Climate averages 1991–2020
Ovalle weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 5th 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 Ovalle: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.1 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes April a very dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 22 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Coquimbo (73 km away). In April its highs average 21.4°C, 4.1°C cooler than Ovalle, with 3.0 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Ovalle ranks 2nd of 40 for the warmest April highs and 7th of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 20.5°C; Ovalle is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.1 mm to 29 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
Ovalle climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.914 h |
| February | 29.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| March | 28.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 5.1 | 0.6 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 25.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 5.1 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| May | 22.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 29 | 2.9 | 10.611 h |
| June | 20.2°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 47 | 3.2 | 10.210 h |
| July | 19.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 23 | 2.6 | 10.410 h |
| August | 21.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 26 | 2.5 | 11.011 h |
| September | 22.8°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 7.9 | 1.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 6.3 | 1.0 | 12.813 h |
| November | 27.3°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| December | 28.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 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
- Coquimbo in AprilChile · 73 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 3.0 mm rain
- La Serena in AprilChile · 77 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 16.2°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Viña del Mar in AprilChile · 272 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Quilpué in AprilChile · 273 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Valparaíso in AprilChile · 274 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 16 mm rain
- San Juan, Argentina in AprilArgentina · 275 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 11.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Rawson in AprilArgentina · 275 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Colina in AprilChile · 294 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 38 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 Ovalle) is explained once on the Ovalle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.