Climate averages 1991–2020
Caldas weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Caldas: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 290 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Medellín (19 km away). In April its highs average 24.2°C, 1.6°C warmer than Caldas, with 335 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Caldas ranks 35th of 46 for the warmest April highs and 36th of 46 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 46 cities is 26.4°C; Caldas is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 290 mm to 347 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
Caldas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 111 | 18.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 23.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 138 | 19.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 23.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 214 | 25.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 22.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 290 | 27.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 22.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 347 | 28.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 22.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 239 | 26.2 | 12.512 h |
| July | 23.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 198 | 24.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 24.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 197 | 23.6 | 12.312 h |
| September | 23.2°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 253 | 26.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 22.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 302 | 28.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 21.2°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 275 | 27.6 | 11.812 h |
| December | 22.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 169 | 21.9 | 11.812 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
- Medellín in AprilColombia · 19 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.6°C · 335 mm rain
- Bello in AprilColombia · 29 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 335 mm rain
- Rionegro in AprilColombia · 30 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 319 mm rain
- Quibdó in AprilColombia · 122 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 609 mm rain
- La Dorada in AprilColombia · 129 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 151 mm rain
- Ibagué in AprilColombia · 190 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 377 mm rain
- Chigorodó in AprilColombia · 210 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 284 mm rain
- Montelíbano in AprilColombia · 211 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 169 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 Caldas) is explained once on the Caldas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.