Climate averages 1991–2020
Cúcuta weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Cúcuta: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 155 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes April a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rubio (28 km away). In April its highs average 26.9°C, 2.9°C cooler than Cúcuta, with 136 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Cúcuta ranks joint 14th of 46 for the warmest April highs and 12th of 46 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 46 cities is 26.4°C; Cúcuta is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 155 mm to 97 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
Cúcuta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 78 | 14.1 | 11.712 h |
| February | 29.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 89 | 14.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 138 | 19.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 155 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 97 | 12.8 | 12.512 h |
| June | 31.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 31 | 6.4 | 12.613 h |
| July | 31.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 22 | 5.2 | 12.513 h |
| August | 32.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 33 | 6.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 32.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 59 | 10.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 133 | 18.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 181 | 20.5 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 113 | 16.8 | 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
- Rubio in AprilVenezuela · 28 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.8°C · 136 mm rain
- Táriba in AprilVenezuela · 32 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 136 mm rain
- Ocaña in AprilColombia · 101 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 18.3°C · 200 mm rain
- Aguachica in AprilColombia · 130 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 265 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in AprilVenezuela · 137 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 273 mm rain
- Ejido (approximate) in AprilVenezuela · 156 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 277 mm rain
- Mérida, Venezuela in AprilVenezuela · 165 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 277 mm rain
- Barrancabermeja in AprilColombia · 176 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 357 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 Cúcuta) is explained once on the Cúcuta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.