19

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	34
9	35
10	35
11	36
12	36
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	37
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	95	5
20	94	6
21	93	7
22	92	8
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	89	11
26	87	13
27	85	15
28	84	16
29	82	18
30	81	19

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	34
9	35
10	35
11	36
12	36
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	37
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	95	5
20	94	6
21	93	7
22	92	8
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	89	11
26	87	13
27	85	15
28	84	16
29	82	18
30	81	19