Santiago de Cao weather in April

In April, Santiago de Cao sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 7 mm of rain across 1.7 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in April, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of April to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Santiago de Cao's 6th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santiago de Cao's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 7 mm; 1.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:22 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover: 66%; 6th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.81 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.8; out of 10

Santiago de Cao is human settlement in 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

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical April day in Santiago de Cao reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 2°C cooler than March and about 2°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)	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

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

Santiago de Cao weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 20°	8	2.3	12.4	7.7
Feb	25° / 22°	16	3.9	12.3	7.4
Mar	24° / 21°	17	5.1	12.1	7.2
Apr	23° / 20°	7	1.7	11.8	7.8
May	21° / 18°	1	0.3	11.6	7.9
Jun	20° / 17°	1	0	11.5	7.9
Jul	19° / 16°	2	0.1	11.6	7.7
Aug	18° / 16°	3	0.3	11.7	7.6
Sep	18° / 16°	2	0.2	12	7.3
Oct	19° / 16°	2	0.3	12.2	7.2
Nov	20° / 17°	2	0.4	12.4	7.3
Dec	21° / 18°	4	1.1	12.5	7.5

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% 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 62%. 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 (%)	21	21	23	24	25	26	28	29	30	33	34	35	37	38	39	39	42	42	43	44	44	45	46	46	47	47	48	48	49	50
Cloudier (%)	79	79	77	76	75	74	72	71	70	67	66	65	63	62	61	61	58	58	57	56	56	55	54	54	53	53	52	52	51	50

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	21	79
3	23	77
4	24	76
5	25	75
6	26	74
7	28	72
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	35	65
13	37	63
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	43	57
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	45	55
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	49	51
30	50	50

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Santiago de Cao gets around 7 mm of rain over 1.7 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 12% on the wettest days. 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 (%)	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the muggy band about 56% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 63% of them.

	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
Humid (%)	13	15	16	18	20	21	23	25	27	29	30	32	34	36	38	39	41	43	44	46	47	48	50	50	52	53	54	55	56	58
Muggy (%)	69	68	68	67	66	66	65	64	63	62	62	61	59	58	57	56	55	53	53	51	50	49	49	48	47	46	45	44	43	42
Oppressive (%)	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	13	69	18
2	15	68	17
3	16	68	16
4	18	67	15
5	20	66	14
6	21	66	13
7	23	65	12
8	25	64	11
9	27	63	10
10	29	62	9
11	30	62	8
12	32	61	7
13	34	59	7
14	36	58	6
15	38	57	5
16	39	56	5
17	41	55	4
18	43	53	4
19	44	53	3
20	46	51	3
21	47	50	3
22	48	49	2
23	50	49	2
24	50	48	2
25	52	47	1
26	53	46	1
27	54	45	1
28	55	44	1
29	56	43	1
30	58	42	0

Wind in April

Winds average 15 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 17 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)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	16	light breeze
19	16	light breeze
20	16	light breeze
21	16	light breeze
22	16	light breeze
23	16	light breeze
24	16	light breeze
25	16	light breeze
26	16	light breeze
27	16	light breeze
28	16	light breeze
29	17	light breeze
30	17	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of April to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:24 AM to 6:22 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:06 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	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22
Sunset (PM)	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:24	6:20
2	11.9	6:23	6:19
3	11.9	6:23	6:19
4	11.9	6:23	6:18
5	11.9	6:23	6:17
6	11.9	6:23	6:17
7	11.9	6:23	6:16
8	11.9	6:23	6:16
9	11.9	6:23	6:15
10	11.9	6:23	6:15
11	11.9	6:23	6:14
12	11.9	6:23	6:14
13	11.8	6:23	6:13
14	11.8	6:23	6:13
15	11.8	6:22	6:12
16	11.8	6:22	6:12
17	11.8	6:22	6:11
18	11.8	6:22	6:11
19	11.8	6:22	6:11
20	11.8	6:22	6:10
21	11.8	6:22	6:10
22	11.8	6:22	6:09
23	11.8	6:22	6:09
24	11.8	6:22	6:08
25	11.8	6:22	6:08
26	11.8	6:22	6:08
27	11.7	6:22	6:07
28	11.7	6:22	6:07
29	11.7	6:22	6:07
30	11.7	6:22	6:06

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.2 kWh/m² to a high of 6.84 kWh/m² in November across the year — April's 5.81 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)	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Santiago de Cao?

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

7.8

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

5.7

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Santiago de Cao for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Santiago de Cao in April

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

In April, Santiago de Cao sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 20°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Santiago de Cao in April

The nearest coast averages about 20°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 February at about 22°C and coldest in October near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jan 3 to Apr 17 — about 3.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	21	22	22	20	19	19	18	17	17	17	18	19
Comfort	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	21	Refreshing
Feb	22	Refreshing
Mar	22	Refreshing
Apr	20	Refreshing
May	19	Cool
Jun	19	Cool
Jul	18	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	17	Cool
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	19	Cool

UV index in Santiago de Cao in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Santiago de Cao peaks around February 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 9 (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)	15	16	15	13	11	9	10	11	11	13	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Santiago de Cao?

Santiago de Cao sits at 8.0°S, 79.2°W, 18 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Chocope, 19 km away.

Topography around Santiago de Cao

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santiago de Cao has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 940 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,279 m.

The land around Santiago de Cao is covered by cropland (53%) and water (21%) within 3 km, water (45%), bare terrain (23%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and water (36%) and bare terrain (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

33 m

cropland 53%

16 km

940 m

water 45%

80 km

4,279 m

water 36%

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← March Santiago de Cao year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Chocope 19 km · Paiján 26 km · Trujillo 29 km · Laredo 34 km · Moche 35 km · San Pedro de Lloc 66 km · Pacasmayo 72 km · Virú 74 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

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 Santiago de Cao (-7.9589°, -79.2392°, elevation 18 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	24	21
2	23	21
3	23	20
4	23	20
5	23	20
6	23	20
7	23	20
8	23	20
9	23	20
10	23	20
11	23	20
12	23	20
13	23	20
14	23	20
15	23	20
16	22	20
17	22	19
18	22	19
19	22	19
20	22	19
21	22	19
22	22	19
23	22	19
24	22	19
25	22	19
26	22	19
27	22	19
28	22	19
29	22	19
30	22	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	21	79
3	23	77
4	24	76
5	25	75
6	26	74
7	28	72
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	35	65
13	37	63
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	43	57
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	45	55
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	49	51
30	50	50

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	13	69	18
2	15	68	17
3	16	68	16
4	18	67	15
5	20	66	14
6	21	66	13
7	23	65	12
8	25	64	11
9	27	63	10
10	29	62	9
11	30	62	8
12	32	61	7
13	34	59	7
14	36	58	6
15	38	57	5
16	39	56	5
17	41	55	4
18	43	53	4
19	44	53	3
20	46	51	3
21	47	50	3
22	48	49	2
23	50	49	2
24	50	48	2
25	52	47	1
26	53	46	1
27	54	45	1
28	55	44	1
29	56	43	1
30	58	42	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	21	79
3	23	77
4	24	76
5	25	75
6	26	74
7	28	72
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	35	65
13	37	63
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	43	57
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	45	55
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	49	51
30	50	50

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	13	69	18
2	15	68	17
3	16	68	16
4	18	67	15
5	20	66	14
6	21	66	13
7	23	65	12
8	25	64	11
9	27	63	10
10	29	62	9
11	30	62	8
12	32	61	7
13	34	59	7
14	36	58	6
15	38	57	5
16	39	56	5
17	41	55	4
18	43	53	4
19	44	53	3
20	46	51	3
21	47	50	3
22	48	49	2
23	50	49	2
24	50	48	2
25	52	47	1
26	53	46	1
27	54	45	1
28	55	44	1
29	56	43	1
30	58	42	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	21	79
3	23	77
4	24	76
5	25	75
6	26	74
7	28	72
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	35	65
13	37	63
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	43	57
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	45	55
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	49	51
30	50	50

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	13	69	18
2	15	68	17
3	16	68	16
4	18	67	15
5	20	66	14
6	21	66	13
7	23	65	12
8	25	64	11
9	27	63	10
10	29	62	9
11	30	62	8
12	32	61	7
13	34	59	7
14	36	58	6
15	38	57	5
16	39	56	5
17	41	55	4
18	43	53	4
19	44	53	3
20	46	51	3
21	47	50	3
22	48	49	2
23	50	49	2
24	50	48	2
25	52	47	1
26	53	46	1
27	54	45	1
28	55	44	1
29	56	43	1
30	58	42	0