Climate averages 1991–2020
La Plata weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in La Plata: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berisso (9 km away). In April its highs average 20.8°C, about as warm as La Plata, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, La Plata ranks joint 54th of 67 for the warmest April highs and 26th of 67 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 67 cities is 21.8°C; La Plata is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 17.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 86 mm to 60 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
La Plata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 92 | 8.0 | 14.214 h |
| February | 26.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 87 | 8.8 | 13.413 h |
| March | 24.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 84 | 7.6 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 20.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 86 | 7.6 | 11.211 h |
| May | 17.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 60 | 6.1 | 10.310 h |
| June | 14.1°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 62 | 5.9 | 9.810 h |
| July | 13.1°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 64 | 6.3 | 10.010 h |
| August | 15.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 68 | 6.1 | 10.811 h |
| September | 17.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 72 | 6.9 | 11.812 h |
| October | 19.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 102 | 9.5 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 93 | 8.5 | 13.914 h |
| December | 26.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 82 | 8.5 | 14.414 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Berisso in AprilArgentina · 9 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 99 mm rain
- Berazategui in AprilArgentina · 29 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 94 mm rain
- Quilmes in AprilArgentina · 35 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 94 mm rain
- San Vicente in AprilArgentina · 44 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Lomas de Zamora in AprilArgentina · 45 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 91 mm rain
- Avellaneda in AprilArgentina · 48 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Buenos Aires in AprilArgentina · 52 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Ezeiza in AprilArgentina · 53 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.1°C · 91 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for La Plata) is explained once on the La Plata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.