Rio Rancho weather in April

In April, Rio Rancho sees average daytime highs of 68°F and overnight lows near 42°F, with 0.6 in of precipitation across 2.8 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 65°F in the first days to 72°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Rio Rancho's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rio Rancho's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 68°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 42°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 0.6 in; 2.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 5:40 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover: 40%; 9th clearest
Wind: 8 mph; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 7.14 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

Rio Rancho is city in Sandoval and Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States.

Density: 326/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1961

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

← March Rio Rancho year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 65°F in the first days to 72°F by the end.

A typical April day in Rio Rancho reaches about 68°F in the afternoon and slips back to 42°F overnight — a 26°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 55°F and 78°F. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 8°F warmer than March and about 10°F 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 (°F)	64	65	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	71	71	71	72	72	72	73
Avg low (°F)	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	46

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	64	39
2	65	39
3	65	39
4	65	39
5	65	39
6	66	40
7	66	40
8	66	40
9	66	40
10	67	41
11	67	41
12	67	41
13	67	41
14	68	42
15	68	42
16	68	42
17	69	42
18	69	43
19	69	43
20	69	43
21	70	44
22	70	44
23	70	44
24	71	44
25	71	45
26	71	45
27	72	45
28	72	46
29	72	46
30	73	46

How April really feels in Rio Rancho

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 0 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 32°F

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.

Rio Rancho weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	46° / 25°	0.6	4.2	2.4	9.9	1.3
Feb	52° / 29°	0.6	3.6	1.7	10.7	3.2
Mar	60° / 35°	0.6	3.6	0.8	11.7	5.9
Apr	68° / 42°	0.6	2.8	0.4	12.9	7.7
May	78° / 51°	0.7	3.2	0	13.8	8.1
Jun	88° / 61°	0.4	2.3	0	14.3	5.6
Jul	89° / 66°	1.2	6.6	0	14.1	4.7
Aug	86° / 64°	1.1	6.2	0	13.3	5.6
Sep	80° / 57°	1.1	4.4	0	12.2	7.8
Oct	69° / 45°	1.1	4.1	0.2	11.1	7.8
Nov	55° / 33°	0.6	3.2	0.9	10.1	4.5
Dec	45° / 25°	0.8	3.8	2.3	9.7	1.2

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% 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 28%.

	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 (%)	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	71	71	72	72	72	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74
Cloudier (%)	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	28	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	74	26
18	74	26
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	74	26

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Rio Rancho gets around 0.6 in of rain and snow over 2.8 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 10% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Snow chance (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

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 8 mph in April, the windiest month of the year.

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:01 AM to 5:23 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 6:45 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	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:01	6:00	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:54	5:53	5:51	5:50	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:36	5:35	5:34	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:23
Sunset (PM)	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:01	6:21
2	12.4	6:00	6:22
3	12.4	5:58	6:23
4	12.4	5:57	6:24
5	12.5	5:56	6:25
6	12.5	5:54	6:25
7	12.6	5:53	6:26
8	12.6	5:51	6:27
9	12.6	5:50	6:28
10	12.7	5:48	6:29
11	12.7	5:47	6:29
12	12.7	5:46	6:30
13	12.8	5:44	6:31
14	12.8	5:43	6:32
15	12.9	5:42	6:33
16	12.9	5:40	6:34
17	12.9	5:39	6:34
18	13.0	5:38	6:35
19	13.0	5:36	6:36
20	13.0	5:35	6:37
21	13.1	5:34	6:38
22	13.1	5:32	6:38
23	13.1	5:31	6:39
24	13.2	5:30	6:40
25	13.2	5:29	6:41
26	13.2	5:28	6:42
27	13.3	5:26	6:43
28	13.3	5:25	6:43
29	13.3	5:24	6:44
30	13.4	5:23	6:45

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 7.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.05 kWh/m² to a high of 8.27 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 7.14 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)	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	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	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.6	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	6.6	Intense
2	6.6	Intense
3	6.7	Intense
4	6.7	Intense
5	6.7	Intense
6	6.8	Intense
7	6.8	Intense
8	6.9	Intense
9	6.9	Intense
10	7.0	Intense
11	7.0	Intense
12	7.0	Intense
13	7.1	Intense
14	7.1	Intense
15	7.2	Intense
16	7.2	Intense
17	7.2	Intense
18	7.3	Intense
19	7.3	Intense
20	7.3	Intense
21	7.3	Intense
22	7.4	Intense
23	7.4	Intense
24	7.4	Intense
25	7.5	Intense
26	7.5	Intense
27	7.5	Intense
28	7.5	Intense
29	7.6	Intense
30	7.6	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Rio Rancho?

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

7.7

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.2

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Rio Rancho for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Rio Rancho in April

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

In April, Rio Rancho sees daytime highs around 68°F and nights near 42°F. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Rio Rancho in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Rio Rancho peaks around June 23 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	5	6	8	9	12	12	11	9	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Rio Rancho?

Rio Rancho sits at 35.2°N, 106.7°W, 5,282 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Enchanted Hills, 8.1 mi away.

Topography around Rio Rancho

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Rio Rancho.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Rio Rancho has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 469 ft around an average of 5,246 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,156 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 6,522 ft.

The land around Rio Rancho is covered by artificial surfaces (68%) and bare terrain (20%) within 2 miles, grassland (39%), artificial surfaces (29%) and bare terrain (20%) within 10 miles, and grassland (55%) and trees (20%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

469 ft

artificial surfaces 68%

10 miles

3,156 ft

grassland 39%

50 miles

6,522 ft

grassland 55%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← March Rio Rancho year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Enchanted Hills 8.1 mi · Albuquerque 11 mi · South Valley 16 mi · Los Lunas 30 mi · Santa Fe 52 mi · Gallup 119 mi · Farmington 135 mi · Durango 157 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 100% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $90,027; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 5.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
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 Rio Rancho (35.2334°, -106.6645°, elevation 5,282 ft), 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 (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	64	39
2	65	39
3	65	39
4	65	39
5	65	39
6	66	40
7	66	40
8	66	40
9	66	40
10	67	41
11	67	41
12	67	41
13	67	41
14	68	42
15	68	42
16	68	42
17	69	42
18	69	43
19	69	43
20	69	43
21	70	44
22	70	44
23	70	44
24	71	44
25	71	45
26	71	45
27	72	45
28	72	46
29	72	46
30	73	46

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	74	26
18	74	26
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	74	26

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

	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 (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	64	39
2	65	39
3	65	39
4	65	39
5	65	39
6	66	40
7	66	40
8	66	40
9	66	40
10	67	41
11	67	41
12	67	41
13	67	41
14	68	42
15	68	42
16	68	42
17	69	42
18	69	43
19	69	43
20	69	43
21	70	44
22	70	44
23	70	44
24	71	44
25	71	45
26	71	45
27	72	45
28	72	46
29	72	46
30	73	46

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	74	26
18	74	26
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	74	26

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

	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 (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	64	39
2	65	39
3	65	39
4	65	39
5	65	39
6	66	40
7	66	40
8	66	40
9	66	40
10	67	41
11	67	41
12	67	41
13	67	41
14	68	42
15	68	42
16	68	42
17	69	42
18	69	43
19	69	43
20	69	43
21	70	44
22	70	44
23	70	44
24	71	44
25	71	45
26	71	45
27	72	45
28	72	46
29	72	46
30	73	46

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	74	26
18	74	26
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	74	26

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

	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