Climate averages 1991–2020
Montevideo weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Montevideo: daytime highs average 20.1°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maldonado (113 km away). In April its highs average 20.0°C, about as warm as Montevideo, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Uruguay, Montevideo ranks 3rd of 4 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 4 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 4 cities is 21.6°C; Montevideo is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 16.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 107 mm to 87 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
Montevideo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 68 | 5.9 | 14.214 h |
| February | 24.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 92 | 7.8 | 13.413 h |
| March | 23.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 97 | 7.9 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 20.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 107 | 8.3 | 11.211 h |
| May | 16.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 87 | 7.9 | 10.310 h |
| June | 14.0°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 90 | 8.6 | 9.910 h |
| July | 12.8°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 96 | 8.9 | 10.010 h |
| August | 14.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 97 | 8.5 | 10.811 h |
| September | 15.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 92 | 8.3 | 11.812 h |
| October | 18.2°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 111 | 8.7 | 12.913 h |
| November | 21.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 101 | 7.7 | 13.914 h |
| December | 23.7°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 73 | 6.9 | 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
- Maldonado in AprilUruguay · 113 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Berisso in AprilArgentina · 155 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 99 mm rain
- La Plata in AprilArgentina · 161 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 86 mm rain
- Berazategui in AprilArgentina · 185 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 94 mm rain
- Quilmes in AprilArgentina · 190 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 94 mm rain
- Mar del Tuyú in AprilArgentina · 191 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Avellaneda in AprilArgentina · 201 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Buenos Aires in AprilArgentina · 203 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 Montevideo) is explained once on the Montevideo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.