How many days in April

There are 30 days in April.

April is 4 weeks and 2 days long.

Interesting things about April

Here are some interesting facts about April:

Where does the name April come from? 

There are a few interpretations about what April (in Latin, Aprilis or Mensis Aprilis) was named after.

One is that it comes from the Latin word “aperire,” to open. And April is the month to “open” the spring.

The other interpretation is that the original word was Aphrilis from the goddess Venus’ Greek equivalent, Aphrodite, because April was Venus’ favorite month.

April wasn’t always the fourth month of the year

The year‘s first month in the Roman Calendar was March, and the second was April.

Julius Caesar changed the calendar and added January and February, making the beginning of the year January.

The modern-day calendar is called the Gregorian calendar and is based on the Julian calendar.

Which months have the same number of days as April

June, September, and November have the same number of days (30 days) as April.

How many days in a month?

Each month has 30 and 31 days, except for February, which has 28 or 29 days (29 during leap years).

The common calendar year is 365 days

The leap year is 366 days.

Months with 28 (or 29) days

February is the only month that has 28 days (common year). During the leap year (every four years), February has 29 days.

Related post: Leap Year List – When Is the Next Leap Year?

Months with 30 days

Months that have 30 days are April, June, September, and November.

Months with 31 days

All the rest seven months have 31 days each month.

Months that have 31 days are January, March, May, July, August, October, and December.