Puerto Varas weather in April

In April, Puerto Varas sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 154 mm of rain across 13.7 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 16°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Puerto Varas's 5th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Puerto Varas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 154 mm; 13.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 8:25 AM – 7:19 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 5th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 2.71 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

Puerto Varas is city in Chile.

Density: 5,805/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1853

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 16°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical April day in Puerto Varas reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 3°C cooler than March and about 2°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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

Puerto Varas 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	19° / 11°	79	9.7	0	14.6	6.2
Feb	19° / 11°	79	8.2	0	13.7	6.4
Mar	18° / 10°	109	11.2	0	12.3	5.6
Apr	15° / 8°	154	13.7	0	10.9	4.1
May	13° / 7°	223	17.6	0	9.7	2.8
Jun	11° / 6°	266	20	0.2	9.1	1.9
Jul	10° / 5°	237	19.2	0.5	9.3	1.7
Aug	11° / 5°	230	19.8	0.1	10.3	2.1
Sep	13° / 6°	149	15.8	0.1	11.7	2.8
Oct	14° / 7°	145	15.9	0	13.1	3.5
Nov	16° / 9°	117	14	0	14.3	4.4
Dec	18° / 10°	109	11.9	0	14.9	5.4

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%. 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 (%)	43	43	42	42	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	34	33	34	34	33	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	30	29	29	30	30	29	28
Cloudier (%)	57	57	58	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	66	66	67	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	70	71	71	70	70	71	72

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	41	59
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	36	64
11	35	65
12	34	66
13	33	67
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	33	67
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	30	70
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	29	71
30	28	72

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Puerto Varas gets around 154 mm of rain over 13.7 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 46% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days. 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 (%)	39	40	40	41	41	42	43	44	45	45	46	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	40
3	40
4	41
5	41
6	42
7	43
8	44
9	45
10	45
11	46
12	47
13	47
14	48
15	48
16	48
17	48
18	48
19	48
20	48
21	48
22	48
23	48
24	48
25	49
26	49
27	49
28	49
29	49
30	49

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 96% 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 (%)	94	94	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	97	97	97
Comfortable (%)	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3

Wind in April

Winds average 13 km/h in April, the calmest month.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of April to 10 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 8:09 AM to 8:41 AM, and sunset from 7:44 PM to 6:58 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	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:13	8:14	8:16	8:17	8:18	8:19	8:20	8:21	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:25	8:26	8:28	8:29	8:30	8:31	8:32	8:33	8:34	8:35	8:36	8:37	8:38	8:40	8:41
Sunset (PM)	7:44	7:42	7:41	7:39	7:37	7:36	7:34	7:32	7:31	7:29	7:27	7:26	7:24	7:22	7:21	7:19	7:17	7:16	7:14	7:13	7:11	7:10	7:08	7:07	7:05	7:04	7:02	7:01	6:59	6:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	8:09	7:44
2	11.5	8:10	7:42
3	11.5	8:11	7:41
4	11.4	8:12	7:39
5	11.4	8:13	7:37
6	11.4	8:14	7:36
7	11.3	8:16	7:34
8	11.3	8:17	7:32
9	11.2	8:18	7:31
10	11.2	8:19	7:29
11	11.1	8:20	7:27
12	11.1	8:21	7:26
13	11.0	8:22	7:24
14	11.0	8:23	7:22
15	10.9	8:24	7:21
16	10.9	8:25	7:19
17	10.8	8:26	7:17
18	10.8	8:28	7:16
19	10.8	8:29	7:14
20	10.7	8:30	7:13
21	10.7	8:31	7:11
22	10.6	8:32	7:10
23	10.6	8:33	7:08
24	10.5	8:34	7:07
25	10.5	8:35	7:05
26	10.5	8:36	7:04
27	10.4	8:37	7:02
28	10.4	8:38	7:01
29	10.3	8:40	6:59
30	10.3	8:41	6:58

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 2.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.22 kWh/m² to a high of 6.75 kWh/m² in January across the year — April's 2.71 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)	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1
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	3.5	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.4	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.3	Moderate
6	3.2	Moderate
7	3.1	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.0	Moderate
10	3.0	Moderate
11	2.9	Moderate
12	2.9	Moderate
13	2.8	Moderate
14	2.7	Moderate
15	2.7	Moderate
16	2.6	Moderate
17	2.6	Moderate
18	2.6	Moderate
19	2.5	Moderate
20	2.5	Moderate
21	2.4	Moderate
22	2.4	Moderate
23	2.4	Moderate
24	2.3	Moderate
25	2.3	Moderate
26	2.3	Moderate
27	2.2	Moderate
28	2.2	Moderate
29	2.1	Moderate
30	2.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Puerto Varas

In seasonPeak

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

Puerto Varas's rainy season runs April–October, 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 Puerto Varas?

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

4.1

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.2

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Puerto Varas for sightseeing.

What to pack for Puerto Varas in April

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

In April, Puerto Varas sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 8°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer. About 14 days see rain.

rain geara warm layer

Sea temperature near Puerto Varas in April

The nearest coast averages about 13°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 35 km away) is warmest in January at about 16°C and coldest in August near 10°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	15	13	11	11	11	10	11	12	13	15
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	16	Cool
Mar	15	Bracing
Apr	13	Bracing
May	11	Bracing
Jun	11	Bracing
Jul	11	Bracing
Aug	10	Bracing
Sep	11	Bracing
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	15	Bracing

UV index in Puerto Varas 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 Puerto Varas peaks around December 23 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 2 (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)	11	11	7	4	2	2	2	2	4	7	9	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

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

Location & terrain

Where is Puerto Varas?

Puerto Varas sits at 41.3°S, 73.0°W, 60 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Llanquihue, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Puerto Varas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Puerto Varas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m around an average of 95 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 202 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,668 m.

The land around Puerto Varas is covered by grassland (33%), trees (28%) and water (23%) within 3 km, trees (36%), grassland (35%) and water (22%) within 16 km, and trees (49%), water (23%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

115 m

grassland 33%

16 km

202 m

trees 36%

80 km

2,668 m

trees 49%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

April weather nearby: Llanquihue 7.0 km · Puerto Montt 17 km · Frutillar 23 km · Purranque 47 km · Calbuco 52 km · Maullín 61 km · Osorno 84 km · Ancud 92 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 Puerto Varas (-41.3195°, -72.9854°, elevation 60 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. 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	16	9
2	16	9
3	16	9
4	16	9
5	16	9
6	16	9
7	16	9
8	16	9
9	16	9
10	15	9
11	15	8
12	15	8
13	15	8
14	15	8
15	15	8
16	15	8
17	15	8
18	15	8
19	15	8
20	15	8
21	14	8
22	14	8
23	14	8
24	14	8
25	14	8
26	14	8
27	14	8
28	14	8
29	14	8
30	14	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	41	59
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	36	64
11	35	65
12	34	66
13	33	67
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	33	67
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	30	70
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	29	71
30	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	40
3	40
4	41
5	41
6	42
7	43
8	44
9	45
10	45
11	46
12	47
13	47
14	48
15	48
16	48
17	48
18	48
19	48
20	48
21	48
22	48
23	48
24	48
25	49
26	49
27	49
28	49
29	49
30	49

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	41	59
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	36	64
11	35	65
12	34	66
13	33	67
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	33	67
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	30	70
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	29	71
30	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	40
3	40
4	41
5	41
6	42
7	43
8	44
9	45
10	45
11	46
12	47
13	47
14	48
15	48
16	48
17	48
18	48
19	48
20	48
21	48
22	48
23	48
24	48
25	49
26	49
27	49
28	49
29	49
30	49

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	41	59
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	36	64
11	35	65
12	34	66
13	33	67
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	33	67
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	30	70
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	29	71
30	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	40
3	40
4	41
5	41
6	42
7	43
8	44
9	45
10	45
11	46
12	47
13	47
14	48
15	48
16	48
17	48
18	48
19	48
20	48
21	48
22	48
23	48
24	48
25	49
26	49
27	49
28	49
29	49
30	49

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3