Climate averages 1991–2020
Tacna weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Tacna: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes April a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arica (51 km away). In April its highs average 23.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Tacna, with 6.9 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Tacna ranks 16th of 24 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 24.7°C; Tacna is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.9 mm to 4.1 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
Tacna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 23 | 6.5 | 13.113 h |
| February | 26.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 23 | 6.9 | 12.713 h |
| March | 26.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 14 | 4.1 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 24.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| May | 21.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 4.1 | 0.4 | 11.311 h |
| June | 19.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 4.5 | 0.4 | 11.111 h |
| July | 18.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 3.9 | 0.5 | 11.211 h |
| August | 19.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 3.6 | 0.5 | 11.512 h |
| September | 20.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 2.4 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 21.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 1.1 | 0.0 | 12.512 h |
| November | 23.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 12.913 h |
| December | 25.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 5.6 | 1.4 | 13.213 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
- Arica in AprilChile · 51 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Puno in AprilPeru · 243 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.7°C · 79 mm rain
- Iquique (approximate) in AprilChile · 245 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.9°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Alto Hospicio in AprilChile · 251 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Viacha in AprilBolivia · 257 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 2.2°C · 46 mm rain
- La Paz in AprilBolivia · 280 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Juliaca in AprilPeru · 280 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 2.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Oruro in AprilBolivia · 334 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 27 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 Tacna) is explained once on the Tacna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.