Climate averages 1991–2020
Chía weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Chía: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 148 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes April a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zipaquirá (19 km away). In April its highs average 18.8°C, about as warm as Chía, with 212 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Chía ranks 42nd of 46 for the warmest April highs and 10th of 46 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 46 cities is 26.4°C; Chía is 7.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 148 mm to 96 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
Chía climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.2°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 60 | 14.1 | 11.912 h |
| February | 19.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 84 | 15.4 | 12.012 h |
| March | 19.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 140 | 18.8 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 18.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 148 | 19.7 | 12.212 h |
| May | 18.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 96 | 16.3 | 12.312 h |
| June | 18.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 39 | 10.2 | 12.412 h |
| July | 18.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 33 | 9.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 19.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 24 | 7.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 19.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 34 | 10.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 18.9°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 100 | 17.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 18.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 129 | 20.6 | 11.912 h |
| December | 18.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 77 | 15.8 | 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
- Zipaquirá in AprilColombia · 19 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 10.9°C · 212 mm rain
- Bogotá in AprilColombia · 28 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Soacha in AprilColombia · 36 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 11.7°C · 259 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in AprilColombia · 67 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 16.3°C · 254 mm rain
- La Dorada in AprilColombia · 94 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 151 mm rain
- Villavicencio in AprilColombia · 94 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 253 mm rain
- Ibagué in AprilColombia · 135 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 377 mm rain
- Duitama in AprilColombia · 156 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 11.0°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 Chía) is explained once on the Chía year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.