Sunland Park weather in April

In April, Sunland Park sees average daytime highs of 79°F and overnight lows near 52°F, with 0.2 in of rain across 1 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 75°F in the first days to 82°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Sunland Park's 4th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sunland Park's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 79°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 52°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 0.2 in; 1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 48 min; 5:43 AM – 6:30 PM
Cloud cover: 28%; 4th clearest
Wind: 9 mph; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 7.59 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.6; out of 10

Sunland Park is city in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States.

Density: 529/km²; people per km²

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 75°F in the first days to 82°F by the end.

A typical April day in Sunland Park reaches about 79°F in the afternoon and slips back to 52°F overnight — a 27°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 68°F and 87°F. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 8°F warmer than March and about 9°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)	75	75	75	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	83	83
Avg low (°F)	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	55	55	55	55

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	75	48
2	75	48
3	75	49
4	76	49
5	76	49
6	76	49
7	76	49
8	77	50
9	77	50
10	77	50
11	77	50
12	78	51
13	78	51
14	78	51
15	79	51
16	79	52
17	79	52
18	79	52
19	80	52
20	80	53
21	80	53
22	81	53
23	81	53
24	81	54
25	81	54
26	82	54
27	82	55
28	82	55
29	83	55
30	83	55

How April really feels in Sunland Park

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.

Sunland Park weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	57° / 34°	0.5	3	0.5	10.2	5.0
Feb	63° / 39°	0.5	2.6	0.1	10.8	6.8
Mar	71° / 45°	0.4	1.9	0	11.8	8.3
Apr	79° / 52°	0.2	1	0	12.8	8.6
May	87° / 60°	0.3	1.8	0	13.6	5.9
Jun	95° / 69°	0.4	2.2	0	14	3.2
Jul	94° / 72°	1.2	5.7	0	13.9	3.2
Aug	92° / 71°	1.0	5.3	0	13.2	3.9
Sep	87° / 64°	1.2	4.1	0	12.2	5.8
Oct	78° / 53°	0.7	3.5	0.1	11.2	8.2
Nov	66° / 42°	0.5	2.3	0.1	10.4	7.5
Dec	56° / 34°	0.7	3.6	0.6	10	4.8

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%.

	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 (%)	79	79	79	79	79	78	80	80	80	80	80	80	81	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	83	83	83	83	83
Cloudier (%)	21	21	21	21	21	22	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	78	22
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	81	19
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Sunland Park gets around 0.2 in of rain over 1 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 3% and peaks near 4% 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	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

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

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 9 mph on the calmest days to 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	Wind speed (mph)	Feels
1	9	light breeze
2	9	light breeze
3	9	light breeze
4	9	light breeze
5	9	light breeze
6	9	light breeze
7	9	light breeze
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18	9	light breeze
19	9	light breeze
20	9	light breeze
21	9	light breeze
22	9	light breeze
23	9	light breeze
24	9	light breeze
25	9	light breeze
26	9	light breeze
27	9	light breeze
28	9	light breeze
29	9	light breeze
30	9	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 54 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:02 AM to 5:28 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:40 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	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:49	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:28
Sunset (PM)	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:02	6:20
2	12.3	6:01	6:20
3	12.4	6:00	6:21
4	12.4	5:58	6:22
5	12.4	5:57	6:22
6	12.5	5:56	6:23
7	12.5	5:54	6:24
8	12.5	5:53	6:24
9	12.6	5:52	6:25
10	12.6	5:51	6:26
11	12.6	5:49	6:26
12	12.7	5:48	6:27
13	12.7	5:47	6:28
14	12.7	5:46	6:29
15	12.7	5:44	6:29
16	12.8	5:43	6:30
17	12.8	5:42	6:31
18	12.8	5:41	6:31
19	12.9	5:40	6:32
20	12.9	5:38	6:33
21	12.9	5:37	6:33
22	13.0	5:36	6:34
23	13.0	5:35	6:35
24	13.0	5:34	6:35
25	13.1	5:33	6:36
26	13.1	5:32	6:37
27	13.1	5:31	6:38
28	13.1	5:30	6:38
29	13.2	5:29	6:39
30	13.2	5:28	6:40

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 7.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.45 kWh/m² to a high of 8.26 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 7.59 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)	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	8.0	8.0	8.0
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	7.1	Intense
2	7.1	Intense
3	7.1	Intense
4	7.2	Intense
5	7.2	Intense
6	7.3	Intense
7	7.3	Intense
8	7.3	Intense
9	7.4	Intense
10	7.4	Intense
11	7.5	Intense
12	7.5	Intense
13	7.5	Intense
14	7.6	Intense
15	7.6	Intense
16	7.6	Intense
17	7.7	Intense
18	7.7	Intense
19	7.7	Intense
20	7.8	Intense
21	7.8	Intense
22	7.8	Intense
23	7.8	Intense
24	7.9	Intense
25	7.9	Intense
26	7.9	Intense
27	7.9	Intense
28	8.0	Intense
29	8.0	Intense
30	8.0	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Sunland Park?

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

8.6

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.2

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Sunland Park for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Sunland Park in April

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

In April, Sunland Park sees daytime highs around 79°F and nights near 52°F. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

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UV index in Sunland Park in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sunland Park peaks around June 22 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 4 (moderate).

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)	5	6	8	11	11	12	12	12	10	7	5	4
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	11	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	5	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Sunland Park 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 Sunland Park is worst in December — around 16 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)	15	15	13	14	12	13	12	11	13	13	15	16
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	13	Moderate
Apr	14	Moderate
May	12	Moderate
Jun	13	Moderate
Jul	12	Good
Aug	11	Good
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	16	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Sunland Park?

Sunland Park sits at 31.8°N, 106.6°W, 3,806 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is El Paso, 6.2 mi away.

Topography around Sunland Park

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Sunland Park has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 787 ft around an average of 3,898 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,432 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,125 ft.

The land around Sunland Park is covered by shrubs (38%), artificial surfaces (28%) and bare terrain (28%) within 2 miles, shrubs (42%), bare terrain (27%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 10 miles, and shrubs (43%) and bare terrain (42%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

787 ft

shrubs 38%

10 miles

3,432 ft

shrubs 42%

50 miles

5,125 ft

shrubs 43%

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← March Sunland Park year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: El Paso 6.2 mi · Ciudad Juárez 8.7 mi · Socorro 19 mi · Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia 21 mi · Horizon City 23 mi · Las Cruces 37 mi · Alamogordo 85 mi · Nuevo Casas Grandes 124 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 Sunland Park (31.7965°, -106.58°, elevation 3,806 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. 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 (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	75	48
2	75	48
3	75	49
4	76	49
5	76	49
6	76	49
7	76	49
8	77	50
9	77	50
10	77	50
11	77	50
12	78	51
13	78	51
14	78	51
15	79	51
16	79	52
17	79	52
18	79	52
19	80	52
20	80	53
21	80	53
22	81	53
23	81	53
24	81	54
25	81	54
26	82	54
27	82	55
28	82	55
29	83	55
30	83	55

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	78	22
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	81	19
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17

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

	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	75	48
2	75	48
3	75	49
4	76	49
5	76	49
6	76	49
7	76	49
8	77	50
9	77	50
10	77	50
11	77	50
12	78	51
13	78	51
14	78	51
15	79	51
16	79	52
17	79	52
18	79	52
19	80	52
20	80	53
21	80	53
22	81	53
23	81	53
24	81	54
25	81	54
26	82	54
27	82	55
28	82	55
29	83	55
30	83	55

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	78	22
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	81	19
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17

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

	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	75	48
2	75	48
3	75	49
4	76	49
5	76	49
6	76	49
7	76	49
8	77	50
9	77	50
10	77	50
11	77	50
12	78	51
13	78	51
14	78	51
15	79	51
16	79	52
17	79	52
18	79	52
19	80	52
20	80	53
21	80	53
22	81	53
23	81	53
24	81	54
25	81	54
26	82	54
27	82	55
28	82	55
29	83	55
30	83	55

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	78	22
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	81	19
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17

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

	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