Buenos Aires (BA) weather in April
April in Buenos Aires: nice, rainy, with clean air — an excellent time to visit.
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
#4 of 12 months in Buenos Aires · #408 of 1413 destinations to visit in April · comfort 84/100 (tier A)
- Days
- 23°C
- Nights
- 16°C
- Wet days
- 8
- Sun
- 8.2 h
- Humidity
- 76%
- Daylight
- 11 h

What April is like in Buenos Aires
Autumn: mild, dry and clear, with the plane trees turning. One of the two best months of the year.
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Traveller notes on Buenos Aires in April
Buenos Aires forum regulars call April one of the year's most reliable months: “usually delightful,” cooler than the muggy summer but not cold, with autumn just beginning and the trade generally read as excellent. The framing that repeats: “mild warm, not too hot and not too cold,” with a light jacket or shawl enough for evenings dining outdoors. One honest caveat for anyone chasing fall foliage specifically — “the leaves just seem to fall from the trees but not change to brillant colours” the way a North American autumn does. Our record: 21.5°C days, 15.1°C nights, 6.2 rain days and a 20.1°C sea — mild and comparatively dry, matching the “delightful, neither extreme” read closely.
Other months in Buenos Aires
Regulars are specific this month often runs milder than its late-autumn calendar position suggests - one recent visitor who worried about cold found the weather close to perfect or even a touch warm, with autumn's real chill still holding off. Our row backs the mild-cool read, 18.8C over 11.8C nights feeling 9C, with 68mm of rain across 7.1 days and a real 21.8 kph wind. Regulars are consistent this isn't a particularly rainy or dreary month either, pointing to August or September as the wetter stretch by comparison, and call the real draw here noticeably thinner crowds than peak season. The sea sits at 17.6C. The record: humidity 78 percent, 7.4 hours of sun and one of the cleanest air readings in this project, AQI 36.
December opens the summer here and the board argues about the humidity rather than the heat - some compare it to a New York July, others say it is nowhere near Miami. Our column takes the second side: 64 percent humidity with a dew point of 15.3C, so 28.3C reads as 30C rather than worse. The heat builds through the month, with the worst of it after the solstice and into January and February. Early December is the recommended half. One practical note they repeat: the subway is not air-conditioned and is stuffy in summer, so buses, taxis and walking are the way about. The jacarandas have finished by now. The record: 12.1 hours of sun, a 23.7 kph wind and AQI 32.
September is the join between winter and spring here and regulars describe it as pleasant with a gap in it: warm enough by day, cool and fresh once the sun goes, so an evening layer is not optional. Our row gives 19.3C days feeling like 17C over 11.6C nights that feel like 8C, with a 24.1 kph wind doing most of that. The spring flowers are starting. The jacarandas are not - they begin in the first week of November and peak around the 15th to the 20th, so anyone booking this month for the purple streets has come six weeks early. Rain is moderate at 65.6mm across 6.1 days. The record: humidity 74 percent, 8.9 hours of sun and AQI 34.
November is the month Buenos Aires regulars name as the year's best: warm without the heat and the mugginess of January and February, which our row puts at 25.8C days and 16.9C nights. What brings people specifically in this month is the jacarandas. The consensus timetable is that they start in the first week, are at their best somewhere around the 15th to the 20th, and can still be worth seeing at the end of the month - with the standing caveat that the trees keep their own calendar and no year repeats the last. They turn whole avenues and the parks purple. Our row's 25.1 kph wind is the other November fact, and 7.7 precipitation days carry 77.6mm. The record: 11.3 hours of sun, humidity 67 percent and AQI 32.
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Buenos Aires climate normals — April
Monthly averages from ERA5 reanalysis. AQI is the mean US Air Quality Index for the month.
Crowds in Buenos Aires in April
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
Busybetween the peaks, Semana Santa, Feria del Libro
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Best months for Buenos Aires's weather
Ranked by this destination's own climate comfort score across the year — a different thing from how busy it gets (see Crowds above).
Fair weatherBuenos Aires's weather doesn't swing hard through the year — comfort stays fairly steady in every month.
What's on in Buenos Aires in April
Recurring seasonal events, natural spectacles, closures and holidays — curated and sourced.
- Holiday
Semana Santa
2–5 AprEaster & Holy WeekCrowdedBook earlyClosuresHoly Thursday and Good Friday make one of the year's biggest long weekends. Banks and public offices close, long-distance buses and domestic flights sell out, and hotels in popular towns fill at higher rates, so book ahead. Source ↗
- Nature
Autumn in the plane trees
15 Apr – 5 Jun · usuallyAutumn colourThe plátanos along the avenues and through Palermo turn and drop over about six weeks. It is the quiet half of the city's two good seasons, and the cafés put the tables back outside for it.
- Festival
Feria del Libro
22 Apr – 12 May · usuallyArts festivalCrowdedThe largest book fair in the Spanish-speaking world takes over La Rural for three weeks, and the city fills with readings and queues that have nothing to do with tourism. Source ↗
Nearby, and something's on
Within 300 km of Buenos Aires — a day trip or a short hop — with something on this month. Never part of the comfort score.
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Buenos Aires in April — FAQ
- Is April a good time to visit Buenos Aires?
- April in Buenos Aires: nice, rainy, with clean air — an excellent time to visit. It ranks #4 of 12 months for Buenos Aires on SeasonMap's comfort score (84/100).
- What is the weather like in Buenos Aires in April?
- In April, Buenos Aires averages a daily high of 22.9°C and a low of 15.6°C, with about 102.2 mm of rain over roughly 8.3 rainy days.
- What is the air quality in Buenos Aires in April?
- Buenos Aires has a mean US Air Quality Index of about 33 in April.
Within 300 km: Montevideo's Semana Criolla del Prado around 25 Mar – 15 Apr.