Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Maldonado weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Puerto Maldonado: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 168 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cusco (318 km away). In April its highs average 15.3°C, 13.5°C cooler than Puerto Maldonado, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Puerto Maldonado ranks joint 7th of 24 for the warmest April highs and 21st of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 24.7°C; Puerto Maldonado is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 168 mm to 88 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
Puerto Maldonado climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 369 | 27.1 | 12.813 h |
| February | 29.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 361 | 24.7 | 12.513 h |
| March | 29.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 300 | 25.6 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 28.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 168 | 19.1 | 11.812 h |
| May | 27.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 88 | 13.8 | 11.512 h |
| June | 27.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 52 | 9.2 | 11.411 h |
| July | 27.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 46 | 7.8 | 11.511 h |
| August | 30.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 62 | 8.6 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 119 | 13.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 223 | 21.4 | 12.412 h |
| November | 29.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 259 | 22.2 | 12.713 h |
| December | 29.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 330 | 26.1 | 12.813 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
- Cusco in AprilPeru · 318 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 7.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Rio Branco in AprilBrazil · 328 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 160 mm rain
- Juliaca in AprilPeru · 339 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 2.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Puno in AprilPeru · 372 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.7°C · 79 mm rain
- Riberalta in AprilBolivia · 385 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 174 mm rain
- Abancay in AprilPeru · 416 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 87 mm rain
- La Paz in AprilBolivia · 449 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Viacha in AprilBolivia · 462 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 2.2°C · 46 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 Puerto Maldonado) is explained once on the Puerto Maldonado year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.