San Miguel weather in April

In April, San Miguel sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 75 mm of precipitation across 16.6 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is San Miguel's 6th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Miguel's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 75 mm; 16.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 5:51 AM – 5:30 PM
Cloud cover: 62%; 6th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 6.27 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

San Miguel is town in Puno, Peru.

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 15°C through the month.

A typical April day in San Miguel reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with 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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

How April really feels in San Miguel

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.

San Miguel weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 9th-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	15° / 6°	203	26.8	12.8	2.7
Feb	15° / 6°	184	24.3	12.5	2.7
Mar	15° / 6°	162	25.6	12.1	2.9
Apr	15° / 4°	75	16.6	11.7	4.0
May	16° / 1°	18	5.2	11.3	5.7
Jun	16° / -1°	6	1.4	11.1	6.2
Jul	16° / -1°	6	1.8	11.2	6.3
Aug	16° / 1°	16	3.9	11.5	6.4
Sep	17° / 3°	44	10	11.9	5.8
Oct	17° / 5°	76	14.8	12.4	5.0
Nov	18° / 6°	80	15.1	12.7	4.9
Dec	16° / 6°	144	22.8	12.9	3.5

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%. Skies tend to open up 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 (%)	29	31	31	33	34	35	36	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	46	47	47	48	48	50	51	52	53	55	56	57	60	61	63	64
Cloudier (%)	71	69	69	67	66	65	64	62	61	60	59	58	57	56	54	53	53	52	52	50	49	48	47	45	44	43	40	39	37	36

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	33	67
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	40	60
11	41	59
12	42	58
13	43	57
14	44	56
15	46	54
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	50	50
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	53	47
24	55	45
25	56	44
26	57	43
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	63	37
30	64	36

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

San Miguel gets around 75 mm of rain and snow over 16.6 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 55% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease 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 (%)	75	73	72	71	69	68	66	65	64	62	61	60	58	57	56	55	53	52	51	49	48	46	45	43	42	40	39	37	36	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	75
2	73
3	72
4	71
5	69
6	68
7	66
8	65
9	64
10	62
11	61
12	60
13	58
14	57
15	56
16	55
17	53
18	52
19	51
20	49
21	48
22	46
23	45
24	43
25	42
26	40
27	39
28	37
29	36
30	34

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 7 km/h in April.

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of April to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:49 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 5:41 PM to 5:22 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)	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54
Sunset (PM)	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:37	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:35	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:28	5:27	5:26	5:26	5:25	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:23	5:22	5:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	5:49	5:41
2	11.9	5:49	5:40
3	11.8	5:49	5:40
4	11.8	5:49	5:39
5	11.8	5:50	5:38
6	11.8	5:50	5:37
7	11.8	5:50	5:37
8	11.8	5:50	5:36
9	11.8	5:50	5:35
10	11.7	5:50	5:35
11	11.7	5:50	5:34
12	11.7	5:51	5:33
13	11.7	5:51	5:32
14	11.7	5:51	5:32
15	11.7	5:51	5:31
16	11.7	5:51	5:30
17	11.6	5:51	5:30
18	11.6	5:51	5:29
19	11.6	5:52	5:28
20	11.6	5:52	5:28
21	11.6	5:52	5:27
22	11.6	5:52	5:26
23	11.6	5:52	5:26
24	11.5	5:53	5:25
25	11.5	5:53	5:25
26	11.5	5:53	5:24
27	11.5	5:53	5:23
28	11.5	5:53	5:23
29	11.5	5:54	5:22
30	11.5	5:54	5:22

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.6 kWh/m² to a high of 7.98 kWh/m² in November across the year — April's 6.27 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)	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	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	6.1
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	6.4	Intense
2	6.4	Intense
3	6.4	Intense
4	6.4	Intense
5	6.3	Intense
6	6.3	Intense
7	6.3	Intense
8	6.3	Intense
9	6.3	Intense
10	6.3	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.3	Intense
15	6.3	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.3	Intense
18	6.3	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.2	Intense
21	6.2	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.2	Intense
30	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for San Miguel

In seasonPeak

None of San Miguel'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'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 San Miguel?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.2

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit San Miguel for sightseeing.

What to pack for San Miguel in April

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

In April, San Miguel sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 4°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 17 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectiona warm layer

UV index in San Miguel 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 peaks around February 9 at about 19 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 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)	19	19	17	14	11	10	10	13	14	16	17	17
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	19	Extreme
Feb	19	Extreme
Mar	17	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	16	Extreme
Nov	17	Extreme
Dec	17	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is San Miguel?

San Miguel sits at 15.5°S, 70.1°W, 3,831 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Juliaca, 3.0 km away.

Topography around San Miguel

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Miguel has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m around an average of 3,826 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 604 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,579 m.

The land around San Miguel is covered by artificial surfaces (76%) within 3 km, grassland (49%) and cropland (41%) within 16 km, and grassland (67%) within 80 km.

3 km

126 m

artificial surfaces 76%

16 km

604 m

grassland 49%

80 km

1,579 m

grassland 67%

grasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

April weather nearby: Juliaca 3.0 km · Puno 42 km · Ayaviri 82 km · Ilave 83 km · La Rinconada 119 km · Isla del Sol 122 km · Copacabana 136 km · Yauri 158 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
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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 (-15.478°, -70.125°, elevation 3,831 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	33	67
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	40	60
11	41	59
12	42	58
13	43	57
14	44	56
15	46	54
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	50	50
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	53	47
24	55	45
25	56	44
26	57	43
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	63	37
30	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	75
2	73
3	72
4	71
5	69
6	68
7	66
8	65
9	64
10	62
11	61
12	60
13	58
14	57
15	56
16	55
17	53
18	52
19	51
20	49
21	48
22	46
23	45
24	43
25	42
26	40
27	39
28	37
29	36
30	34

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	33	67
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	40	60
11	41	59
12	42	58
13	43	57
14	44	56
15	46	54
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	50	50
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	53	47
24	55	45
25	56	44
26	57	43
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	63	37
30	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	75
2	73
3	72
4	71
5	69
6	68
7	66
8	65
9	64
10	62
11	61
12	60
13	58
14	57
15	56
16	55
17	53
18	52
19	51
20	49
21	48
22	46
23	45
24	43
25	42
26	40
27	39
28	37
29	36
30	34

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	33	67
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	40	60
11	41	59
12	42	58
13	43	57
14	44	56
15	46	54
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	50	50
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	53	47
24	55	45
25	56	44
26	57	43
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	63	37
30	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	75
2	73
3	72
4	71
5	69
6	68
7	66
8	65
9	64
10	62
11	61
12	60
13	58
14	57
15	56
16	55
17	53
18	52
19	51
20	49
21	48
22	46
23	45
24	43
25	42
26	40
27	39
28	37
29	36
30	34

	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