Lázaro Cárdenas weather in April

In April, Lázaro Cárdenas sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 6 mm of rain across 1.4 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Lázaro Cárdenas's 4th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lázaro Cárdenas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 6 mm; 1.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 42 min; 5:22 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover: 29%; 4th clearest
Wind: 19 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 7.23 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.6; out of 10

Lázaro Cárdenas is town in San Quintín Municipality, State of Baja California, Mexico.

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month.

A typical April day in Lázaro Cárdenas reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C warmer than March and on par with 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	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	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	14	14	14

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

Lázaro Cárdenas weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 8th-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	17° / 12°	32	3.5	10.2	6.6
Feb	17° / 12°	39	4.4	10.9	6.3
Mar	17° / 13°	27	3.1	11.8	6.8
Apr	18° / 13°	6	1.4	12.7	7.6
May	19° / 14°	2	0.4	13.5	7.9
Jun	20° / 16°	1	0.2	13.9	8.3
Jul	22° / 18°	1	0.2	13.8	8.8
Aug	23° / 19°	2	0.2	13.1	9.2
Sep	24° / 19°	4	0.5	12.2	9.3
Oct	22° / 17°	11	0.9	11.3	8.7
Nov	19° / 15°	11	1.8	10.5	7.9
Dec	17° / 12°	27	3.3	10.1	6.7

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% 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 16%.

	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 (%)	80	80	82	82	82	82	83	83	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86
Cloudier (%)	20	20	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Lázaro Cárdenas gets around 6 mm of rain over 1.4 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 5% and peaks near 7% 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 (%)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

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 86% 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	94	94	93	93	93	92	92	91	91	90	90	89	89	88	87	87	86	85	83	82	81	80	79	78	77	76	74	73
Comfortable (%)	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	25	26
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	94	6	0
2	94	6	0
3	94	6	0
4	94	6	0
5	93	7	0
6	93	7	0
7	93	7	0
8	92	8	0
9	92	8	0
10	91	9	0
11	91	9	0
12	90	10	0
13	90	10	0
14	89	11	0
15	89	11	0
16	88	12	0
17	87	13	0
18	87	13	0
19	86	14	0
20	85	15	0
21	83	16	1
22	82	17	1
23	81	18	1
24	80	19	1
25	79	20	1
26	78	21	1
27	77	22	1
28	76	23	1
29	74	25	1
30	73	26	1

Wind in April

Winds average 19 km/h in April.

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:40 AM to 5:07 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 6:15 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)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:36	5:35	5:34	5:33	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:12	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:08	5:07
Sunset (PM)	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:15

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:40	5:57
2	12.3	5:39	5:57
3	12.3	5:38	5:58
4	12.4	5:36	5:59
5	12.4	5:35	5:59
6	12.4	5:34	6:00
7	12.5	5:33	6:00
8	12.5	5:31	6:01
9	12.5	5:30	6:02
10	12.6	5:29	6:02
11	12.6	5:28	6:03
12	12.6	5:26	6:04
13	12.6	5:25	6:04
14	12.7	5:24	6:05
15	12.7	5:23	6:06
16	12.7	5:22	6:06
17	12.8	5:21	6:07
18	12.8	5:19	6:07
19	12.8	5:18	6:08
20	12.9	5:17	6:09
21	12.9	5:16	6:09
22	12.9	5:15	6:10
23	12.9	5:14	6:11
24	13.0	5:13	6:11
25	13.0	5:12	6:12
26	13.0	5:11	6:13
27	13.1	5:10	6:13
28	13.1	5:09	6:14
29	13.1	5:08	6:15
30	13.1	5:07	6:15

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 7.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.5 kWh/m² to a high of 7.79 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 7.23 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)	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.6
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	6.7	Intense
2	6.8	Intense
3	6.8	Intense
4	6.8	Intense
5	6.9	Intense
6	6.9	Intense
7	7.0	Intense
8	7.0	Intense
9	7.0	Intense
10	7.1	Intense
11	7.1	Intense
12	7.2	Intense
13	7.2	Intense
14	7.2	Intense
15	7.3	Intense
16	7.3	Intense
17	7.3	Intense
18	7.3	Intense
19	7.3	Intense
20	7.4	Intense
21	7.4	Intense
22	7.4	Intense
23	7.4	Intense
24	7.5	Intense
25	7.5	Intense
26	7.5	Intense
27	7.5	Intense
28	7.5	Intense
29	7.5	Intense
30	7.6	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Lázaro Cárdenas?

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

7.6

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

2.5

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Lázaro Cárdenas in April

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

In April, Lázaro Cárdenas sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 13°C. Pack sun protection.

sun protection

Sea temperature near Lázaro Cárdenas 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 at the nearest coast (about 18 km away) is warmest in September at about 20°C and coldest in March near 15°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	15	16	17	19	20	20	19	18	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	16	Cool
Mar	15	Cool
Apr	15	Cool
May	16	Cool
Jun	17	Cool
Jul	19	Cool
Aug	20	Cool
Sep	20	Cool
Oct	19	Cool
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Lázaro Cárdenas in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lázaro Cárdenas peaks around June 23 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 4 (moderate).

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)	4	5	6	9	8	11	11	11	9	7	5	3
Level	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	6	High
Apr	9	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Lázaro Cárdenas?

Lázaro Cárdenas sits at 30.5°N, 115.9°W, 50 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is San Felipe, 118 km away.

Topography around Lázaro Cárdenas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lázaro Cárdenas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 96 m around an average of 22 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 3,027 m.

The land around Lázaro Cárdenas is covered by cropland (34%) and shrubs (25%) within 3 km, shrubs (45%) and water (21%) within 16 km, and shrubs (59%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

96 m

cropland 34%

16 km

525 m

shrubs 45%

80 km

3,027 m

shrubs 59%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

April weather nearby: San Felipe 118 km · Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada 146 km · Ensenada 163 km · Ciudad Guadalupe Victoria 211 km · Rosarito 230 km · Las Delicias 230 km · Villa del Prado 2da Sección 233 km · Puebla 233 km

Mexico travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 / 127 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 54% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $13,889; 2025
Happiness: 7.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 43%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 24.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.8; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 440
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 Lázaro Cárdenas (30.5266°, -115.9314°, elevation 50 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	13
2	17	13
3	18	13
4	18	13
5	18	13
6	18	13
7	18	13
8	18	13
9	18	13
10	18	13
11	18	13
12	18	13
13	18	13
14	18	13
15	18	13
16	18	13
17	18	13
18	18	13
19	18	13
20	18	13
21	18	14
22	18	14
23	18	14
24	18	14
25	18	14
26	19	14
27	19	14
28	19	14
29	19	14
30	19	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	94	6	0
2	94	6	0
3	94	6	0
4	94	6	0
5	93	7	0
6	93	7	0
7	93	7	0
8	92	8	0
9	92	8	0
10	91	9	0
11	91	9	0
12	90	10	0
13	90	10	0
14	89	11	0
15	89	11	0
16	88	12	0
17	87	13	0
18	87	13	0
19	86	14	0
20	85	15	0
21	83	16	1
22	82	17	1
23	81	18	1
24	80	19	1
25	79	20	1
26	78	21	1
27	77	22	1
28	76	23	1
29	74	25	1
30	73	26	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	94	6	0
2	94	6	0
3	94	6	0
4	94	6	0
5	93	7	0
6	93	7	0
7	93	7	0
8	92	8	0
9	92	8	0
10	91	9	0
11	91	9	0
12	90	10	0
13	90	10	0
14	89	11	0
15	89	11	0
16	88	12	0
17	87	13	0
18	87	13	0
19	86	14	0
20	85	15	0
21	83	16	1
22	82	17	1
23	81	18	1
24	80	19	1
25	79	20	1
26	78	21	1
27	77	22	1
28	76	23	1
29	74	25	1
30	73	26	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	94	6	0
2	94	6	0
3	94	6	0
4	94	6	0
5	93	7	0
6	93	7	0
7	93	7	0
8	92	8	0
9	92	8	0
10	91	9	0
11	91	9	0
12	90	10	0
13	90	10	0
14	89	11	0
15	89	11	0
16	88	12	0
17	87	13	0
18	87	13	0
19	86	14	0
20	85	15	0
21	83	16	1
22	82	17	1
23	81	18	1
24	80	19	1
25	79	20	1
26	78	21	1
27	77	22	1
28	76	23	1
29	74	25	1
30	73	26	1