Climate averages 1991–2020
Las Cruces weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 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 Las Cruces: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.0 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes April a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Paso (67 km away). In April its highs average 26.2°C, about as warm as Las Cruces, with 4.1 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Las Cruces ranks joint 53rd of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 3rd of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Las Cruces is 6.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.0 mm to 7.3 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
Las Cruces climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.8°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 14 | 3.0 | 10.310 h |
| February | 17.0°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 13 | 2.9 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.5°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 9.6 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 26.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 5.0 | 1.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 30.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 7.3 | 1.7 | 13.814 h |
| June | 35.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 11 | 2.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 35.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 32 | 6.9 | 14.014 h |
| August | 34.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 26 | 6.2 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 29 | 3.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.5°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 20 | 3.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 14 | 2.2 | 10.511 h |
| December | 13.3°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 19 | 3.3 | 10.110 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
- El Paso in AprilUnited States · 67 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in AprilMexico · 72 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 10.9°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Agua Prieta in AprilMexico · 283 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 10.0°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Albuquerque in AprilUnited States · 308 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 6.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Rio Rancho in AprilUnited States · 325 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 6.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Enchanted Hills in AprilUnited States · 337 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 6.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Santa Fe, United States in AprilUnited States · 383 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 2.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Tucson in AprilUnited States · 390 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 6.0 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 Las Cruces) is explained once on the Las Cruces year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.