Climate averages 1991–2020

Chigorodó weather
in April.

A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.8°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 23.4°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 284 mm 27 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Chigorodó · average highYear overview

April is a hot month in Chigorodó: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 284 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Apartadó (25 km away). In April its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Chigorodó, with 174 mm of rain.

Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Chigorodó ranks joint 14th of 46 for the warmest April highs and 34th of 46 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 46 cities is 26.4°C; Chigorodó is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.

From April to May, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 284 mm to 444 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 5000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Chigorodó climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Chigorodó, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 29.4°C23.1°C23.1°C10121.511.712 h
February 30.1°C23.6°C23.6°C8115.111.912 h
March 30.4°C23.7°C23.7°C14119.812.112 h
April, selected 29.8°C23.4°C23.4°C28426.912.312 h
May 29.2°C23.1°C23.1°C44430.112.512 h
June 28.9°C22.8°C22.8°C42429.512.613 h
July 29.0°C22.6°C22.6°C49130.512.513 h
August 29.2°C22.7°C22.7°C44530.312.412 h
September 29.1°C22.6°C22.6°C39529.612.212 h
October 28.8°C22.6°C22.6°C33829.412.012 h
November 28.5°C22.5°C22.5°C30426.911.812 h
December 28.9°C22.7°C22.7°C21027.311.712 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

Distance from Chigorodó

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chigorodó) is explained once on the Chigorodó year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.