Climate averages 1991–2020

Heróica Zitácuaro weather
in April.

A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 26.8°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 11.4°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 23 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Heróica Zitácuaro · average highYear overview

April is a warm month in Heróica Zitácuaro: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Toluca (76 km away). In April its highs average 22.3°C, 4.6°C cooler than Heróica Zitácuaro, with 47 mm of rain.

Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Heróica Zitácuaro ranks 109th of 153 for the warmest April highs and joint 84th of 153 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 153 cities is 28.7°C; Heróica Zitácuaro is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.

From April to May, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 117 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 51015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 4500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Heróica Zitácuaro climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Heróica Zitácuaro, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 21.2°C7.7°C7.7°C233.311.111 h
February 23.0°C8.4°C8.4°C182.911.511 h
March 24.9°C9.5°C9.5°C203.212.012 h
April, selected 26.8°C11.4°C11.4°C234.612.613 h
May 26.7°C12.7°C12.7°C11714.713.013 h
June 23.4°C13.0°C13.0°C29924.913.313 h
July 22.0°C12.2°C12.2°C40829.813.213 h
August 22.0°C12.3°C12.3°C38529.612.813 h
September 21.5°C12.2°C12.2°C30326.812.312 h
October 21.8°C11.4°C11.4°C13618.011.712 h
November 21.7°C9.7°C9.7°C397.511.211 h
December 21.3°C8.3°C8.3°C142.911.011 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.

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April in nearby cities

Distance from Heróica Zitácuaro

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Heróica Zitácuaro) is explained once on the Heróica Zitácuaro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.