Zapala weather in April

In April, Zapala sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 32 mm of rain across 4.6 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Zapala's 6th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zapala's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 32 mm; 4.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 8:11 AM – 7:10 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 6th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 3.77 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.5; out of 10

Zapala is city in Argentina.

Density: 70/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1913

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 20°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical April day in Zapala reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 6°C cooler than March and about 5°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)	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

How April really feels in Zapala

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 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

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Zapala weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-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	28° / 11°	11	2.3	0	14.4	8.2
Feb	26° / 11°	14	3	0	13.5	8.3
Mar	23° / 8°	20	3	0	12.3	8.3
Apr	17° / 4°	32	4.6	0	11	6.5
May	12° / 2°	45	6.9	0.7	9.9	3.6
Jun	8° / -1°	59	8.8	2.2	9.3	1.5
Jul	8° / -2°	44	6.9	2.7	9.6	1.4
Aug	10° / -1°	33	6.1	1.6	10.5	2.6
Sep	14° / 1°	24	4.7	1	11.7	4.5
Oct	18° / 4°	32	5	0.6	13	6.6
Nov	22° / 7°	19	3.1	0.1	14.1	8.1
Dec	25° / 9°	14	2.6	0	14.7	8.5

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%. 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 (%)	70	69	69	68	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	66	66	65	65	64	63	62	61	61	60	58	57	56
Cloudier (%)	30	31	31	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	37	38	39	39	40	42	43	44

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	68	32
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	64	36
23	63	37
24	62	38
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	60	40
28	58	42
29	57	43
30	56	44

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Zapala gets around 32 mm of rain over 4.6 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 15% and peaks near 17% 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 (%)	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	17

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

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 10 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 10 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	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of April to 10 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 72 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 7:56 AM to 8:25 AM, and sunset from 7:34 PM to 6:51 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	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:56	7:57	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:16	8:17	8:18	8:19	8:20	8:21	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:25
Sunset (PM)	7:34	7:32	7:30	7:29	7:27	7:26	7:24	7:22	7:21	7:19	7:18	7:16	7:15	7:13	7:12	7:10	7:09	7:07	7:06	7:04	7:03	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:57	6:56	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	7:56	7:34
2	11.6	7:57	7:32
3	11.5	7:58	7:30
4	11.5	7:59	7:29
5	11.4	8:00	7:27
6	11.4	8:01	7:26
7	11.4	8:02	7:24
8	11.3	8:03	7:22
9	11.3	8:04	7:21
10	11.2	8:05	7:19
11	11.2	8:06	7:18
12	11.2	8:07	7:16
13	11.1	8:08	7:15
14	11.1	8:09	7:13
15	11.0	8:10	7:12
16	11.0	8:11	7:10
17	10.9	8:12	7:09
18	10.9	8:13	7:07
19	10.9	8:14	7:06
20	10.8	8:15	7:04
21	10.8	8:16	7:03
22	10.7	8:17	7:01
23	10.7	8:18	7:00
24	10.7	8:19	6:59
25	10.6	8:20	6:57
26	10.6	8:21	6:56
27	10.5	8:22	6:54
28	10.5	8:23	6:53
29	10.5	8:24	6:52
30	10.4	8:25	6:51

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 3.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.08 kWh/m² to a high of 8.77 kWh/m² in December across the year — April's 3.77 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)	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.1
Level	Bright	Bright	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.1	Bright
9	4.1	Bright
10	4.0	Bright
11	4.0	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	3.9	Moderate
14	3.9	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.7	Moderate
18	3.7	Moderate
19	3.6	Moderate
20	3.6	Moderate
21	3.5	Moderate
22	3.5	Moderate
23	3.5	Moderate
24	3.4	Moderate
25	3.4	Moderate
26	3.3	Moderate
27	3.3	Moderate
28	3.2	Moderate
29	3.1	Moderate
30	3.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Zapala?

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

6.5

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

1.9

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Zapala for sightseeing.

What to pack for Zapala in April

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

In April, Zapala sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Zapala in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Zapala peaks around December 21 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	12	9	5	3	2	2	3	5	9	10	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	5	High
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Zapala?

Zapala sits at 38.9°S, 70.1°W, 1,019 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Cutral-Có, 72 km away.

Topography around Zapala

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zapala has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 122 m around an average of 1,023 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 502 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,343 m.

The land around Zapala is covered by grassland (56%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, grassland (79%) within 16 km, and grassland (66%) and bare terrain (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

122 m

grassland 56%

16 km

502 m

grassland 79%

80 km

2,343 m

grassland 66%

treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

April weather nearby: Cutral-Có 72 km · Plottier 159 km · Centenario 168 km · Pucon 168 km · Cunco 170 km · Cinco Saltos 174 km · Neuquén 174 km · San Martín de los Andes 178 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 Zapala (-38.9006°, -70.0667°, elevation 1,019 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	20	6
2	20	6
3	20	6
4	19	6
5	19	6
6	19	5
7	19	5
8	19	5
9	19	5
10	18	5
11	18	5
12	18	5
13	18	4
14	18	4
15	17	4
16	17	4
17	17	4
18	17	4
19	17	4
20	17	4
21	17	4
22	16	4
23	16	4
24	16	3
25	16	3
26	16	3
27	16	3
28	15	3
29	15	3
30	15	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	68	32
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	64	36
23	63	37
24	62	38
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	60	40
28	58	42
29	57	43
30	56	44

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	68	32
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	64	36
23	63	37
24	62	38
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	60	40
28	58	42
29	57	43
30	56	44

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	68	32
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	64	36
23	63	37
24	62	38
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	60	40
28	58	42
29	57	43
30	56	44

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

	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