Climate averages 1991–2020

Santiago del Estero weather
in April.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 25.4°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 17.6°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 68 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Santiago del Estero · average highYear overview

April is a warm month in Santiago del Estero: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Catamarca (167 km away). In April its highs average 22.7°C, 2.7°C cooler than Santiago del Estero, with 65 mm of rain.

Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Santiago del Estero ranks 7th of 67 for the warmest April highs and 18th of 67 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 67 cities is 21.8°C; Santiago del Estero is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.

From April to May, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 68 mm to 22 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Santiago del Estero climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Santiago del Estero, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 32.4°C22.9°C22.9°C14712.813.714 h
February 31.0°C22.2°C22.2°C11610.613.113 h
March 28.9°C20.7°C20.7°C12411.312.312 h
April, selected 25.4°C17.6°C17.6°C688.211.411 h
May 22.4°C14.3°C14.3°C224.610.811 h
June 20.2°C11.4°C11.4°C153.710.410 h
July 20.4°C10.0°C10.0°C112.510.611 h
August 24.3°C12.3°C12.3°C112.011.111 h
September 27.0°C14.9°C14.9°C283.811.912 h
October 29.3°C18.2°C18.2°C607.312.713 h
November 30.9°C20.3°C20.3°C869.313.513 h
December 32.2°C22.3°C22.3°C13011.713.914 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

Distance from Santiago del Estero

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Santiago del Estero) is explained once on the Santiago del Estero year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.