Patzún weather in April

In April, Patzún sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 83 mm of rain across 12.6 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of April to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Patzún's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Patzún's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 83 mm; 12.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:54 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 5th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 6.2 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.4; out of 10

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical April day in Patzún reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with March and about 1°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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

Patzún weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 1st-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	21° / 11°	9	2.4	11.2	7.9
Feb	22° / 11°	10	2.5	11.5	8.2
Mar	23° / 12°	29	7.3	11.9	7.6
Apr	23° / 13°	83	12.6	12.3	6.4
May	22° / 14°	219	21.1	12.7	4.8
Jun	22° / 14°	316	25.3	12.9	4.0
Jul	22° / 14°	169	18.4	12.8	5.0
Aug	22° / 14°	213	20.2	12.5	4.8
Sep	22° / 14°	307	25.6	12.1	3.9
Oct	21° / 14°	213	20.8	11.7	4.7
Nov	21° / 12°	48	8.9	11.3	6.5
Dec	21° / 11°	16	3.2	11.1	7.7

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%. 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 (%)	60	60	59	58	57	56	56	55	54	53	52	51	50	48	48	47	45	44	42	41	39	38	36	35	34	32	32	29	29	28
Cloudier (%)	40	40	41	42	43	44	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	52	52	53	55	56	58	59	61	62	64	65	66	68	68	71	71	72

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	59	41
4	58	42
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	55	45
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	52	48
12	51	49
13	50	50
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	47	53
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	42	58
20	41	59
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	34	66
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	28	72

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Patzún gets around 83 mm of rain over 12.6 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 42% and peaks near 51% 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 (%)	34	35	36	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	50	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	36
4	37
5	38
6	38
7	39
8	39
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	41
17	41
18	41
19	42
20	42
21	43
22	44
23	45
24	46
25	47
26	48
27	49
28	50
29	50
30	51

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 56% 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 (%)	70	69	68	66	65	64	63	62	61	61	61	59	59	58	58	57	56	55	54	53	52	50	49	47	46	45	43	42	41	40
Comfortable (%)	29	30	31	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	43	44	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	53	53	54	55
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	70	29	1
2	69	30	1
3	68	31	1
4	66	33	1
5	65	34	1
6	64	35	1
7	63	36	1
8	62	37	1
9	61	38	1
10	61	39	0
11	61	39	0
12	59	40	1
13	59	40	1
14	58	41	1
15	58	41	1
16	57	42	1
17	56	43	1
18	55	44	1
19	54	44	2
20	53	45	2
21	52	46	2
22	50	47	3
23	49	48	3
24	47	49	4
25	46	50	4
26	45	51	4
27	43	53	4
28	42	53	5
29	41	54	5
30	40	55	5

Wind in April

Winds average 6 km/h in April.

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of April to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:05 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:17 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)	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:46
Sunset (PM)	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:05	6:12
2	12.1	6:04	6:13
3	12.2	6:04	6:13
4	12.2	6:03	6:13
5	12.2	6:02	6:13
6	12.2	6:01	6:13
7	12.2	6:01	6:13
8	12.2	6:00	6:13
9	12.2	5:59	6:13
10	12.2	5:59	6:13
11	12.3	5:58	6:13
12	12.3	5:57	6:14
13	12.3	5:56	6:14
14	12.3	5:56	6:14
15	12.3	5:55	6:14
16	12.3	5:54	6:14
17	12.3	5:54	6:14
18	12.4	5:53	6:14
19	12.4	5:52	6:15
20	12.4	5:52	6:15
21	12.4	5:51	6:15
22	12.4	5:51	6:15
23	12.4	5:50	6:15
24	12.4	5:49	6:15
25	12.4	5:49	6:16
26	12.5	5:48	6:16
27	12.5	5:48	6:16
28	12.5	5:47	6:16
29	12.5	5:47	6:16
30	12.5	5:46	6:17

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.2 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.47 kWh/m² to a high of 6.2 kWh/m² in April across the year — April's 6.2 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.2	Intense
2	6.3	Intense
3	6.3	Intense
4	6.3	Intense
5	6.3	Intense
6	6.2	Intense
7	6.2	Intense
8	6.2	Intense
9	6.2	Intense
10	6.2	Intense
11	6.2	Intense
12	6.2	Intense
13	6.2	Intense
14	6.2	Intense
15	6.2	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.2	Intense
21	6.2	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.1	Intense
24	6.1	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.1	Intense
27	6.1	Intense
28	6.1	Intense
29	6.0	Intense
30	6.0	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Patzún

In seasonPeak

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

Patzún's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Patzún?

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

6.4

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

5.1

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Patzún for sightseeing.

What to pack for Patzún in April

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

In April, Patzún sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 13°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesrain gear

UV index in Patzún in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Patzún peaks around April 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	14	14	15	13	13	14	13	13	12	10	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	14	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	10	Very high

Air quality in Patzún 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 Patzún is worst in April — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.2× the cleanest month (August, 22 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)	26	26	31	48	37	25	23	22	24	23	22	24
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	26	Moderate
Feb	26	Moderate
Mar	31	Moderate
Apr	48	Poor
May	37	Poor
Jun	25	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	24	Moderate
Oct	23	Moderate
Nov	22	Moderate
Dec	24	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Patzún?

Patzún sits at 14.7°N, 91.0°W, 2,229 m above sea level, in Guatemala. The nearest listed city is Tecpán Guatemala, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Patzún

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Patzún has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 403 m around an average of 2,224 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,172 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,942 m.

The land around Patzún is covered by cropland (54%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, trees (65%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) within 80 km.

3 km

403 m

cropland 54%

16 km

2,172 m

trees 65%

80 km

3,942 m

trees 66%

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

April weather nearby: Tecpán Guatemala 9.0 km · Patzicía 11 km · Zaragoza 14 km · Comalapa 15 km · Panajachel 17 km · San Andrés Itzapa 20 km · Sololá 21 km · Chimaltenango 21 km

Guatemala travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 43% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $6,598; 2025
Happiness: 6.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 49%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 23.4; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 22.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 510
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 Patzún (14.6819°, -91.014°, elevation 2,229 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	23	13
2	23	13
3	23	13
4	23	13
5	23	13
6	23	13
7	23	13
8	23	13
9	23	13
10	23	13
11	23	13
12	23	13
13	23	13
14	23	13
15	23	13
16	23	13
17	23	13
18	23	13
19	23	13
20	23	13
21	23	13
22	23	13
23	23	13
24	23	14
25	23	14
26	23	14
27	23	14
28	23	14
29	23	14
30	23	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	59	41
4	58	42
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	55	45
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	52	48
12	51	49
13	50	50
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	47	53
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	42	58
20	41	59
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	34	66
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	36
4	37
5	38
6	38
7	39
8	39
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	41
17	41
18	41
19	42
20	42
21	43
22	44
23	45
24	46
25	47
26	48
27	49
28	50
29	50
30	51

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	70	29	1
2	69	30	1
3	68	31	1
4	66	33	1
5	65	34	1
6	64	35	1
7	63	36	1
8	62	37	1
9	61	38	1
10	61	39	0
11	61	39	0
12	59	40	1
13	59	40	1
14	58	41	1
15	58	41	1
16	57	42	1
17	56	43	1
18	55	44	1
19	54	44	2
20	53	45	2
21	52	46	2
22	50	47	3
23	49	48	3
24	47	49	4
25	46	50	4
26	45	51	4
27	43	53	4
28	42	53	5
29	41	54	5
30	40	55	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	59	41
4	58	42
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	55	45
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	52	48
12	51	49
13	50	50
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	47	53
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	42	58
20	41	59
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	34	66
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	36
4	37
5	38
6	38
7	39
8	39
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	41
17	41
18	41
19	42
20	42
21	43
22	44
23	45
24	46
25	47
26	48
27	49
28	50
29	50
30	51

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	70	29	1
2	69	30	1
3	68	31	1
4	66	33	1
5	65	34	1
6	64	35	1
7	63	36	1
8	62	37	1
9	61	38	1
10	61	39	0
11	61	39	0
12	59	40	1
13	59	40	1
14	58	41	1
15	58	41	1
16	57	42	1
17	56	43	1
18	55	44	1
19	54	44	2
20	53	45	2
21	52	46	2
22	50	47	3
23	49	48	3
24	47	49	4
25	46	50	4
26	45	51	4
27	43	53	4
28	42	53	5
29	41	54	5
30	40	55	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	59	41
4	58	42
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	55	45
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	52	48
12	51	49
13	50	50
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	47	53
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	42	58
20	41	59
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	34	66
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	36
4	37
5	38
6	38
7	39
8	39
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	41
17	41
18	41
19	42
20	42
21	43
22	44
23	45
24	46
25	47
26	48
27	49
28	50
29	50
30	51

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	70	29	1
2	69	30	1
3	68	31	1
4	66	33	1
5	65	34	1
6	64	35	1
7	63	36	1
8	62	37	1
9	61	38	1
10	61	39	0
11	61	39	0
12	59	40	1
13	59	40	1
14	58	41	1
15	58	41	1
16	57	42	1
17	56	43	1
18	55	44	1
19	54	44	2
20	53	45	2
21	52	46	2
22	50	47	3
23	49	48	3
24	47	49	4
25	46	50	4
26	45	51	4
27	43	53	4
28	42	53	5
29	41	54	5
30	40	55	5