Climate averages 1991–2020
Valparaíso weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Valparaíso: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Viña del Mar (7 km away). In April its highs average 20.4°C, 1.9°C warmer than Valparaíso, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Valparaíso ranks joint 30th of 40 for the warmest April highs and 12th of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 20.5°C; Valparaíso is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 16.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 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
Valparaíso climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.1°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| February | 21.1°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 13.313 h |
| March | 20.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 2.3 | 0.6 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 18.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 16 | 1.9 | 11.311 h |
| May | 16.7°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 61 | 4.4 | 10.410 h |
| June | 15.3°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 121 | 6.9 | 10.010 h |
| July | 14.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 67 | 5.6 | 10.210 h |
| August | 14.9°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 57 | 4.7 | 10.911 h |
| September | 15.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 27 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 16.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 13 | 1.6 | 12.913 h |
| November | 18.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 2.6 | 0.4 | 13.814 h |
| December | 19.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 2.8 | 0.3 | 14.314 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
- Viña del Mar in AprilChile · 7 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Quilpué in AprilChile · 17 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 14 mm rain
- San Antonio, Chile in AprilChile · 62 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 11.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Lampa in AprilChile · 76 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Colina in AprilChile · 91 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Quilicura in AprilChile · 93 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Peñaflor in AprilChile · 94 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 10.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Maipú in AprilChile · 96 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 28 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 Valparaíso) is explained once on the Valparaíso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.