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Typical April weather

New Orleans

Louisiana · April

Festival season peaks; the air is warm but not heavy.

78° days
63° nights

about 5 rainy days · 13 hours of daylight

What to pack

What April feels like

French Quarter Fest and Jazz Fest bracket the month, and the Fair Grounds turns into a small city with its own food economy. April rain arrives in serious quantity when it arrives — veterans of the infield bring boots, not umbrellas.

Expect about 5 days with real rain — enough to notice, not enough to plan around. There’s a little humidity in the air, but nothing that changes your plans.

The numbers

Typical high78°
Typical low63°
Days with real rain5
Total rain5.9 in
Humiditya touch humid
Sunrise / sunset (mid-month)6:33 am / 7:27 pm

How April compares

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