April is one of the best months for Europe. The days are long enough for full days of sightseeing, gardens and parks are at their freshest, and summer crowds have not yet arrived. Easter holidays can make some weeks busy, especially in Rome and Seville.
Further afield, April is the hottest time of year in Thailand and India, but a lovely month in the American Southwest, the Middle East and Japan, where cherry blossom moves north through the country.
Top picks for April
What April is good for
Easter and Holy Week
Processions in Seville and the rest of Andalusia, and Easter celebrations in Rome. The dates change every year.
Tulip season
The Dutch bulb fields peak from about mid-April. King's Day in Amsterdam is on 27 April.
Songkran
Thailand's New Year water festival, held in mid-April. Expect to get soaked, especially in Chiang Mai.
☀️ Warm-weather picks
Cities with a tropical or desert climate that are in season in April.
- 🇸🇬 SingaporeTropical rainforest
- 🇲🇦 MarrakechHot semi-arid
- 🇪🇬 CairoHot desert
- 🇮🇩 UbudTropical monsoon
- 🇵🇦 Panama CityTropical
- 🇲🇽 CancúnTropical
- 🇻🇳 Hoi AnTropical monsoon
- 🇨🇴 CartagenaTropical
💰 Good value in April
In season and easy on the budget. Estimate the cost of a trip with the budget estimator.
- 🇨🇿 Prague€€ Moderate
- 🇵🇹 Lisbon€€ Moderate
- 🇭🇺 Budapest€€ Moderate
- 🇬🇷 Athens€€ Moderate
- 🇲🇦 Marrakech€€ Moderate
- 🇪🇬 Cairo€ Budget
- 🇰🇷 Seoul€€ Moderate
- 🇿🇦 Cape Town€€ Moderate
🌗 Quieter shoulder-season options
April is just outside these cities' best months: expect fewer visitors and lower prices, with less predictable weather.
- 🇬🇧 LondonBest: May–September
- 🇪🇸 BarcelonaBest: May–June, September
- 🇦🇪 DubaiBest: November–March
- 🇩🇪 BerlinBest: May–September
- 🇧🇷 Rio de JaneiroBest: December–March (Carnival), May–August (dry season)
- 🇩🇰 CopenhagenBest: May–August
- 🇮🇪 DublinBest: May–September
- 🇬🇧 EdinburghBest: May–September (Fringe: August)
All 94 cities in season in April
🏰 Europe 26
- Amsterdam
- Antwerp
- Athens
- Bologna
- Bruges
- Brussels
- Budapest
- Florence
- Granada
- Krakow
- Lisbon
- Madrid
- Milan
- Naples
- Nice
- Palermo
- Paris
- Prague
- Rome
- Seville
- Turin
- Valencia
- Valletta
- Venice
- Verona
- Vienna
🏯 Asia 20
- Baku
- Beijing
- Chengdu
- Guilin
- Hanoi
- Hiroshima
- Ho Chi Minh City
- Hoi An
- Kathmandu
- Kyoto
- Nara
- Osaka
- Samarkand
- Seoul
- Shanghai
- Singapore
- Taipei
- Tokyo
- Ubud
- Xi'an
🗽 Americas 26
- Antigua Guatemala
- Austin
- Buenos Aires
- Cancún
- Cartagena
- Denver
- Guadalajara
- Havana
- Honolulu
- Las Vegas
- Lima
- Los Angeles
- Mexico City
- Miami
- Nashville
- New Orleans
- New York
- Oaxaca
- Panama City
- Philadelphia
- San Diego
- San José
- San Juan
- Santiago
- São Paulo
- Washington
🦁 Africa 11
🕌 Middle East 6
🌊 Oceania 5
How we choose these cities
Every city guide on GuesTheCity lists the months when we think the city is at its best, balancing weather, crowds and prices. A city appears on this page when April is one of those months. Warm-weather picks are filtered by climate, value picks by our budget rating for each city, and shoulder-season options are cities where April falls just before or after their best months.
Weather varies from year to year and festival dates move, so check the forecast and event calendar before you book. To see the full year for any city, use the best time to visit calendar, explore cities by region on the world map, or compare two options with City vs City.