Colcapirhua weather in April

In April, Colcapirhua sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 45 mm of precipitation across 8.4 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of April to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Colcapirhua's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Colcapirhua's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 45 mm; 8.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:37 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 6th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.59 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.6; out of 10

Colcapirhua is city of Bolivia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical April day in Colcapirhua reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C warmer than March and on par with May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	20	9
5	20	9
6	20	9
7	20	9
8	20	9
9	20	9
10	20	9
11	20	9
12	20	9
13	20	9
14	20	9
15	20	8
16	20	8
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	8
20	21	8
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	21	8
27	21	8
28	21	8
29	21	8
30	21	7

Colcapirhua weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 10°	187	23.2	12.9	4.1
Feb	19° / 10°	178	22.2	12.6	3.9
Mar	20° / 10°	124	18.7	12.1	4.8
Apr	20° / 8°	45	8.4	11.6	6.6
May	21° / 6°	12	2.8	11.2	7.9
Jun	20° / 4°	7	1.8	11	8.1
Jul	20° / 4°	11	2	11.1	8.1
Aug	21° / 5°	20	3.4	11.4	8.0
Sep	22° / 8°	23	5.4	11.9	7.5
Oct	23° / 10°	40	9.6	12.4	6.7
Nov	23° / 11°	67	12.8	12.8	6.0
Dec	21° / 11°	133	20	13	4.8

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	36	36	39	40	40	42	43	44	45	45	47	48	48	50	50	51	51	53	53	54	55	55	56	58	59	60	61	62	63	64
Cloudier (%)	64	64	61	60	60	58	57	56	55	55	53	52	52	50	50	49	49	47	47	46	45	45	44	42	41	40	39	38	37	36

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	39	61
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	54	46
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	56	44
24	58	42
25	59	41
26	60	40
27	61	39
28	62	38
29	63	37
30	64	36

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Colcapirhua gets around 45 mm of rain and snow over 8.4 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 28% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	46	44	43	41	40	38	37	35	33	32	31	29	28	27	26	25	25	24	23	23	22	21	20	20	19	18	17	16	16	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	44
3	43
4	41
5	40
6	38
7	37
8	35
9	33
10	32
11	31
12	29
13	28
14	27
15	26
16	25
17	25
18	24
19	23
20	23
21	22
22	21
23	20
24	20
25	19
26	18
27	17
28	16
29	16
30	15

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in April

Winds average 5 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	5	calm
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7	5	calm
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28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of April to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:34 AM to 6:40 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 6:04 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40
Sunset (PM)	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:34	6:25
2	11.8	6:34	6:24
3	11.8	6:34	6:24
4	11.8	6:35	6:23
5	11.8	6:35	6:22
6	11.8	6:35	6:21
7	11.8	6:35	6:20
8	11.7	6:35	6:20
9	11.7	6:36	6:19
10	11.7	6:36	6:18
11	11.7	6:36	6:17
12	11.7	6:36	6:16
13	11.7	6:36	6:16
14	11.6	6:37	6:15
15	11.6	6:37	6:14
16	11.6	6:37	6:13
17	11.6	6:37	6:13
18	11.6	6:37	6:12
19	11.6	6:38	6:11
20	11.5	6:38	6:11
21	11.5	6:38	6:10
22	11.5	6:38	6:09
23	11.5	6:39	6:08
24	11.5	6:39	6:08
25	11.5	6:39	6:07
26	11.5	6:39	6:07
27	11.4	6:40	6:06
28	11.4	6:40	6:05
29	11.4	6:40	6:05
30	11.4	6:40	6:04

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.03 kWh/m² to a high of 6.76 kWh/m² in November across the year — April's 5.59 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
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10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
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24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Colcapirhua

In seasonPeak

None of Colcapirhua's seasonal hazards are active in April. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Colcapirhua's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Apr

May

Jun

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Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Colcapirhua?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.6

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

3.7

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Colcapirhua for sightseeing.

What to pack for Colcapirhua in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Colcapirhua sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Colcapirhua in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Colcapirhua peaks around January 18 at about 18 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	18	18	17	13	11	9	9	12	14	16	16	17
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	18	Extreme
Feb	18	Extreme
Mar	17	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	16	Extreme
Nov	16	Extreme
Dec	17	Extreme

Air quality in Colcapirhua in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Colcapirhua is worst in September — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.1× the cleanest month (December, 5 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	5	6	7	6	5	6	8	11	16	11	8	5
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	5	Good
Feb	6	Good
Mar	7	Good
Apr	6	Good
May	5	Good
Jun	6	Good
Jul	8	Good
Aug	11	Good
Sep	16	Moderate
Oct	11	Good
Nov	8	Good
Dec	5	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Colcapirhua?

Colcapirhua sits at 17.4°S, 66.2°W, 2,561 m above sea level, in Bolivia. The nearest listed city is Quillacollo, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Colcapirhua

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Colcapirhua.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Colcapirhua has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 2,552 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,141 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,593 m.

The land around Colcapirhua is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) and cropland (27%) within 3 km, grassland (40%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (66%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

52 m

artificial surfaces 47%

16 km

2,141 m

grassland 40%

80 km

4,593 m

grassland 66%

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← March Colcapirhua year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Quillacollo 4.0 km · Tiquipaya 6.0 km · Cochabamba 8.0 km · Vinto 8.0 km · Sipe Sipe 15 km · Sacaba 21 km · Punata 46 km · Oruro 112 km

Bolivia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B / C; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 40% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $5,148; 2025
Happiness: 5.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 4.4; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 21.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 521
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Colcapirhua (-17.3857°, -66.2381°, elevation 2,561 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	20	9
5	20	9
6	20	9
7	20	9
8	20	9
9	20	9
10	20	9
11	20	9
12	20	9
13	20	9
14	20	9
15	20	8
16	20	8
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	8
20	21	8
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	21	8
27	21	8
28	21	8
29	21	8
30	21	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	39	61
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	54	46
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	56	44
24	58	42
25	59	41
26	60	40
27	61	39
28	62	38
29	63	37
30	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	44
3	43
4	41
5	40
6	38
7	37
8	35
9	33
10	32
11	31
12	29
13	28
14	27
15	26
16	25
17	25
18	24
19	23
20	23
21	22
22	21
23	20
24	20
25	19
26	18
27	17
28	16
29	16
30	15

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	20	9
5	20	9
6	20	9
7	20	9
8	20	9
9	20	9
10	20	9
11	20	9
12	20	9
13	20	9
14	20	9
15	20	8
16	20	8
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	8
20	21	8
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	21	8
27	21	8
28	21	8
29	21	8
30	21	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	39	61
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	54	46
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	56	44
24	58	42
25	59	41
26	60	40
27	61	39
28	62	38
29	63	37
30	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	44
3	43
4	41
5	40
6	38
7	37
8	35
9	33
10	32
11	31
12	29
13	28
14	27
15	26
16	25
17	25
18	24
19	23
20	23
21	22
22	21
23	20
24	20
25	19
26	18
27	17
28	16
29	16
30	15

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	20	9
5	20	9
6	20	9
7	20	9
8	20	9
9	20	9
10	20	9
11	20	9
12	20	9
13	20	9
14	20	9
15	20	8
16	20	8
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	8
20	21	8
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	21	8
27	21	8
28	21	8
29	21	8
30	21	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	39	61
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	54	46
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	56	44
24	58	42
25	59	41
26	60	40
27	61	39
28	62	38
29	63	37
30	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	44
3	43
4	41
5	40
6	38
7	37
8	35
9	33
10	32
11	31
12	29
13	28
14	27
15	26
16	25
17	25
18	24
19	23
20	23
21	22
22	21
23	20
24	20
25	19
26	18
27	17
28	16
29	16
30	15

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100