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Crypto in April: average return and history by year

April has been a positive month for crypto on average: across the 18 largest coins, the typical coin in the average April since 2019 returned +3.3%, and the market closed April higher in 5 of 8 years. Pick the coins you care about to see the year-by-year record, or hover any bar and cell for the detail.

What stands out

  • April ranks 7th of the 12 months by average return (+3.3%). That is in the middle of the pack.
  • One year carries a lot of this: take out April 2021 and the average falls from +3.3% to −2.0%.
  • Bitcoin alone closed April higher in 5 of 8 years, averaging +7.3%; its best was 2020 (+34%) and its worst 2022 (−17%).
  • The spread between years is wide: April 2021 was the best year (the median coin returned +40%) and April 2022 the worst (−26%).
  • Bitcoin has done best in April (median +7.3%, up in 5 of 8 years) and Hedera worst (median −13%, up in 2 of 7).

Counted from 8 years of daily closes (121 coin-months). The coins move together, so each year is one observation, not one per coin: too few to call a pattern.

April year by year

Each bar is one year: the median coin among those chosen below, so one runaway coin cannot set the figure. Change the coins and everything on this page recalculates.

Typical April
+3.3%

average of the years; median year +1.2%

Years up
5 of 8

63% of years

Best year
+40%

2021

Worst year
−26%

2022

April, year by year (median of 18 coins)

Each bar is the median coin that year; the dashed line averages the years. Hover or tap a bar for every coin behind it.

-20%0%20%40%+0.3%2019+35%2020+40%2021−26%2022−3.0%2023−26%2024+3.3%2025+2.2%2026average +3.3%
BTC+30+34−1.8−17+2.7−15+14+12+7.3%5/8
ETH+14+55+44−17+2.7−17−1.6+7.2+11%5/8
BNB+26+35+106−12+6.5−4.7−0.8−0.3+19%4/8
XRP−0.1+22+181−28−12−20+4.8+2.0+18%4/8
SOL––+121−31+7.5−37+18−0.1+13%3/6
TRX––+42−15+2.4−2.8+3.2+4.2+5.7%4/6
ZEC––+55−36−2.8−30−8.3+41+3.2%2/6
DOGE–+35+528−7.7+3.3−39+3.3+15+77%5/7
LINK−7.0+63+30−35−7.4−32+5.8+3.8+2.7%4/8
ADA+0.3+56+14−34−0.8−32+3.0+1.9+1.0%5/8
XLM−7.0+66+31−26−16−24+2.7−5.4+2.7%3/8
NEAR––−7.2−22−3.1−15−1.8+9.1−6.7%1/6
BCH––+84−28−5.0−36+21−5.5+5.1%2/6
LTC––+38−23−1.5−24+0.7+2.3−1.3%3/6
UNI––––−10−46−12−10−19%0/4
AVAX––+14−42−3.4−39+11+2.0−9.5%3/6
HBAR–+11−17−40−13−19+12−0.3−9.5%2/7
SHIB–––−22−7.0−27+6.9+4.4−9.0%2/5
Median coin+0.3+35+40−26−3.0−26+3.3+2.2+3.3%5/8
Coins up4/79/913/160/176/180/1813/1812/1847%–

Percent. In order of market cap; select a column heading to sort by it.

History, not a forecast. April has 8 years of data behind it, from a few big bull and bear runs. Coins move together, so a year is one observation however many coins you select.

How April compares with the other months

All coins, the same method for every month. Select a month for its own page.

January+11%4/8+7.2%1
February+4.1%4/8+7.7%6
March+5.3%5/8+7.2%5
April+3.3%5/8+7.3%7
May+0.8%4/8+3.9%8
June−12%0/8−4.1%12
July+9.7%6/8+8.3%2
August−0.4%4/8−0.5%10
September+0.4%4/8−1.0%9
October+6.2%5/7+17%4
November+7.0%3/7+4.4%3
December−9.3%1/7+3.7%11

In calendar order. Select a column heading to sort by it.

Questions

Is April a good month for crypto?
Across the 8 years in our data, the typical (median) coin among the largest returned +3.3% in April in the average year, and the market closed higher in 5 of them. That makes April the 7th strongest of the 12 months. With only 8 years of data behind it, treat it as a record of what happened, not a forecast.
Is April a good month for Bitcoin?
Bitcoin closed April higher in 5 of 8 years in our data, with an average return of +7.3% and a median of +7.3%. Its best April was 2020 (+34%) and its worst 2022 (−17%).
What was the best April for crypto?
April 2021, when the median coin returned +40% (13 of 16 coins up). The worst was April 2022, when the median coin returned −26%.
Which crypto does best in April?
Of the 18 coins with enough Aprils in our data, Bitcoin has the highest median April (+7.3%) and Hedera the lowest (−13%). A coin's record in one month is a handful of observations, so a ranking this short can reorder in a single year.
Can I time my purchases by the month?
Not reliably. Each calendar month has at most 8 years of data behind it, from a few market cycles, and a pattern that held in those years has often vanished in the next. Prices to October 6, 2026. If you buy on a schedule instead, the DCA calculator shows what that would have returned.
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Disclaimer: This page is educational and does not constitute financial advice. It describes past price moves from daily closes on Binance and leaves out fees, taxes and staking rewards. Past performance does not predict future results. Cryptocurrency prices are volatile; never invest more than you can afford to lose.