Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Santa Cruz: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Los Baños (22 km away). In April its highs average 32.2°C, 1.3°C warmer than Santa Cruz, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Santa Cruz ranks joint 66th of 151 for the warmest April highs and 60th of 151 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 151 cities is 30.9°C; Santa Cruz is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 205 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
Santa Cruz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 92 | 16.6 | 11.411 h |
| February | 27.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 70 | 13.7 | 11.712 h |
| March | 29.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 70 | 13.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 31.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 62 | 13.5 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 205 | 22.9 | 12.813 h |
| June | 30.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 269 | 27.4 | 13.013 h |
| July | 29.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 379 | 29.3 | 12.913 h |
| August | 29.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 317 | 28.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 29.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 343 | 27.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 245 | 25.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 28.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 181 | 23.2 | 11.511 h |
| December | 27.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 250 | 22.5 | 11.311 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
- Los Baños in AprilPhilippines · 22 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.1°C · 37 mm rain
- San Pablo in AprilPhilippines · 26 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Calamba in AprilPhilippines · 28 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Cabuyao in AprilPhilippines · 31 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Binangonan in AprilPhilippines · 32 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Mauban in AprilPhilippines · 35 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.7°C · 113 mm rain
- Candelaria in AprilPhilippines · 39 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 76 mm rain
- Lucena in AprilPhilippines · 45 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 76 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 Santa Cruz) is explained once on the Santa Cruz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.