Climate averages 1991–2020
Zipaquirá weather
in April.
A mild, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Zipaquirá: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 212 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes April a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chía (19 km away). In April its highs average 18.7°C, about as warm as Zipaquirá, with 148 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Zipaquirá ranks 41st of 46 for the warmest April highs and 25th of 46 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 46 cities is 26.4°C; Zipaquirá is 7.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 212 mm to 154 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
Zipaquirá climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 65 | 14.3 | 11.912 h |
| February | 20.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 99 | 16.9 | 12.012 h |
| March | 19.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 191 | 23.8 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 18.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 212 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 18.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 154 | 26.0 | 12.312 h |
| June | 18.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 73 | 21.1 | 12.412 h |
| July | 18.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 63 | 20.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 19.0°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 58 | 19.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 19.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 77 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 19.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 142 | 26.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 18.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 157 | 24.4 | 11.912 h |
| December | 19.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 90 | 17.7 | 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
- Chía in AprilColombia · 19 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 11.4°C · 148 mm rain
- Bogotá in AprilColombia · 47 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Soacha in AprilColombia · 55 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 11.7°C · 259 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in AprilColombia · 86 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 16.3°C · 254 mm rain
- La Dorada in AprilColombia · 87 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 151 mm rain
- Villavicencio in AprilColombia · 107 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 253 mm rain
- Duitama in AprilColombia · 140 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 11.0°C · 169 mm rain
- Sogamoso in AprilColombia · 141 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.9°C · 169 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 Zipaquirá) is explained once on the Zipaquirá year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.