Climate averages 1991–2020
Maldonado weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Maldonado: daytime highs average 20.0°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Montevideo (113 km away). In April its highs average 20.1°C, about as warm as Maldonado, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Uruguay, Maldonado ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 4 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 4 cities is 21.6°C; Maldonado is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 16.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 112 mm to 92 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
Maldonado climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 63 | 5.1 | 14.214 h |
| February | 24.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 82 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| March | 22.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 88 | 8.2 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 20.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 112 | 9.5 | 11.211 h |
| May | 16.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 92 | 8.9 | 10.310 h |
| June | 14.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 100 | 9.5 | 9.910 h |
| July | 13.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 105 | 9.7 | 10.010 h |
| August | 14.4°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 96 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| September | 15.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 89 | 8.4 | 11.812 h |
| October | 17.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 98 | 8.8 | 12.913 h |
| November | 20.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 87 | 7.4 | 13.914 h |
| December | 22.7°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 68 | 6.6 | 14.414 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
- Montevideo in AprilUruguay · 113 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 107 mm rain
- Mar del Tuyú in AprilArgentina · 244 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Berisso in AprilArgentina · 268 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 99 mm rain
- La Plata in AprilArgentina · 274 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 86 mm rain
- Berazategui in AprilArgentina · 298 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 94 mm rain
- Quilmes in AprilArgentina · 302 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 94 mm rain
- Avellaneda in AprilArgentina · 313 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Buenos Aires in AprilArgentina · 315 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 102 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 Maldonado) is explained once on the Maldonado year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.