Vilcún weather in April

In April, Vilcún sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 140 mm of rain across 10.7 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 Vilcún's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vilcún's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 140 mm; 10.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 8:19 AM – 7:19 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 5th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 3.16 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.1; out of 10

Vilcún 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 18°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical April day in Vilcún reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 4°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)	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

How April really feels in Vilcún

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.

Vilcún 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	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 10°	49	5.7	0	14.4	7.8
Feb	23° / 10°	51	5.1	0	13.5	8.0
Mar	20° / 9°	76	7.3	0	12.3	7.0
Apr	16° / 7°	140	10.7	0	11	5.1
May	13° / 6°	238	14.6	0.2	9.9	3.3
Jun	11° / 4°	342	18.7	0.6	9.4	2.0
Jul	10° / 3°	280	17.7	1.4	9.6	1.9
Aug	12° / 3°	249	16.6	0.6	10.5	2.5
Sep	14° / 4°	153	13.4	0.4	11.7	3.5
Oct	15° / 6°	143	12.7	0	13	4.5
Nov	18° / 7°	102	10.3	0	14.1	5.6
Dec	20° / 9°	89	8.7	0	14.7	6.7

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 57%. 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 (%)	50	50	48	48	47	47	47	46	45	46	45	44	44	43	43	43	43	43	42	41	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	37	38	38
Cloudier (%)	50	50	52	52	53	53	53	54	55	54	55	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	58	59	60	60	61	61	62	62	63	63	62	62

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	46	54
11	45	55
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	42	58
20	41	59
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	38	62
30	38	62

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Vilcún gets around 140 mm of rain over 10.7 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 36% and peaks near 41% 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 (%)	28	29	30	31	32	33	33	34	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	41	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	29
3	30
4	31
5	32
6	33
7	33
8	34
9	35
10	35
11	36
12	36
13	36
14	36
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	36
21	37
22	37
23	38
24	38
25	39
26	39
27	40
28	40
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 98% 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	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99
Comfortable (%)	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	99	1

Wind in April

Winds average 9 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	8	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	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 8:05 AM to 8:33 AM, and sunset from 7:42 PM to 7:00 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	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4
Sunrise (AM)	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:13	8:14	8:14	8:15	8:16	8:17	8:18	8:19	8:20	8:21	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:25	8:26	8:27	8:28	8:29	8:30	8:31	8:32	8:33
Sunset (PM)	7:42	7:41	7:39	7:37	7:36	7:34	7:33	7:31	7:30	7:28	7:27	7:25	7:23	7:22	7:20	7:19	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:13	7:12	7:10	7:09	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	8:05	7:42
2	11.6	8:06	7:41
3	11.5	8:07	7:39
4	11.5	8:08	7:37
5	11.5	8:09	7:36
6	11.4	8:10	7:34
7	11.4	8:11	7:33
8	11.3	8:12	7:31
9	11.3	8:13	7:30
10	11.2	8:14	7:28
11	11.2	8:14	7:27
12	11.2	8:15	7:25
13	11.1	8:16	7:23
14	11.1	8:17	7:22
15	11.0	8:18	7:20
16	11.0	8:19	7:19
17	11.0	8:20	7:17
18	10.9	8:21	7:16
19	10.9	8:22	7:15
20	10.8	8:23	7:13
21	10.8	8:24	7:12
22	10.8	8:25	7:10
23	10.7	8:26	7:09
24	10.7	8:27	7:07
25	10.6	8:28	7:06
26	10.6	8:29	7:05
27	10.6	8:30	7:03
28	10.5	8:31	7:02
29	10.5	8:32	7:01
30	10.4	8:33	7:00

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 3.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.41 kWh/m² to a high of 7.72 kWh/m² in January across the year — April's 3.16 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)	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5
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	4.0	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	3.8	Moderate
5	3.7	Moderate
6	3.7	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.4	Moderate
11	3.4	Moderate
12	3.3	Moderate
13	3.3	Moderate
14	3.2	Moderate
15	3.2	Moderate
16	3.1	Moderate
17	3.1	Moderate
18	3.0	Moderate
19	3.0	Moderate
20	2.9	Moderate
21	2.9	Moderate
22	2.8	Moderate
23	2.8	Moderate
24	2.8	Moderate
25	2.7	Moderate
26	2.7	Moderate
27	2.6	Moderate
28	2.6	Moderate
29	2.6	Moderate
30	2.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Vilcún

In seasonPeak

None of Vilcún's seasonal hazards are active in April. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Vilcún's rainy season runs May–August, 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 Vilcún?

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

5.1

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.9

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Vilcún for sightseeing.

What to pack for Vilcún in April

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

In April, Vilcún sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Vilcún 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 Vilcún peaks around December 20 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 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	8	4	2	2	2	3	5	8	10	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	4	Moderate
May	2	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Vilcún 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 Vilcún is worst in March — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.7× the cleanest month (January, 8 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)	8	9	28	19	11	8	9	10	11	10	9	8
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	8	Good
Feb	9	Good
Mar	28	Moderate
Apr	19	Moderate
May	11	Good
Jun	8	Good
Jul	9	Good
Aug	10	Good
Sep	11	Good
Oct	10	Good
Nov	9	Good
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Vilcún?

Vilcún sits at 38.7°S, 72.2°W, 295 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Lautaro, 24 km away.

Topography around Vilcún

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vilcún has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m around an average of 305 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 525 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,090 m.

The land around Vilcún is covered by cropland (40%), grassland (32%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, trees (37%), cropland (36%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) within 80 km.

3 km

106 m

cropland 40%

16 km

525 m

trees 37%

80 km

3,090 m

trees 59%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

April weather nearby: Lautaro 24 km · Temuco 33 km · Cunco 34 km · Padre Las Casas 34 km · Freire 47 km · Labranza 47 km · Victoria 49 km · Pitrufquén 50 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 Vilcún (-38.6688°, -72.2257°, elevation 295 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. 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	19	8
2	18	8
3	18	8
4	18	7
5	18	7
6	18	7
7	18	7
8	17	7
9	17	7
10	17	7
11	17	7
12	17	7
13	17	7
14	16	7
15	16	7
16	16	7
17	16	6
18	16	6
19	16	6
20	16	6
21	15	6
22	15	6
23	15	6
24	15	6
25	15	6
26	15	6
27	15	6
28	15	6
29	15	6
30	15	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	46	54
11	45	55
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	42	58
20	41	59
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	38	62
30	38	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	29
3	30
4	31
5	32
6	33
7	33
8	34
9	35
10	35
11	36
12	36
13	36
14	36
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	36
21	37
22	37
23	38
24	38
25	39
26	39
27	40
28	40
29	41
30	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	46	54
11	45	55
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	42	58
20	41	59
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	38	62
30	38	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	29
3	30
4	31
5	32
6	33
7	33
8	34
9	35
10	35
11	36
12	36
13	36
14	36
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	36
21	37
22	37
23	38
24	38
25	39
26	39
27	40
28	40
29	41
30	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	46	54
11	45	55
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	42	58
20	41	59
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	38	62
30	38	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	29
3	30
4	31
5	32
6	33
7	33
8	34
9	35
10	35
11	36
12	36
13	36
14	36
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	36
21	37
22	37
23	38
24	38
25	39
26	39
27	40
28	40
29	41
30	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	99	1