Pichilemu weather in April

In April, Pichilemu sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 19 mm of rain across 2.3 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Pichilemu's 6th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pichilemu's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 19 mm; 2.3 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 8:14 AM – 7:22 PM
Cloud cover: 39%; 6th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.25 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

Pichilemu is city in Chile.

Density: 1,382/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1544

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 21°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical April day in Pichilemu reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 3°C cooler than March and about 3°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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

Pichilemu weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 13°	1	0.2	14	9.5
Feb	24° / 13°	2	0.4	13.3	9.4
Mar	23° / 12°	5	0.8	12.3	9.1
Apr	20° / 10°	19	2.3	11.2	7.7
May	16° / 9°	68	5.3	10.2	5.7
Jun	14° / 7°	133	8.5	9.7	4.2
Jul	13° / 6°	87	7.5	9.9	4.1
Aug	15° / 7°	72	6.3	10.7	4.7
Sep	16° / 8°	36	3.6	11.8	6.0
Oct	19° / 9°	21	2.7	12.9	7.3
Nov	21° / 11°	6	1	13.8	8.5
Dec	23° / 12°	3	0.5	14.3	9.2

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%. 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 (%)	83	82	81	81	80	78	77	77	76	74	74	72	72	71	70	69	69	69	68	68	68	67	66	66	65	64	64	63	62	61
Cloudier (%)	17	18	19	19	20	22	23	23	24	26	26	28	28	29	30	31	31	31	32	32	32	33	34	34	35	36	36	37	38	39

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	82	18
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	80	20
6	78	22
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	76	24
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	71	29
15	70	30
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	67	33
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	63	37
29	62	38
30	61	39

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Pichilemu gets around 19 mm of rain over 2.3 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 8% and peaks near 11% 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 (%)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11

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

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 92% 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 (%)	86	87	87	88	88	89	90	90	91	91	92	92	93	93	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	94
Comfortable (%)	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	86	14
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	89	11
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	94	6

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 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	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 42 min at the start of April to 10 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 8:02 AM to 8:25 AM, and sunset from 7:43 PM to 7:06 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	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7
Sunrise (AM)	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:05	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:12	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:16	8:16	8:17	8:18	8:19	8:20	8:20	8:21	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:24	8:25
Sunset (PM)	7:43	7:42	7:40	7:39	7:37	7:36	7:35	7:33	7:32	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:26	7:25	7:24	7:22	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:14	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:06

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	8:02	7:43
2	11.6	8:03	7:42
3	11.6	8:04	7:40
4	11.6	8:05	7:39
5	11.5	8:05	7:37
6	11.5	8:06	7:36
7	11.5	8:07	7:35
8	11.4	8:08	7:33
9	11.4	8:09	7:32
10	11.4	8:09	7:30
11	11.3	8:10	7:29
12	11.3	8:11	7:28
13	11.2	8:12	7:26
14	11.2	8:12	7:25
15	11.2	8:13	7:24
16	11.1	8:14	7:22
17	11.1	8:15	7:21
18	11.1	8:16	7:20
19	11.0	8:16	7:19
20	11.0	8:17	7:17
21	11.0	8:18	7:16
22	10.9	8:19	7:15
23	10.9	8:20	7:14
24	10.9	8:20	7:12
25	10.8	8:21	7:11
26	10.8	8:22	7:10
27	10.8	8:23	7:09
28	10.7	8:24	7:08
29	10.7	8:24	7:07
30	10.7	8:25	7:06

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.21 kWh/m² to a high of 8.82 kWh/m² in December across the year — April's 4.25 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)	5.2	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.2	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.0	Bright
20	4.0	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.8	Moderate
24	3.8	Moderate
25	3.7	Moderate
26	3.7	Moderate
27	3.6	Moderate
28	3.6	Moderate
29	3.5	Moderate
30	3.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Pichilemu?

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

7.7

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

3.8

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Pichilemu for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Pichilemu in April

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

In April, Pichilemu sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 10°C. Little to plan around — just the basics.

Sea temperature near Pichilemu in April

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in February at about 16°C and coldest in August near 13°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	15
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	16	Cool
Mar	16	Cool
Apr	15	Bracing
May	14	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	13	Bracing
Sep	13	Bracing
Oct	13	Bracing
Nov	14	Bracing
Dec	15	Cool

UV index in Pichilemu 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 Pichilemu peaks around January 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 16 at about 3 (moderate).

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)	13	12	10	5	3	3	3	4	6	9	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	5	High
May	3	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Pichilemu in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Pichilemu is worst in January — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 5.7× the cleanest month (March, 4 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	25	12	4	7	10	10	6	6	7	5	5	8
Level	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	25	Moderate
Feb	12	Good
Mar	4	Good
Apr	7	Good
May	10	Good
Jun	10	Good
Jul	6	Good
Aug	6	Good
Sep	7	Good
Oct	5	Good
Nov	5	Good
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Pichilemu?

Pichilemu sits at 34.4°S, 72.0°W, 0 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Santa Cruz, 65 km away.

Topography around Pichilemu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pichilemu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m around an average of 19 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 609 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,305 m.

The land around Pichilemu is covered by water (43%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, water (49%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and water (33%), grassland (26%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

131 m

water 43%

16 km

609 m

water 49%

80 km

1,305 m

water 33%

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

April weather nearby: Santa Cruz 65 km · San Vicente 84 km · San Vicente de Tagua Tagua 85 km · Sagrada Familia 89 km · San Antonio 95 km · Chimbarongo 95 km · Curicó 96 km · Cartagena 99 km

Chile travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F / L; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 48% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $17,995; 2025
Happiness: 6.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 6.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 14.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 517
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 Pichilemu (-34.3833°, -72°, elevation 0 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	21	11
2	21	11
3	21	11
4	21	11
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	21	10
9	20	10
10	20	10
11	20	10
12	20	10
13	20	10
14	20	10
15	20	10
16	20	10
17	20	10
18	19	10
19	19	10
20	19	10
21	19	10
22	19	10
23	19	10
24	19	9
25	19	9
26	19	9
27	18	9
28	18	9
29	18	9
30	18	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	82	18
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	80	20
6	78	22
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	76	24
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	71	29
15	70	30
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	67	33
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	63	37
29	62	38
30	61	39

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	86	14
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	89	11
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	94	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	82	18
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	80	20
6	78	22
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	76	24
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	71	29
15	70	30
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	67	33
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	63	37
29	62	38
30	61	39

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	86	14
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	89	11
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	94	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	82	18
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	80	20
6	78	22
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	76	24
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	71	29
15	70	30
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	67	33
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	63	37
29	62	38
30	61	39

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	86	14
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	89	11
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	94	6