Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de la Sierra weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Santa Cruz de la Sierra: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Montero (50 km away). In April its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as Santa Cruz de la Sierra, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Santa Cruz de la Sierra ranks 4th of 14 for the warmest April highs and 8th of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 21.1°C; Santa Cruz de la Sierra is 6.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 61 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
Santa Cruz de la Sierra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 172 | 18.1 | 13.113 h |
| February | 28.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 141 | 16.8 | 12.713 h |
| March | 28.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 118 | 14.6 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 27.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 65 | 10.7 | 11.712 h |
| May | 24.6°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 61 | 10.4 | 11.311 h |
| June | 23.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 53 | 8.9 | 11.111 h |
| July | 23.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 44 | 6.1 | 11.211 h |
| August | 26.7°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 44 | 5.3 | 11.512 h |
| September | 28.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 65 | 7.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 85 | 10.5 | 12.512 h |
| November | 29.5°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 118 | 13.1 | 12.913 h |
| December | 29.2°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 165 | 17.8 | 13.213 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
- Montero in AprilBolivia · 50 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.8°C · 96 mm rain
- Sucre in AprilBolivia · 260 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Sacaba in AprilBolivia · 306 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Cochabamba in AprilBolivia · 319 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Quillacollo in AprilBolivia · 331 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Potosí in AprilBolivia · 337 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Trinidad in AprilBolivia · 376 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 142 mm rain
- Oruro in AprilBolivia · 414 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 27 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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is explained once on the Santa Cruz de la Sierra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.