Climate averages 1991–2020
Yopal weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 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 Yopal: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 165 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes April a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sogamoso (73 km away). In April its highs average 19.7°C, 8.1°C cooler than Yopal, with 169 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Yopal ranks 22nd of 46 for the warmest April highs and 14th of 46 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 46 cities is 26.4°C; Yopal is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 165 mm to 227 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
Yopal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 8.5 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 30.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 16 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 54 | 8.9 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 27.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 165 | 20.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 26.5°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 227 | 26.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 25.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 221 | 26.5 | 12.412 h |
| July | 25.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 188 | 26.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 122 | 21.8 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 94 | 20.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 118 | 21.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 100 | 17.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 27 | 5.8 | 11.812 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
- Sogamoso in AprilColombia · 73 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.9°C · 169 mm rain
- Duitama in AprilColombia · 89 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 11.0°C · 169 mm rain
- Zipaquirá in AprilColombia · 182 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 10.9°C · 212 mm rain
- Villavicencio in AprilColombia · 191 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 253 mm rain
- Chía in AprilColombia · 192 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 11.4°C · 148 mm rain
- Bogotá in AprilColombia · 204 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Soacha in AprilColombia · 219 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 11.7°C · 259 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in AprilColombia · 245 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 16.3°C · 254 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 Yopal) is explained once on the Yopal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.