Climate averages 1991–2020
Tumaco weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Tumaco: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 379 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Esmeraldas (133 km away). In April its highs average 28.3°C, 0.9°C warmer than Tumaco, with 204 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Tumaco ranks 26th of 46 for the warmest April highs and 45th of 46 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 46 cities is 26.4°C; Tumaco is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 379 mm to 404 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
Tumaco climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 461 | 28.7 | 12.012 h |
| February | 27.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 330 | 24.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 27.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 293 | 23.9 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 27.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 379 | 25.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 27.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 404 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| June | 27.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 288 | 27.0 | 12.212 h |
| July | 26.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 248 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| August | 26.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 210 | 27.1 | 12.212 h |
| September | 26.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 230 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 269 | 25.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 26.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 199 | 21.9 | 12.012 h |
| December | 26.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 313 | 25.6 | 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
- Esmeraldas in AprilEcuador · 133 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 204 mm rain
- Tulcán in AprilEcuador · 162 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.9°C · 258 mm rain
- Ipiales in AprilColombia · 167 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.6°C · 258 mm rain
- Ibarra in AprilEcuador · 177 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 210 mm rain
- Pasto in AprilColombia · 180 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 11.3°C · 231 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in AprilEcuador · 231 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 391 mm rain
- Popayán in AprilColombia · 253 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 289 mm rain
- Pitalito in AprilColombia · 305 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 329 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 Tumaco) is explained once on the Tumaco year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.