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The best skies in April

120 places where April is among the best months: long dark nights and clearer skies.

2Bortle95desertAtacama DesertChileChile21.88 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle94volcanoLlullaillacoChileChile21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle94mountainMount TahatAlgeriaAlgeria21.89 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle93desertNubian DesertSudanSudan21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle93volcanoAracarArgentinaArgentina21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle92desertSalvador Dalí DesertBoliviaBolivia21.89 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle92volcanoLascarChileChile21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle92lakeLake NasserEgyptEgypt21.86 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle92mountainHoggar MountainsAlgeriaAlgeria21.88 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle92volcanoAcamarachiChileChile21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle92volcanoAntucoChileChile21.88 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle91volcanoCopahueChileChile21.89 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle91mountainMercedarioArgentinaArgentina21.88 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle91desertTalakNigerNiger21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle91mountainOjos del SaladoArgentinaArgentina21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle91mountainMousa AliDjiboutiDjibouti21.89 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle91volcanoAntofallaArgentinaArgentina21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle91mountainFalso AzufreChileChile21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle91volcanoCerro El MuertoArgentinaArgentina21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle91mountainNevado Tres CrucesChileChile21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle91volcanoCerro El CóndorArgentinaArgentina21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle91volcanoSocompaChileChile21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle91mountainMonte PissisArgentinaArgentina21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle91mountainCerro BoneteArgentinaArgentina21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle91volcanoIncahuasiArgentinaArgentina21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle91mountainJabal an Nabi Shu'aybYemenYemen21.85 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle91volcanoTipasArgentinaArgentina21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle90mountainAconcaguaArgentinaArgentina21.87 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle90mountainAdrar des IfoghasAlgeriaAlgeria21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle90desertEl DjoufMauritaniaMauritania21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle90volcanoCerro AzulChileChile21.87 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle90desertTanezrouftAlgeriaAlgeria21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle90mountainEmba SoiraEritreaEritrea21.89 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle89mountainMount LouraGuineaGuinea21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle89volcanoLlaimaChileChile21.88 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle89mountainShimbirisSomaliaSomalia21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle89volcanoLanínArgentinaArgentina21.89 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle89desertGreat American DesertMexicoMexico21.85 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle88desertChihuahuan DesertUnited StatesUnited States21.85 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle88International Dark Sky ParkChiricahua National MonumentUnited StatesUnited States21.82 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle88desertBaja California DesertMexicoMexico21.88 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle88volcanoArdoukobaDjiboutiDjibouti21.87 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle88islandPerimYemenYemen21.88 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle88mountainTronadorChileChile21.89 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle88mountainPico TurquinoCubaCuba21.84 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle88lakeLake DéboMaliMali21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle87desertSonoran DesertMexicoMexico21.70 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle87mountainBen AmeraMauritaniaMauritania21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle87lakeLake AssalDjiboutiDjibouti21.86 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle87International Dark Sky ParkBig Bend National ParkUnited StatesUnited States21.88 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle86islandSocotraYemenYemen21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle86International Dark Sky ParkWarrumbungle National ParkAustraliaAustralia21.88 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle86islandGonâve IslandHaitiHaiti21.86 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle86volcanoVolcán MaipoChileChile21.86 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle86mountainTupungato VolcanoArgentinaArgentina21.85 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle86mountainMount KosciuszkoAustraliaAustralia21.87 mag/arcsec² · Best month3Bortle85International Dark Sky ParkJoshua Tree National ParkUnited StatesUnited States21.47 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle85desertGran Desierto de AltarMexicoMexico21.72 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle85mountainMount PulagPhilippinesPhilippines21.84 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle85islandErnst Thälmann IslandCubaCuba21.84 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle85volcanoPinta IslandEcuadorEcuador21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle84islandFogoCape VerdeCape Verde21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle84islandCayman BracCayman IslandsCayman Islands21.83 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle84mountainCerro ParanalChileChile21.89 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle84islandSanta Cruz IslandEcuadorEcuador21.89 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle84islandCat IslandBahamasBahamas21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle84islandWake IslandUnited StatesUnited States21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle84volcanoMarchena IslandEcuadorEcuador21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle84islandBarbudaAntigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda21.83 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle84islandRedondaAntigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda21.82 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle84volcanoPico do FogoCape VerdeCape Verde21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle84islandTortugaHaitiHaiti21.87 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle84volcanoSantiago IslandEcuadorEcuador21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle84mountainEl Yunque, CubaCubaCuba21.85 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle84islandSan Cristóbal IslandEcuadorEcuador21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle84volcanoPuyehue-Cordón CaulleChileChile21.88 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle84volcanoFloreana IslandEcuadorEcuador21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle83volcanoTaranaki MaungaNew ZealandNew Zealand21.87 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle83volcanoEspañola IslandEcuadorEcuador21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle83volcanoRábida IslandEcuadorEcuador21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle83desertLompoul desertSenegalSenegal21.85 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle83islandNavassa IslandUnited StatesUnited States21.88 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle83islandSaona IslandDominican RepublicDominican Republic21.71 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle83volcanoPinzón IslandEcuadorEcuador21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle83volcanoOsornoChileChile21.88 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle83volcanoMount RuapehuNew ZealandNew Zealand21.88 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle83volcanoVolcán WolfEcuadorEcuador21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle83mountainDoyle's DelightBelizeBelize21.85 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle83islandIsabela IslandEcuadorEcuador21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle83islandSan Salvador IslandBahamasBahamas21.89 mag/arcsec² · Best month3Bortle83lakeSalton SeaUnited StatesUnited States21.39 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle82islandJohnston AtollUnited StatesUnited States21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle82mountainMount BulusanPhilippinesPhilippines21.88 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle82mountainCerro CatedralUruguayUruguay21.80 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle82volcanoCalbucoChileChile21.84 mag/arcsec² · Best month3Bortle82International Dark Sky ParkTonto National MonumentUnited StatesUnited States21.37 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle82mountainVictoria PeakBelizeBelize21.84 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle82islandOkinotorishimaJapanJapan21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle82islandTromelin IslandFranceFrance21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle81volcanoKarangetangIndonesiaIndonesia21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle81islandCagados CarajosMauritiusMauritius21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle81islandMontserratUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom21.82 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle81lakeLagoa MirimBrazilBrazil21.85 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle81volcanoSoufrière HillsUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom21.82 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle81islandFernandina IslandEcuadorEcuador21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle81desertSechura DesertPeruPeru21.79 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle81islandBravaCape VerdeCape Verde21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle81islandMaioCape VerdeCape Verde21.88 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle81mountainMount KinabaluMalaysiaMalaysia21.86 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle80islandDucie IslandPitcairnPitcairn21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle80lakePetexbatúnGuatemalaGuatemala21.83 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle80islandPraslinSeychellesSeychelles21.88 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle80islandAgalégaMauritiusMauritius21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle80islandEnewetak AtollMarshall IslandsMarshall Islands21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle80islandLa DigueSeychellesSeychelles21.89 mag/arcsec² · Best month2Bortle80islandMindoroPhilippinesPhilippines21.84 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle80islandMoruroaFranceFrance21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month3Bortle80mountainSchneebergAustriaAustria21.68 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle80volcanoBall's PyramidAustraliaAustralia21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month1Bortle80desertKaokoveldAngolaAngola21.90 mag/arcsec² · Best month

Best months: dark hours × clear sky (NASA, 2001–2020) × the Milky Way. Check the Moon before you go.

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Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit
dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.You are here
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Coming soonVisit
forestsForestyaEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.Coming soonVisit