Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciénaga weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Ciénaga: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes April a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Marta (26 km away). In April its highs average 27.7°C, 1.8°C cooler than Ciénaga, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Ciénaga ranks 18th of 46 for the warmest April highs and joint 8th of 46 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 46 cities is 26.4°C; Ciénaga is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 140 mm to 305 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
Ciénaga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 21 | 3.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 30.0°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 18 | 3.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 40 | 7.0 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 140 | 17.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 305 | 25.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 220 | 22.0 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 183 | 19.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 225 | 22.4 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 309 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 394 | 28.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 287 | 24.2 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 87 | 12.4 | 11.511 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
- Santa Marta in AprilColombia · 26 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Soledad in AprilColombia · 57 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Barranquilla in AprilColombia · 58 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in AprilColombia · 85 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 80 mm rain
- Valledupar in AprilColombia · 124 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 247 mm rain
- Cartagena in AprilColombia · 152 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 75 mm rain
- Riohacha in AprilColombia · 158 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Magangué in AprilColombia · 204 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 185 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 Ciénaga) is explained once on the Ciénaga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.