Ilave weather in April

In April, Ilave sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 75 mm of precipitation across 15.9 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of April to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Ilave's 7th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ilave's year-round climate.

Daytime high
14°
6th warmest
Overnight low
6th coldest
Precipitation
75 mm
15.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
5:50 AM – 5:28 PM
Cloud cover
60%
7th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
6.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Ilave is capital city of El Collao, Puno, Peru.

Founded
1782

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month.

A typical April day in Ilave reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with March and on par with May.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1146
2146
3146
4146
5145
6145
7145
8145
9145
10145
11145
12145
13145
14145
15145
16145
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22144
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25144
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27144
28144
29144
30154

How April really feels in Ilave

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Ilave 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan14° / 22227.80.312.92.4
Feb14° / 20225.30.512.52.3
Mar14° / 16425.60.312.12.6
Apr14° / 7515.90.211.63.7
May15° / 226.3011.35.0
Jun14° / 123.30.211.15.1
Jul14° / 123.20.511.15.1
Aug14° / 246.10.711.55.0
Sep15° / 5010.80.711.94.7
Oct16° / 7614.70.912.44.3
Nov16° / 77160.212.84.2
Dec15° / 15323.50.312.93.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23367
33367
43664
53664
63763
73961
84159
94060
104258
114357
124555
134555
144753
154852
164852
174951
185149
195248
205347
215347
225545
235644
245842
255941
266040
276238
286337
296436
306535

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Ilave gets around 75 mm of rain and snow over 15.9 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 53% and peaks near 70% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%80%151015202530
Rain chance (%)
170
269
368
467
566
665
764
863
962
1061
1159
1258
1357
1456
1555
1654
1752
1851
1949
2048
2146
2244
2343
2441
2539
2638
2737
2835
2934
3033

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.

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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100

Wind in April

Winds average 8 km/h in April, the calmest month.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
198calm
208calm
218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of April to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:47 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 5:19 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.95:475:39
211.85:485:38
311.85:485:38
411.85:485:37
511.85:485:36
611.85:485:35
711.85:485:35
811.85:485:34
911.75:495:33
1011.75:495:32
1111.75:495:32
1211.75:495:31
1311.75:495:30
1411.75:495:29
1511.75:505:29
1611.65:505:28
1711.65:505:27
1811.65:505:27
1911.65:505:26
2011.65:505:25
2111.65:515:25
2211.65:515:24
2311.55:515:23
2411.55:515:23
2511.55:525:22
2611.55:525:22
2711.55:525:21
2811.55:525:20
2911.55:525:20
3011.45:535:19

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.53 kWh/m² to a high of 8.13 kWh/m² in November across the year — April's 6.31 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
26.5Intense
36.4Intense
46.4Intense
56.4Intense
66.4Intense
76.4Intense
86.4Intense
96.4Intense
106.4Intense
116.4Intense
126.3Intense
136.3Intense
146.3Intense
156.3Intense
166.3Intense
176.3Intense
186.3Intense
196.3Intense
206.3Intense
216.3Intense
226.2Intense
236.2Intense
246.2Intense
256.2Intense
266.2Intense
276.2Intense
286.2Intense
296.2Intense
306.1Intense
Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Ilave

In seasonPeak

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

Ilave's monsoon runs December–March, 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 Ilave?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ilave.

What to pack for Ilave in April

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

In April, Ilave sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 5°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 16 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Ilave 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 Ilave peaks around February 9 at about 19 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 9UV 19Jun 21UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan19Extreme
Feb19Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct17Extreme
Nov17Extreme
Dec17Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Ilave?

Ilave sits at 16.1°S, 69.7°W, 3,841 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Puno, 47 km away.

SorataTiahuanacoLaja

Topography around Ilave

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ilave has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 m around an average of 3,850 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 743 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,579 m.

The land around Ilave is covered by grassland (47%) and cropland (40%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and cropland (44%) within 16 km, and grassland (55%) and water (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
135 m
16 km
743 m
80 km
1,579 m
grasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
April weather nearby: Puno 47 km · Isla del Sol 56 km · Copacabana 63 km · Juliaca 82 km · San Miguel 83 km · Sorata 114 km · Tiahuanaco 118 km · Laja 146 km

Peru travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B / C
220 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 51% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$9,684
2025
Happiness
6.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
49%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
8.6
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
13.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 519
Religion
Catholic 76%Evangelical Christian 16%no religion 5%other religions 3%

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 Ilave (-16.0833°, -69.6667°, elevation 3,841 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).