Climate averages 1991–2020
Oranjestad weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 3rd 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 Oranjestad: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Punto Fijo (94 km away). In April its highs average 31.3°C, 3.7°C warmer than Oranjestad, with 10 mm of rain.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 28 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
Oranjestad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 31 | 10.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 26.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 15 | 5.3 | 11.712 h |
| March | 27.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 11 | 3.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 27.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 19 | 4.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 28.1°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 28 | 5.2 | 12.713 h |
| June | 28.2°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 20 | 5.3 | 12.813 h |
| July | 28.2°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 22 | 6.1 | 12.813 h |
| August | 28.8°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 26 | 7.4 | 12.513 h |
| September | 29.1°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 65 | 11.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 110 | 17.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 135 | 19.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 27.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 64 | 14.5 | 11.411 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
- Punto Fijo in AprilVenezuela · 94 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Coro in AprilVenezuela · 130 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Willemstad in AprilCuracao · 132 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Kralendijk in AprilBonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba · 196 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in AprilVenezuela · 259 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Carora in AprilVenezuela · 262 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Maracaibo in AprilVenezuela · 271 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Maicao in AprilColombia · 272 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 41 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 Oranjestad) is explained once on the Oranjestad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.