Climate averages 1991–2020
Maicao weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Maicao: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th 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 Riohacha (75 km away). In April its highs average 31.6°C, about as warm as Maicao, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Maicao ranks 3rd of 46 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 46 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 46 cities is 26.4°C; Maicao is 5.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 108 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
Maicao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 10 | 3.1 | 11.512 h |
| February | 30.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 5.7 | 1.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 31.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 11 | 2.3 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 32.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 41 | 7.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 108 | 14.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 65 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 40 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 32.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 92 | 13.7 | 12.512 h |
| September | 31.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 153 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 184 | 24.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 126 | 19.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 40 | 9.3 | 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
- Riohacha in AprilColombia · 75 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 48 mm rain
- La Concepción in AprilVenezuela · 95 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Maracaibo in AprilVenezuela · 107 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in AprilVenezuela · 108 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 58 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in AprilVenezuela · 117 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in AprilVenezuela · 123 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 25.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Cabimas in AprilVenezuela · 139 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 153 mm rain
- Valledupar in AprilColombia · 150 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 247 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 Maicao) is explained once on the Maicao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.