San Miguel el Alto weather in April

In April, San Miguel el Alto sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 6 mm of rain across 1.5 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of April to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is San Miguel el Alto's 6th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Miguel el Alto's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 6 mm; 1.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 6:35 AM – 7:04 PM
Cloud cover: 40%; 6th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 7.67 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; out of 10

San Miguel el Alto is municipal seat of San Miguel, State of Jalisco, 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

Highs climb over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical April day in San Miguel el Alto reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 2°C warmer than March and about 1°C cooler 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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15

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

San Miguel el Alto weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 8°	18	2.7	10.9	8.2
Feb	24° / 10°	13	1.8	11.3	8.7
Mar	27° / 11°	9	1.1	11.9	8.4
Apr	29° / 14°	6	1.5	12.5	6.8
May	30° / 16°	27	4.9	13	5.7
Jun	28° / 17°	133	15	13.3	5.1
Jul	26° / 15°	184	20.8	13.1	5.1
Aug	26° / 15°	161	19.1	12.7	5.3
Sep	25° / 15°	137	16.4	12.1	5.7
Oct	25° / 13°	51	7.5	11.5	7.4
Nov	24° / 10°	14	2.7	11	8.6
Dec	23° / 9°	8	1.4	10.7	8.4

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%.

	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 (%)	72	71	71	71	72	71	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	72	72	71	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71
Cloudier (%)	28	29	29	29	28	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	72	28
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	71	29
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

San Miguel el Alto gets around 6 mm of rain over 1.5 wet days in April, the driest month. 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 (%)	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	7

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

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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in April

Winds average 11 km/h in April, the windiest month of the year.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
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12	11	calm
13	11	calm
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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
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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 12 h 12 min at the start of April to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:49 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 7:00 PM to 7:09 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)	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:25
Sunset (PM)	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:49	7:00
2	12.2	6:48	7:00
3	12.2	6:47	7:00
4	12.2	6:46	7:01
5	12.3	6:45	7:01
6	12.3	6:44	7:01
7	12.3	6:43	7:01
8	12.3	6:42	7:02
9	12.3	6:41	7:02
10	12.4	6:41	7:02
11	12.4	6:40	7:03
12	12.4	6:39	7:03
13	12.4	6:38	7:03
14	12.4	6:37	7:04
15	12.5	6:36	7:04
16	12.5	6:35	7:04
17	12.5	6:35	7:05
18	12.5	6:34	7:05
19	12.5	6:33	7:05
20	12.6	6:32	7:06
21	12.6	6:31	7:06
22	12.6	6:30	7:06
23	12.6	6:30	7:07
24	12.6	6:29	7:07
25	12.7	6:28	7:07
26	12.7	6:27	7:08
27	12.7	6:27	7:08
28	12.7	6:26	7:08
29	12.7	6:25	7:09
30	12.7	6:25	7:09

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 7.67 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.82 kWh/m² to a high of 7.67 kWh/m² in April across the year — April's 7.67 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)	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8
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	7.5	Intense
2	7.5	Intense
3	7.5	Intense
4	7.5	Intense
5	7.5	Intense
6	7.5	Intense
7	7.6	Intense
8	7.6	Intense
9	7.6	Intense
10	7.6	Intense
11	7.6	Intense
12	7.6	Intense
13	7.6	Intense
14	7.7	Intense
15	7.7	Intense
16	7.7	Intense
17	7.7	Intense
18	7.7	Intense
19	7.7	Intense
20	7.7	Intense
21	7.7	Intense
22	7.7	Intense
23	7.8	Intense
24	7.8	Intense
25	7.8	Intense
26	7.8	Intense
27	7.8	Intense
28	7.8	Intense
29	7.8	Intense
30	7.8	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for San Miguel el Alto

In seasonPeak

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

San Miguel el Alto's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit San Miguel el Alto?

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

6.8

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

8.6

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit San Miguel el Alto for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for San Miguel el Alto in April

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

In April, San Miguel el Alto sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 14°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in San Miguel el Alto in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in San Miguel el Alto peaks around May 14 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 7 (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)	8	10	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	10	8	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in San Miguel el Alto 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 San Miguel el Alto is worst in May — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	22	21	20	21	23	16	16	17	19	18	20	22
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	22	Moderate
Feb	21	Moderate
Mar	20	Moderate
Apr	21	Moderate
May	23	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	20	Moderate
Dec	22	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is San Miguel el Alto?

San Miguel el Alto sits at 21.0°N, 102.4°W, 1,861 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Jalostotitlán, 16 km away.

Topography around San Miguel el Alto

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of San Miguel el Alto.

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Miguel el Alto has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 128 m around an average of 1,866 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 544 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,640 m.

The land around San Miguel el Alto is covered by cropland (43%) and grassland (30%) within 3 km, grassland (36%), shrubs (31%) and cropland (28%) within 16 km, and shrubs (33%), cropland (33%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

128 m

cropland 43%

16 km

544 m

grassland 36%

80 km

1,640 m

shrubs 33%

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← March San Miguel el Alto year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Jalostotitlán 16 km · San Juan de los Lagos 25 km · Arandas 37 km · Tepatitlán de Morelos 44 km · Teocaltiche 48 km · Purísima de Bustos 54 km · Atotonilco el Alto 54 km · San Francisco del Rincón 56 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 San Miguel el Alto (21.0305°, -102.4023°, elevation 1,861 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	28	13
2	28	13
3	28	13
4	28	13
5	28	13
6	28	13
7	28	13
8	29	13
9	29	13
10	29	13
11	29	13
12	29	13
13	29	14
14	29	14
15	29	14
16	29	14
17	29	14
18	29	14
19	29	14
20	29	14
21	29	14
22	30	14
23	30	14
24	30	14
25	30	14
26	30	14
27	30	15
28	30	15
29	30	15
30	30	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	72	28
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	71	29
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	72	28
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	71	29
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	72	28
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	71	29
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100