Climate averages 1991–2020
Rafaela weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Rafaela: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 21 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Fe (86 km away). In April its highs average 23.3°C, about as warm as Rafaela, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Rafaela ranks 14th of 67 for the warmest April highs and 55th of 67 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 67 cities is 21.8°C; Rafaela is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 19.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 109 mm to 65 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
Rafaela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 119 | 9.5 | 13.914 h |
| February | 28.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 126 | 8.9 | 13.213 h |
| March | 26.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 139 | 8.9 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 23.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 109 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| May | 19.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 65 | 6.1 | 10.611 h |
| June | 17.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 40 | 4.8 | 10.110 h |
| July | 16.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 30 | 4.2 | 10.310 h |
| August | 19.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 42 | 4.2 | 11.011 h |
| September | 21.8°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 57 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 130 | 9.7 | 12.813 h |
| November | 27.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 123 | 8.5 | 13.714 h |
| December | 29.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 129 | 9.4 | 14.114 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
- Santa Fe in AprilArgentina · 86 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Paraná in AprilArgentina · 106 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Rosario in AprilArgentina · 205 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.1°C · 103 mm rain
- Villa María in AprilArgentina · 209 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Gobernador Gálvez in AprilArgentina · 213 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Córdoba in AprilArgentina · 257 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.0°C · 75 mm rain
- San Nicolás de los Arroyos in AprilArgentina · 261 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Venado Tuerto in AprilArgentina · 281 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 87 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 Rafaela) is explained once on the Rafaela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.