Esquel weather in April

In April, Esquel sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 73 mm of precipitation across 9.2 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 10°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of April to 10 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Esquel's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Esquel's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 73 mm; 9.2 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 8:21 AM – 7:10 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 7th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 2.92 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.2; out of 10

Esquel is city in Argentina.

Founded: 1906

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 10°C by the end.

A typical April day in Esquel reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 5°C cooler than March and about 4°C warmer than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Avg low (°C)	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	4
2	14	4
3	14	3
4	14	3
5	14	3
6	14	3
7	14	3
8	13	3
9	13	3
10	13	3
11	13	3
12	13	3
13	12	2
14	12	2
15	12	2
16	12	2
17	12	2
18	12	2
19	11	2
20	11	2
21	11	2
22	11	2
23	11	2
24	11	2
25	11	2
26	11	2
27	10	1
28	10	1
29	10	1
30	10	1

How April really feels in Esquel

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 13 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in April is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Esquel weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 7°	36	5.3	0.2	14.8	7.1
Feb	20° / 7°	34	5.3	0.2	13.8	7.1
Mar	17° / 5°	44	7	0.2	12.4	5.8
Apr	12° / 2°	73	9.2	1.9	10.9	3.2
May	8° / 0°	97	12.8	4.6	9.6	1.2
Jun	4° / -3°	129	15	10.4	8.9	0.0
Jul	4° / -4°	107	13.1	10.6	9.2	0.0
Aug	6° / -3°	108	14.3	10.4	10.2	0.3
Sep	9° / -1°	57	9.9	4.9	11.7	1.7
Oct	12° / 1°	67	11	3.8	13.2	3.1
Nov	15° / 3°	56	9	1.4	14.5	4.6
Dec	17° / 5°	49	7.6	0.7	15.1	6.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	49	48	47	46	45	45	43	42	41	41	40	39	39	37	38	38	37	37	37	37	38	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	35	34
Cloudier (%)	51	52	53	54	55	55	57	58	59	59	60	61	61	63	62	62	63	63	63	63	62	63	63	63	64	64	64	64	65	66

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	48	52
3	47	53
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	43	57
8	42	58
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	40	60
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	37	63
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	38	62
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	36	64
29	35	65
30	34	66

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Esquel gets around 73 mm of rain and snow over 9.2 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 31% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	35	35
Snow chance (%)	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	26	3
2	26	3
3	27	3
4	27	3
5	28	4
6	28	4
7	29	4
8	29	4
9	30	5
10	30	5
11	30	5
12	30	6
13	31	6
14	31	7
15	31	7
16	31	7
17	31	8
18	31	8
19	31	8
20	32	9
21	32	9
22	32	9
23	33	9
24	33	9
25	34	9
26	34	9
27	35	9
28	35	9
29	35	9
30	35	9

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in April

Winds average 7 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of April to 10 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 84 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 8:03 AM to 8:37 AM, and sunset from 7:37 PM to 6:48 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2
Sunrise (AM)	8:03	8:04	8:05	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:14	8:15	8:16	8:17	8:18	8:19	8:21	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:25	8:26	8:28	8:29	8:30	8:31	8:32	8:33	8:35	8:36	8:37
Sunset (PM)	7:37	7:35	7:33	7:31	7:30	7:28	7:26	7:24	7:23	7:21	7:19	7:17	7:16	7:14	7:12	7:10	7:09	7:07	7:05	7:04	7:02	7:01	6:59	6:57	6:56	6:54	6:53	6:51	6:50	6:48

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	8:03	7:37
2	11.5	8:04	7:35
3	11.5	8:05	7:33
4	11.4	8:07	7:31
5	11.4	8:08	7:30
6	11.3	8:09	7:28
7	11.3	8:10	7:26
8	11.2	8:11	7:24
9	11.2	8:12	7:23
10	11.1	8:14	7:21
11	11.1	8:15	7:19
12	11.0	8:16	7:17
13	11.0	8:17	7:16
14	10.9	8:18	7:14
15	10.9	8:19	7:12
16	10.8	8:21	7:10
17	10.8	8:22	7:09
18	10.7	8:23	7:07
19	10.7	8:24	7:05
20	10.6	8:25	7:04
21	10.6	8:26	7:02
22	10.5	8:28	7:01
23	10.5	8:29	6:59
24	10.5	8:30	6:57
25	10.4	8:31	6:56
26	10.4	8:32	6:54
27	10.3	8:33	6:53
28	10.3	8:35	6:51
29	10.2	8:36	6:50
30	10.2	8:37	6:48

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 2.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.37 kWh/m² to a high of 7.72 kWh/m² in December across the year — April's 2.92 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.8	Moderate
2	3.7	Moderate
3	3.6	Moderate
4	3.6	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.4	Moderate
8	3.3	Moderate
9	3.3	Moderate
10	3.2	Moderate
11	3.1	Moderate
12	3.1	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	3.0	Moderate
15	2.9	Moderate
16	2.9	Moderate
17	2.8	Moderate
18	2.8	Moderate
19	2.7	Moderate
20	2.7	Moderate
21	2.6	Moderate
22	2.6	Moderate
23	2.5	Moderate
24	2.5	Moderate
25	2.5	Moderate
26	2.4	Moderate
27	2.4	Moderate
28	2.3	Moderate
29	2.3	Moderate
30	2.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Esquel

In seasonPeak

In April, Esquel sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Esquel's rainy season runs April–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Esquel?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.2

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Esquel.

What to pack for Esquel in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Esquel sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 2°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Esquel in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Esquel peaks around December 23 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	11	7	4	3	1	2	2	4	7	9	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	7	High
Apr	4	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	1	Low
Jul	2	Low
Aug	2	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Esquel?

Esquel sits at 42.9°S, 71.3°W, 577 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is El Bolsón, 107 km away.

Topography around Esquel

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Esquel.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Esquel has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 519 m around an average of 695 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,733 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,335 m.

The land around Esquel is covered by grassland (56%), trees (21%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, grassland (72%) within 16 km, and grassland (45%) and trees (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

519 m

grassland 56%

16 km

1,733 m

grassland 72%

80 km

2,335 m

grassland 45%

treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewater

← March Esquel year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: El Bolsón 107 km · Quellón 188 km · Calbuco 195 km · Bariloche 196 km · Castro 206 km · Puerto Montt 209 km · Puerto Varas 224 km · Llanquihue 231 km

Argentina travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / I; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 46% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $14,898; 2025
Happiness: 6.4 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 4.5; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 14.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 575
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Esquel (-42.9115°, -71.3195°, elevation 577 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	4
2	14	4
3	14	3
4	14	3
5	14	3
6	14	3
7	14	3
8	13	3
9	13	3
10	13	3
11	13	3
12	13	3
13	12	2
14	12	2
15	12	2
16	12	2
17	12	2
18	12	2
19	11	2
20	11	2
21	11	2
22	11	2
23	11	2
24	11	2
25	11	2
26	11	2
27	10	1
28	10	1
29	10	1
30	10	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	48	52
3	47	53
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	43	57
8	42	58
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	40	60
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	37	63
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	38	62
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	36	64
29	35	65
30	34	66

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	26	3
2	26	3
3	27	3
4	27	3
5	28	4
6	28	4
7	29	4
8	29	4
9	30	5
10	30	5
11	30	5
12	30	6
13	31	6
14	31	7
15	31	7
16	31	7
17	31	8
18	31	8
19	31	8
20	32	9
21	32	9
22	32	9
23	33	9
24	33	9
25	34	9
26	34	9
27	35	9
28	35	9
29	35	9
30	35	9

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	4
2	14	4
3	14	3
4	14	3
5	14	3
6	14	3
7	14	3
8	13	3
9	13	3
10	13	3
11	13	3
12	13	3
13	12	2
14	12	2
15	12	2
16	12	2
17	12	2
18	12	2
19	11	2
20	11	2
21	11	2
22	11	2
23	11	2
24	11	2
25	11	2
26	11	2
27	10	1
28	10	1
29	10	1
30	10	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	48	52
3	47	53
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	43	57
8	42	58
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	40	60
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	37	63
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	38	62
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	36	64
29	35	65
30	34	66

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	26	3
2	26	3
3	27	3
4	27	3
5	28	4
6	28	4
7	29	4
8	29	4
9	30	5
10	30	5
11	30	5
12	30	6
13	31	6
14	31	7
15	31	7
16	31	7
17	31	8
18	31	8
19	31	8
20	32	9
21	32	9
22	32	9
23	33	9
24	33	9
25	34	9
26	34	9
27	35	9
28	35	9
29	35	9
30	35	9

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	4
2	14	4
3	14	3
4	14	3
5	14	3
6	14	3
7	14	3
8	13	3
9	13	3
10	13	3
11	13	3
12	13	3
13	12	2
14	12	2
15	12	2
16	12	2
17	12	2
18	12	2
19	11	2
20	11	2
21	11	2
22	11	2
23	11	2
24	11	2
25	11	2
26	11	2
27	10	1
28	10	1
29	10	1
30	10	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	48	52
3	47	53
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	43	57
8	42	58
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	40	60
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	37	63
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	38	62
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	36	64
29	35	65
30	34	66

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	26	3
2	26	3
3	27	3
4	27	3
5	28	4
6	28	4
7	29	4
8	29	4
9	30	5
10	30	5
11	30	5
12	30	6
13	31	6
14	31	7
15	31	7
16	31	7
17	31	8
18	31	8
19	31	8
20	32	9
21	32	9
22	32	9
23	33	9
24	33	9
25	34	9
26	34	9
27	35	9
28	35	9
29	35	9
30	35	9

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100