Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuenca weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Cuenca: daytime highs average 17.8°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 155 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eloy Alfaro (124 km away). In April its highs average 28.8°C, 11.0°C warmer than Cuenca, with 366 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Cuenca ranks 8th of 9 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 9 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 9 cities is 23.7°C; Cuenca is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 17.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 155 mm to 100 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
Cuenca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 146 | 22.9 | 12.312 h |
| February | 18.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 174 | 23.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 18.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 183 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 17.8°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 155 | 26.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 17.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 100 | 22.0 | 12.012 h |
| June | 16.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 78 | 18.6 | 12.012 h |
| July | 16.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 74 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| August | 16.8°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 54 | 13.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 18.1°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 62 | 15.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 18.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 127 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 19.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 174 | 23.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 18.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 172 | 24.6 | 12.312 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
- Eloy Alfaro in AprilEcuador · 124 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 366 mm rain
- Loja in AprilEcuador · 124 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 148 mm rain
- Tumbes in AprilPeru · 177 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 103 mm rain
- La Libertad in AprilEcuador · 225 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Portoviejo in AprilEcuador · 261 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 158 mm rain
- Sullana in AprilPeru · 292 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in AprilEcuador · 294 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 391 mm rain
- Piura in AprilPeru · 314 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.0°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 Cuenca) is explained once on the Cuenca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.