Climate averages 1991–2020
La Dorada weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in La Dorada: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes April a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zipaquirá (87 km away). In April its highs average 18.8°C, 12.8°C cooler than La Dorada, with 212 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, La Dorada ranks joint 4th of 46 for the warmest April highs and 11th of 46 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 46 cities is 26.4°C; La Dorada is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 151 mm to 119 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
La Dorada climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 67 | 12.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 80 | 13.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 156 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 31.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 151 | 19.1 | 12.212 h |
| May | 31.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 119 | 16.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 32.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 35 | 7.9 | 12.412 h |
| July | 32.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 31 | 6.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 33.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 48 | 8.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 33.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 110 | 15.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 211 | 22.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 224 | 23.6 | 11.912 h |
| December | 30.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 116 | 17.2 | 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 · 87 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 10.9°C · 212 mm rain
- Chía in AprilColombia · 94 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 11.4°C · 148 mm rain
- Soacha in AprilColombia · 108 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 11.7°C · 259 mm rain
- Rionegro in AprilColombia · 111 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 319 mm rain
- Bogotá in AprilColombia · 113 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Ibagué in AprilColombia · 127 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 377 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in AprilColombia · 128 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 16.3°C · 254 mm rain
- Caldas in AprilColombia · 129 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 290 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 La Dorada) is explained once on the La Dorada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.