Climate averages 1991–2020
Rio Rancho weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the joint 6th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Rio Rancho: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 03 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Enchanted Hills (13 km away). In April its highs average 20.3°C, about as warm as Rio Rancho, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Rio Rancho ranks joint 228th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 25th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Rio Rancho is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 18 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
Rio Rancho climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 16 | 4.2 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.9°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 15 | 3.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.0°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 16 | 3.5 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 20.5°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 15 | 2.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 18 | 3.2 | 14.014 h |
| June | 31.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 11 | 2.3 | 14.514 h |
| July | 32.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 31 | 6.6 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 28 | 6.1 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 29 | 4.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.5°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 29 | 4.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.2°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 17 | 3.2 | 10.310 h |
| December | 7.3°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 19 | 3.8 | 9.810 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
- Enchanted Hills in AprilUnited States · 13 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 6.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Albuquerque in AprilUnited States · 17 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 6.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Santa Fe, United States in AprilUnited States · 83 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 2.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Las Cruces in AprilUnited States · 325 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 10.7°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Pueblo in AprilUnited States · 383 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 2.4°C · 42 mm rain
- El Paso in AprilUnited States · 387 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in AprilMexico · 391 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 10.9°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Colorado Springs in AprilUnited States · 432 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low -0.7°C · 63 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 Rio Rancho) is explained once on the Rio Rancho year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.