Climate averages 1991–2020
Sabanalarga weather
in April.
A hot, moderately 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 Sabanalarga: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Soledad (36 km away). In April its highs average 30.4°C, 1.8°C cooler than Sabanalarga, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Sabanalarga ranks 1st of 46 for the warmest April highs and 7th of 46 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 46 cities is 26.4°C; Sabanalarga is 5.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 mm to 208 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
Sabanalarga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 6.6 | 1.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 4.7 | 1.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 33.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 20 | 5.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 32.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 80 | 15.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 208 | 25.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 175 | 22.7 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 137 | 20.2 | 12.713 h |
| August | 30.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 197 | 24.5 | 12.512 h |
| September | 30.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 251 | 27.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 277 | 28.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 182 | 23.4 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 52 | 8.9 | 11.512 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
- Soledad in AprilColombia · 36 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Barranquilla in AprilColombia · 41 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Cartagena in AprilColombia · 68 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 75 mm rain
- Ciénaga in AprilColombia · 85 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 140 mm rain
- Santa Marta in AprilColombia · 104 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Magangué in AprilColombia · 156 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 185 mm rain
- Sincelejo in AprilColombia · 156 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 180 mm rain
- Valledupar in AprilColombia · 183 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 Sabanalarga) is explained once on the Sabanalarga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.