Big cities where April is comfortable for a day on foot between sights. Of 28 places with a guide of their own in North America, 14 rate Good or better in April. These nine are the best of them, spread across the region.
The shortlist
- 176 · GoodSanta AnaCalifornia, United States
Rated 76 (Good) for easy outdoors in April: midday feels like 18°C, with partly cloudy skies. The good spell lasts about four and a half months, from mid March to mid July. Rain is rare at this time of year. Open it on the map at mid April.
- 275 · GoodTempeArizona, United States
A typical midday in April feels like 23°C, and the Easy outdoors rating averages 75 over the stretch. Good weather here runs from March to early May, so there is room either side. Rain is rare at this time of year. See mid April on the map.
- 375 · GoodHonoluluHawaii, United States
A typical midday in April feels like 25°C, and the Easy outdoors rating averages 75 over the stretch. The good spell lasts about seven and a half months, from mid November to mid June. Open it on the map at mid April.
- 470 · GoodMyrtle BeachSouth Carolina, United States
Midday in April feels like 19°C under mostly clear skies, which rates 70, Good, for easy outdoors. Good weather here runs from late March to mid May, so there is room either side. See mid April on the map.
- 570 · GoodParadiseNevada, United States
A typical midday in April feels like 18°C, and the Easy outdoors rating averages 70 over the stretch. The good spell lasts about two months, from April to May. Open it on the map at mid April.
- 668 · GoodDallasTexas, United States
Midday in April feels like 19°C under partly cloudy skies, which rates 68, Good, for easy outdoors. See mid April on the map.
- 766 · GoodAtlantaGeorgia, United States
Midday in April feels like 18°C under partly cloudy skies, which rates 66, Good, for easy outdoors. Open it on the map at mid April.
- 866 · GoodSarasotaFlorida, United States
Rated 66 (Good) for easy outdoors in April: midday feels like 25°C, with mostly clear skies. Good weather here runs from mid November to April, so there is room either side. See mid April on the map.
- 964 · GoodHoustonTexas, United States
A typical midday in April feels like 24°C, and the Easy outdoors rating averages 64 over the stretch. The good spell lasts about two and a half months, from late February to April. Open it on the map at mid April.
How this list is worked out
The data
Every figure comes from a decade of weather-station observations, blended into one typical year and read at midday, local solar time. Scores here are averaged in April; a city missing a reading for any part of that stretch is left out rather than scored on part of it.
The rating
Easy outdoors: A comfortable feels-like gates the score — best 16–26 °C for an easy day out (strolling, sitting out, sightseeing). Dryness matters most; strong wind knocks it back. Sun is a bonus, not required. A place is also left out when its typical readings contradict its own rating, for example a high score alongside frequent rain.
The spread
To keep one warm corner from filling the list, entries are at least 150 km apart, no more than three sit within 1,000 km of each other, and no more than three come from one country unless the list would otherwise run short.
Only places that draw visitors
Towns and cities with plenty of hotels, guest houses and holiday lets nearby for their size, or a great many of them in all, counted from Overture Maps Places, an open dataset. That keeps out places the weather favours but nobody travels to. Where two places share one resort or city, the one a visitor would name is kept.
The dotted links open the map at that place and time of year, on the same layer. The map remembers the time of day you last chose there; set it to midday to see these exact numbers.