Climate averages 1991–2020
Popayán weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Popayán: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 289 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pitalito (90 km away). In April its highs average 22.8°C, about as warm as Popayán, with 329 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Popayán ranks 36th of 46 for the warmest April highs and 35th of 46 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 46 cities is 26.4°C; Popayán is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs stay level at 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 289 mm to 197 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
Popayán climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 233 | 21.9 | 12.012 h |
| February | 22.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 233 | 21.5 | 12.012 h |
| March | 22.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 299 | 25.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 22.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 289 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 22.3°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 197 | 21.7 | 12.212 h |
| June | 22.3°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 93 | 13.9 | 12.312 h |
| July | 22.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 64 | 10.0 | 12.212 h |
| August | 23.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 64 | 9.9 | 12.212 h |
| September | 23.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 145 | 18.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 22.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 268 | 26.4 | 12.112 h |
| November | 21.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 331 | 28.0 | 12.012 h |
| December | 21.6°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 292 | 25.3 | 12.012 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
- Pitalito in AprilColombia · 90 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 329 mm rain
- Cali in AprilColombia · 111 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 296 mm rain
- Yumbo in AprilColombia · 128 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 296 mm rain
- Florencia in AprilColombia · 145 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 239 mm rain
- Pasto in AprilColombia · 155 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 11.3°C · 231 mm rain
- Neiva in AprilColombia · 158 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 207 mm rain
- Ipiales in AprilColombia · 213 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.6°C · 258 mm rain
- Tulcán in AprilEcuador · 218 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.9°C · 258 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 Popayán) is explained once on the Popayán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.