Climate averages 1991–2020
Arauca weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Arauca: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 181 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Socopó (128 km away). In April its highs average 29.2°C, 1.8°C cooler than Arauca, with 151 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Arauca ranks 10th of 46 for the warmest April highs and 21st of 46 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 46 cities is 26.4°C; Arauca is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 181 mm to 324 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Arauca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 15 | 2.7 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 21 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 55 | 7.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 31.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 181 | 19.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 324 | 26.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 375 | 28.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 346 | 27.9 | 12.512 h |
| August | 29.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 293 | 27.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 244 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 211 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 145 | 20.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 30.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 51 | 9.5 | 11.712 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Socopó in AprilVenezuela · 128 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 151 mm rain
- Ejido (approximate) in AprilVenezuela · 171 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 277 mm rain
- Mérida, Venezuela in AprilVenezuela · 172 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 277 mm rain
- Táriba in AprilVenezuela · 181 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 136 mm rain
- Rubio in AprilVenezuela · 189 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.8°C · 136 mm rain
- Cúcuta in AprilColombia · 213 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Guanare in AprilVenezuela · 245 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 137 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in AprilVenezuela · 249 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 273 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Arauca) is explained once on the Arauca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.