Climate averages 1991–2020
Ponce weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th 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 Ponce: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arecibo (52 km away). In April its highs average 29.9°C, 1.2°C warmer than Ponce, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Puerto Rico, Ponce ranks 7th of 7 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 7 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 7 cities is 29.5°C; Ponce is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 86 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
Ponce climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 22 | 7.0 | 11.211 h |
| February | 28.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 22 | 6.5 | 11.512 h |
| March | 28.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 36 | 8.8 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 28.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 54 | 11.8 | 12.513 h |
| May | 29.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 86 | 15.6 | 13.013 h |
| June | 29.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 48 | 12.6 | 13.213 h |
| July | 30.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 55 | 11.7 | 13.113 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 77 | 15.4 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 124 | 18.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 105 | 19.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 76 | 14.4 | 11.311 h |
| December | 28.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 28 | 7.5 | 11.111 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
- Arecibo in AprilPuerto Rico · 52 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 107 mm rain
- Mayagüez in AprilPuerto Rico · 58 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Bayamón in AprilPuerto Rico · 66 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Caguas in AprilPuerto Rico · 66 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 86 mm rain
- San Juan in AprilPuerto Rico · 75 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Carolina in AprilPuerto Rico · 82 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Punta Cana in AprilDominican Republic · 198 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Salvaleón de Higüey in AprilDominican Republic · 230 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 49 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 Ponce) is explained once on the Ponce year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.