Santa Fe weather in April

In April, Santa Fe sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 114 mm of rain across 8.6 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of April to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Santa Fe's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Fe's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 114 mm; 8.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 7:26 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 8th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.3; out of 10

Santa Fe is city in and capital of Santa Fe Province, Argentina.

Density: 1,460/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1573

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 25°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical April day in Santa Fe reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 4°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)	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13

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

Santa Fe weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 20°	112	8.7	13.8	5.0
Feb	29° / 20°	118	8.7	13.2	5.6
Mar	28° / 18°	138	8.2	12.2	6.7
Apr	24° / 15°	114	8.6	11.2	7.3
May	20° / 12°	74	6.1	10.4	7.0
Jun	18° / 9°	44	5.1	10	6.4
Jul	17° / 7°	37	4.5	10.1	6.3
Aug	20° / 9°	48	4.9	10.8	7.3
Sep	22° / 11°	65	5.8	11.8	7.5
Oct	25° / 14°	132	9.6	12.8	7.1
Nov	27° / 16°	116	7.9	13.6	6.9
Dec	29° / 19°	135	8.9	14	5.6

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%.

	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 (%)	62	62	61	60	59	59	58	58	58	58	58	58	59	60	60	61	61	61	62	62	61	61	61	61	60	60	58	58	57	57
Cloudier (%)	38	38	39	40	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	40	40	39	39	39	38	38	39	39	39	39	40	40	42	42	43	43

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	61	39
4	60	40
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	59	41
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	57	43
30	57	43

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Santa Fe gets around 114 mm of rain over 8.6 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 28% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	28	28	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25

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

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 34% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 17% of them.

	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 (%)	21	21	22	23	24	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48
Comfortable (%)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	27	26	25	24	23	23	22
Humid (%)	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	25	25	24	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Muggy (%)	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Oppressive (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	21	25	29	20	6
2	21	25	28	20	6
3	22	25	28	19	6
4	23	25	28	19	6
5	24	25	27	18	6
6	24	25	27	18	6
7	25	25	27	17	5
8	26	25	26	17	5
9	27	26	25	17	5
10	28	26	25	16	5
11	29	27	24	16	5
12	30	27	23	15	4
13	31	28	23	15	4
14	32	28	22	14	4
15	33	29	22	13	3
16	34	29	21	13	3
17	35	29	21	12	3
18	36	29	21	12	3
19	37	29	20	11	3
20	38	29	20	11	2
21	39	29	20	10	2
22	40	28	20	10	2
23	41	28	20	10	2
24	42	27	19	10	2
25	43	26	19	10	1
26	44	25	19	10	1
27	45	24	19	10	1
28	46	23	19	10	1
29	47	23	19	10	1
30	48	22	19	10	1

Wind in April

Winds average 11 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
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4	11	calm
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9	11	calm
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16	11	calm
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29	11	calm
30	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of April to 10 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 7:16 AM to 7:36 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 6:24 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)	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:35	7:36
Sunset (PM)	6:59	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	7:16	6:59
2	11.7	7:17	6:57
3	11.6	7:18	6:56
4	11.6	7:18	6:55
5	11.6	7:19	6:54
6	11.5	7:20	6:52
7	11.5	7:20	6:51
8	11.5	7:21	6:50
9	11.4	7:22	6:48
10	11.4	7:22	6:47
11	11.4	7:23	6:46
12	11.4	7:24	6:45
13	11.3	7:24	6:43
14	11.3	7:25	6:42
15	11.3	7:26	6:41
16	11.2	7:26	6:40
17	11.2	7:27	6:39
18	11.2	7:28	6:37
19	11.1	7:28	6:36
20	11.1	7:29	6:35
21	11.1	7:30	6:34
22	11.0	7:30	6:33
23	11.0	7:31	6:32
24	11.0	7:32	6:31
25	11.0	7:33	6:30
26	10.9	7:33	6:28
27	10.9	7:34	6:27
28	10.9	7:35	6:26
29	10.8	7:35	6:25
30	10.8	7:36	6:24

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 3.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.45 kWh/m² to a high of 7.22 kWh/m² in December across the year — April's 3.76 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)	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	4.4	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.1	Bright
7	4.1	Bright
8	4.0	Bright
9	4.0	Moderate
10	4.0	Moderate
11	3.9	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	3.9	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.7	Moderate
19	3.7	Moderate
20	3.7	Moderate
21	3.6	Moderate
22	3.6	Moderate
23	3.6	Moderate
24	3.5	Moderate
25	3.5	Moderate
26	3.5	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.4	Moderate
29	3.4	Moderate
30	3.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Santa Fe?

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

7.3

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

6.1

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Santa Fe for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Santa Fe in April

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

In April, Santa Fe sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Santa Fe in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Santa Fe peaks around January 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	13	11	7	4	3	3	5	7	9	11	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	7	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	7	High
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Santa Fe?

Santa Fe sits at 31.6°S, 60.7°W, 21 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Santo Tomé, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Santa Fe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Fe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 17 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 116 m.

The land around Santa Fe is covered by artificial surfaces (58%) within 3 km, grassland (29%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (58%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

21 m

artificial surfaces 58%

16 km

51 m

grassland 29%

80 km

116 m

cropland 58%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

April weather nearby: Santo Tomé 6.0 km · Paraná 19 km · Esperanza 31 km · Coronda 41 km · Diamante 47 km · Crespo 57 km · Gálvez 64 km · Rafaela 86 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 Santa Fe (-31.6488°, -60.7087°, elevation 21 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	26	16
2	26	16
3	25	16
4	25	16
5	25	16
6	25	16
7	25	16
8	25	16
9	25	15
10	25	15
11	24	15
12	24	15
13	24	15
14	24	15
15	24	15
16	24	15
17	24	14
18	24	14
19	24	14
20	24	14
21	23	14
22	23	14
23	23	14
24	23	14
25	23	14
26	23	13
27	23	13
28	23	13
29	22	13
30	22	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	61	39
4	60	40
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	59	41
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	57	43
30	57	43

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	21	25	29	20	6
2	21	25	28	20	6
3	22	25	28	19	6
4	23	25	28	19	6
5	24	25	27	18	6
6	24	25	27	18	6
7	25	25	27	17	5
8	26	25	26	17	5
9	27	26	25	17	5
10	28	26	25	16	5
11	29	27	24	16	5
12	30	27	23	15	4
13	31	28	23	15	4
14	32	28	22	14	4
15	33	29	22	13	3
16	34	29	21	13	3
17	35	29	21	12	3
18	36	29	21	12	3
19	37	29	20	11	3
20	38	29	20	11	2
21	39	29	20	10	2
22	40	28	20	10	2
23	41	28	20	10	2
24	42	27	19	10	2
25	43	26	19	10	1
26	44	25	19	10	1
27	45	24	19	10	1
28	46	23	19	10	1
29	47	23	19	10	1
30	48	22	19	10	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	61	39
4	60	40
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	59	41
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	57	43
30	57	43

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	21	25	29	20	6
2	21	25	28	20	6
3	22	25	28	19	6
4	23	25	28	19	6
5	24	25	27	18	6
6	24	25	27	18	6
7	25	25	27	17	5
8	26	25	26	17	5
9	27	26	25	17	5
10	28	26	25	16	5
11	29	27	24	16	5
12	30	27	23	15	4
13	31	28	23	15	4
14	32	28	22	14	4
15	33	29	22	13	3
16	34	29	21	13	3
17	35	29	21	12	3
18	36	29	21	12	3
19	37	29	20	11	3
20	38	29	20	11	2
21	39	29	20	10	2
22	40	28	20	10	2
23	41	28	20	10	2
24	42	27	19	10	2
25	43	26	19	10	1
26	44	25	19	10	1
27	45	24	19	10	1
28	46	23	19	10	1
29	47	23	19	10	1
30	48	22	19	10	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	61	39
4	60	40
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	59	41
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	57	43
30	57	43

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	21	25	29	20	6
2	21	25	28	20	6
3	22	25	28	19	6
4	23	25	28	19	6
5	24	25	27	18	6
6	24	25	27	18	6
7	25	25	27	17	5
8	26	25	26	17	5
9	27	26	25	17	5
10	28	26	25	16	5
11	29	27	24	16	5
12	30	27	23	15	4
13	31	28	23	15	4
14	32	28	22	14	4
15	33	29	22	13	3
16	34	29	21	13	3
17	35	29	21	12	3
18	36	29	21	12	3
19	37	29	20	11	3
20	38	29	20	11	2
21	39	29	20	10	2
22	40	28	20	10	2
23	41	28	20	10	2
24	42	27	19	10	2
25	43	26	19	10	1
26	44	25	19	10	1
27	45	24	19	10	1
28	46	23	19	10	1
29	47	23	19	10	1
30	48	22	19	10	1