Climate averages 1991–2020
Santo Domingo de los Colorados weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Santo Domingo de los Colorados: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 391 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ibarra (135 km away). In April its highs average 20.0°C, 4.9°C cooler than Santo Domingo de los Colorados, with 210 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Santo Domingo de los Colorados ranks 5th of 9 for the warmest April highs and 9th of 9 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 9 cities is 23.7°C; Santo Domingo de los Colorados is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 391 mm to 252 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
Santo Domingo de los Colorados climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 376 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| February | 24.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 407 | 27.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 24.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 414 | 29.7 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 24.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 391 | 28.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 252 | 27.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 23.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 123 | 21.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 23.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 87 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 23.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 59 | 15.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 87 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 118 | 22.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 131 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 235 | 26.2 | 12.112 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
- Ibarra in AprilEcuador · 135 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 210 mm rain
- Esmeraldas in AprilEcuador · 145 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 204 mm rain
- Portoviejo in AprilEcuador · 168 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 158 mm rain
- Tulcán in AprilEcuador · 201 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.9°C · 258 mm rain
- Ipiales in AprilColombia · 209 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.6°C · 258 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in AprilEcuador · 225 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 366 mm rain
- Tumaco in AprilColombia · 231 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 379 mm rain
- Pasto in AprilColombia · 267 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 11.3°C · 231 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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados) is explained once on the Santo Domingo de los Colorados year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.