Munich (Munchen) weather in April

April in Munich: cool, a little rain, with clean air — a great time to visit.

Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

Munich🇩🇪 Germany · Central Europe · City79
  1. 47Jan
  2. 61Feb
  3. 69Mar
  4. 79Apr
  5. 80May
  6. 90Jun
  7. 88Jul
  8. 86Aug
  9. 84Sep
  10. 73Oct
  11. 59Nov
  12. 50Dec

#6 of 12 months in Munich · #683 of 1413 destinations to visit in April · comfort 79/100 (tier B)

Days
16°C
Nights
5°C
Wet days
8
Sun
9.8 h
Humidity
71%
Daylight
14 h
Munich, Germany
Photo: Ehsan Haque · Pexels

Traveller notes on Munich in April

Notes from nearby Füssen (91 km away)

Munich doesn't have its own notes for April yet — these are about Füssen, close enough to share the season.

Regulars are direct that the old German proverb applies here - "April does what it wants" - blue sky, rain or a snowstorm all genuinely possible within the same trip, one visitor's own late-April stay bringing rain on 10 of 14 days. Our row backs that cold, genuinely wet read, 13.1C over 1.9C nights feeling as low as -1C, with a substantial 111.7mm of rain across 14 days and real snow, 30.3cm, still falling early in the month. Regulars are consistent temperatures across the wider region can swing from properly cold and wet to a sunny 25C, with the warmest readings typically further southwest. Layers built for genuinely either extreme remain the standard advice throughout. The record: humidity 77 percent, 9.9 hours of sun and a 9.4 kph wind.
AprilDoesWhatItWantsGermanProverb · April · 1 month ago · about Füssen · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗

Other months in Munich

Regulars name the city's proximity to the Alps directly as the reason long-range forecasts here are especially unreliable, with late May capable of running genuinely warm, t-shirt-and-shorts territory, or staying cooler and rainy depending on the year. Our row backs the average across that swing, 19C over 8.5C nights feeling 7C, with a real 121.6mm of rain across 12.1 days. Regulars are consistent that layers you can remove through the day, plus a light jacket for cooler evenings, beat trusting any single forecast issued more than a few days out. The record: humidity 74 percent, 10.1 hours of sun, a 14.7 kph wind and AQI 48.
AlpsProximityMakesForecastsUnreliable · May · 1 month ago · Read more on tripadvisor.com.au ↗
September holds two different questions here, and regulars answer them separately. On weather, one poster tracked seven recent Oktoberfests and found three genuinely warm and sunny for most of the festival's sixteen days against four that ran cool, cloudy and wet - roughly even odds either way, which is why they recommend the 5th to 19th as the better bet for good weather generally. On crowds and cost, the answer is not in doubt: the festival period brings the year's steepest hotel-price jump and its busiest streets, easing back to normal within a day or two of it ending. Our row gives 20.7C reading as 20C over 10.7C nights, with 85.5mm of rain across 9.5 days - cooler evenings are the one constant regulars agree on, sweater or light jacket regardless of how the days turn out. The record: humidity 80 percent, 8.7 hours of sun, a 13 kph wind and AQI 42.
GoodOddsBeforeTheSixteenDayGamble · September · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗
August here swings between spells in the mid-thirties and stretches in the mid-to-high teens, and regulars say the hot spells usually end in heavy thunderstorms. The useful part is when: the storms normally come in the evening, so the day holds until six or seven, then about an hour of rain, then nearly a day clear again - and they are predictable enough that the forecast flags them and you can plan to be back by then. Our 130.6mm across 12.4 days is that pattern rather than a wet month, under 25.2C days and 14.5C nights. Beer gardens open whenever the weather allows and stay shut on a day that never does. The record: humidity 76 percent, 10.2 hours of sun and AQI 46.
BackToBaseBySeven · August · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗
Munich-forum threads on June describe a city fully in outdoor mode: long daylight, warm afternoons, and the beer gardens packed as a result - regulars steer visitors toward Augustiner for the tables under the trees with locals rather than tourists, and toward Hirschgarten a little outside the centre for the same low-key crowd. The one thing worth correcting before booking: Oktoberfest runs September into October, not June, so a June trip gets the beer-garden season without the festival crowds or prices. The record explains why the gardens fill: 24.7C days feeling like 25C, 13.6C nights, 116mm of rain across nearly eleven days, 11.5 hours of sun and sixteen hours of daylight - warm and green, with real rain mixed through the long evenings.
AugustinerGartenRegular · June · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗

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Munich climate normals — April

Daytime high16°C / 60°F🙂 cool
Nighttime low5°C / 41°F
Feels like (high)13°C / 55°F
Rainfall51 mm / 2 in🌦 some rain
Rainy days8 days
Humidity71%💧 humid
Dew point3°C / 37°F
Sunshine9.8 h/day
Daylight13.7 h
Wind16 km/h / 10 mph
Snowfall2.8 cm / 1.1 in
Air quality (US AQI)43🍃 good

Monthly averages from ERA5 reanalysis. AQI is the mean US Air Quality Index for the month.

Crowds in Munich in April

How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.

Peak crowdsEaster holidays, Easter holidays in Germany, school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it(estimated)

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Best months for Munich's weather

Ranked by this destination's own climate comfort score across the year — a different thing from how busy it gets (see Crowds above).

Fair weatherMunich's weather peaks June–August.

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What's on in Munich in April

Recurring seasonal events, natural spectacles, closures and holidays — curated and sourced.

  • Holiday

    Easter holidays

    3–6 AprEaster & Holy WeekClosuresCrowded

    Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays everywhere, and shops close on Friday, Sunday and Monday. Good Friday is a quiet day with dance and loud-event bans in most states, and Germans use the four-day weekend to travel, so trains, motorways and holiday towns are busy. Source ↗

  • Festival

    Fruehlingsfest

    17 Apr – 10 MayFood & drink festival

    The spring fair on the Theresienwiese: two tents, a flea market and fireworks, in the same place as Oktoberfest at a fifth of the scale and without the reservations. Source ↗

  • Season

    Foehn wind

    1 Sep – 31 May · usuallyWind season

    A few times a season the warm downslope wind clears the air until the Alps stand on the horizon eighty kilometres away. Half the city gets a headache and blames the wind for it.

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Nearby, and something's on

Within 300 km of Munich — a day trip or a short hop — with something on this month. Never part of the comfort score.

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Munich in April — FAQ

Is April a good time to visit Munich?
April in Munich: cool, a little rain, with clean air — a great time to visit. It ranks #6 of 12 months for Munich on SeasonMap's comfort score (79/100).
What is the weather like in Munich in April?
In April, Munich averages a daily high of 15.5°C and a low of 4.8°C, with about 51 mm of rain over roughly 7.6 rainy days.
What is the air quality in Munich in April?
Munich has a mean US Air Quality Index of about 43 in April.
Does it snow in Munich in April?
Munich sees roughly 2.8 cm of snowfall in April.

Within 300 km: St. Anton am Arlberg's Der Weisse Rausch on 18 Apr, and Bolzano's Apple blossom in the valley around 1–30 Apr.