Climate averages 1991–2020
Valledupar weather
in April.
A warm, very 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 warm month in Valledupar: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 247 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 9th 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 Machiques (89 km away). In April its highs average 32.2°C, 4.5°C warmer than Valledupar, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Valledupar ranks joint 23rd of 46 for the warmest April highs and 28th of 46 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 46 cities is 26.4°C; Valledupar is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 247 mm to 336 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
Valledupar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 26 | 4.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 36 | 5.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 103 | 12.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 27.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 247 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 27.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 336 | 28.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 163 | 24.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 101 | 19.5 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 147 | 23.2 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 207 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 315 | 27.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 26.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 308 | 22.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 90 | 11.1 | 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
- Machiques in AprilVenezuela · 89 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 89 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in AprilVenezuela · 104 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Ciénaga in AprilColombia · 124 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 140 mm rain
- Riohacha in AprilColombia · 126 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Santa Marta in AprilColombia · 134 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Maicao in AprilColombia · 150 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 41 mm rain
- La Concepción in AprilVenezuela · 156 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in AprilVenezuela · 171 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 25.9°C · 59 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 Valledupar) is explained once on the Valledupar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.