Purranque weather in April

In April, Purranque sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 116 mm of rain across 11.9 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 Purranque's 5th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Purranque's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 116 mm; 11.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 8:26 AM – 7:20 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 5th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 2.73 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Purranque is settlement in Chile.

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 17°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical April day in Purranque reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 8°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 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)	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

Purranque weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-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	20° / 10°	48	6.7	14.6	6.9
Feb	21° / 10°	50	6.2	13.6	7.0
Mar	18° / 9°	73	9.3	12.3	6.1
Apr	15° / 7°	116	11.9	10.9	4.3
May	13° / 6°	191	15.5	9.7	2.9
Jun	10° / 5°	228	18.5	9.1	1.8
Jul	10° / 4°	210	17.6	9.4	1.7
Aug	11° / 4°	202	18.8	10.4	2.1
Sep	12° / 5°	126	14.5	11.7	2.9
Oct	14° / 6°	112	14.1	13.1	3.7
Nov	16° / 8°	81	11.2	14.3	4.8
Dec	18° / 9°	70	9.3	14.9	6.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 65%. 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	42	43	41	41	40	40	38	38	37	36	35	36	34	34	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	33	32	32	31	31	31	31	30
Cloudier (%)	57	58	57	59	59	60	60	62	62	63	64	65	64	66	66	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	67	68	68	69	69	69	69	70

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Purranque gets around 116 mm of rain over 11.9 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 39% and peaks near 41% 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 (%)	34	34	35	36	37	37	38	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	35
4	36
5	37
6	37
7	38
8	39
9	39
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	40
17	40
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	41
30	41

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 97% 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 (%)	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	98
Comfortable (%)	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	96	4
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	98	2

Wind in April

Winds average 12 km/h in April, the calmest month.

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

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 8:10 AM to 8:41 AM, and sunset from 7:45 PM to 6:59 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	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	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	8:26	8:27	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)	7:45	7:43	7:42	7:40	7:38	7:37	7:35	7:33	7:32	7:30	7:28	7:27	7:25	7:23	7:22	7:20	7:19	7:17	7:15	7:14	7:12	7:11	7:09	7:08	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:02	7:01	6:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	8:10	7:45
2	11.5	8:11	7:43
3	11.5	8:12	7:42
4	11.5	8:13	7:40
5	11.4	8:14	7:38
6	11.4	8:15	7:37
7	11.3	8:16	7:35
8	11.3	8:17	7:33
9	11.2	8:18	7:32
10	11.2	8:19	7:30
11	11.1	8:20	7:28
12	11.1	8:21	7:27
13	11.0	8:22	7:25
14	11.0	8:23	7:23
15	11.0	8:24	7:22
16	10.9	8:26	7:20
17	10.9	8:27	7:19
18	10.8	8:28	7:17
19	10.8	8:29	7:15
20	10.7	8:30	7:14
21	10.7	8:31	7:12
22	10.6	8:32	7:11
23	10.6	8:33	7:09
24	10.6	8:34	7:08
25	10.5	8:35	7:06
26	10.5	8:36	7:05
27	10.4	8:37	7:04
28	10.4	8:38	7:02
29	10.4	8:40	7:01
30	10.3	8:41	6:59

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 2.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.23 kWh/m² to a high of 6.83 kWh/m² in January across the year — April's 2.73 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	3.2	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	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	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	3.2	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	2.8	Moderate
15	2.7	Moderate
16	2.7	Moderate
17	2.6	Moderate
18	2.6	Moderate
19	2.5	Moderate
20	2.5	Moderate
21	2.5	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	2.2	Moderate
30	2.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Purranque

In seasonPeak

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

Purranque'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 Purranque?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.3

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Purranque for sightseeing.

What to pack for Purranque in April

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

In April, Purranque sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Purranque in April

The nearest coast averages about 14°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 68 km away) is warmest in January at about 15°C and coldest in August near 11°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)	15	14	14	14	13	12	11	11	11	12	13	14
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	14	Bracing
May	13	Bracing
Jun	12	Bracing
Jul	11	Bracing
Aug	11	Bracing
Sep	11	Bracing
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	14	Bracing

UV index in Purranque 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 Purranque peaks around December 22 at about 12 (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 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 Purranque?

Purranque sits at 40.9°S, 73.2°W, 119 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Frutillar, 25 km away.

Topography around Purranque

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Purranque has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m around an average of 110 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 184 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,651 m.

The land around Purranque is covered by grassland (38%), cropland (34%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, grassland (43%), cropland (29%) and trees (27%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

73 m

grassland 38%

16 km

184 m

grassland 43%

80 km

2,651 m

trees 48%

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

April weather nearby: Frutillar 25 km · Osorno 38 km · Llanquihue 40 km · Puerto Varas 47 km · Puerto Montt 64 km · Río Bueno 67 km · La Unión 69 km · Maullín 87 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 Purranque (-40.913°, -73.1591°, elevation 119 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	17	8
2	17	8
3	17	8
4	16	8
5	16	8
6	16	8
7	16	8
8	16	7
9	16	7
10	16	7
11	16	7
12	15	7
13	15	7
14	15	7
15	15	7
16	15	7
17	15	7
18	15	7
19	15	7
20	15	7
21	14	7
22	14	7
23	14	7
24	14	7
25	14	7
26	14	7
27	14	7
28	14	7
29	14	7
30	14	7

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	35
4	36
5	37
6	37
7	38
8	39
9	39
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	40
17	40
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	41
30	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	96	4
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	98	2

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	35
4	36
5	37
6	37
7	38
8	39
9	39
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	40
17	40
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	41
30	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	96	4
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	98	2

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	35
4	36
5	37
6	37
7	38
8	39
9	39
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	40
17	40
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	41
30	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	96	4
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	98	2