El Banco weather in April

In April, El Banco sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 223 mm of rain across 24.4 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in April, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of April to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is El Banco's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see El Banco's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 223 mm; 24.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:50 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover: 85%; 6th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.13 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.4; out of 10

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical April day in El Banco reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C cooler 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)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	26
2	33	26
3	33	26
4	33	26
5	33	26
6	33	26
7	33	26
8	33	26
9	33	26
10	32	26
11	32	26
12	32	26
13	32	26
14	32	26
15	32	26
16	32	26
17	32	26
18	32	25
19	32	25
20	32	25
21	32	25
22	32	25
23	32	25
24	32	25
25	32	25
26	32	25
27	32	25
28	32	25
29	32	25
30	32	25

How April really feels in El Banco

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 30 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

30 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in April is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

El Banco weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 25°	44	11.9	11.5	3.6
Feb	34° / 26°	46	9.4	11.7	3.2
Mar	34° / 26°	115	16.4	11.9	2.8
Apr	32° / 26°	223	24.4	12.2	2.4
May	32° / 26°	309	27.6	12.4	2.4
Jun	32° / 26°	194	24.3	12.5	2.5
Jul	32° / 25°	164	22.3	12.5	2.7
Aug	32° / 25°	204	24.4	12.3	2.6
Sep	31° / 25°	247	27.4	12.1	2.4
Oct	31° / 25°	306	29.5	11.8	2.3
Nov	31° / 25°	247	27.1	11.6	2.5
Dec	32° / 25°	122	19.9	11.5	3.2

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%. Skies tend to cloud over 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 (%)	28	26	25	22	22	19	19	17	17	16	15	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7
Cloudier (%)	72	74	75	78	78	81	81	83	83	84	85	87	87	88	88	89	89	89	89	90	90	91	91	92	92	93	93	93	93	93

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	26	74
3	25	75
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	16	84
11	15	85
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

El Banco gets around 223 mm of rain over 24.4 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 81% and peaks near 89% on the wettest days. The odds climb 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 (%)	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	85	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	69
3	70
4	71
5	72
6	73
7	74
8	75
9	77
10	78
11	79
12	80
13	81
14	82
15	83
16	84
17	85
18	85
19	86
20	86
21	87
22	87
23	87
24	88
25	88
26	88
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	89

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the miserable band about 97% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	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
Oppressive (%)	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Miserable (%)	93	94	95	95	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	7	93
2	6	94
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	3	97
8	3	97
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	3	97
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99

Wind in April

Winds average 4 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of April to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:58 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 6:02 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)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44
Sunset (PM)	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	5:58	6:03
2	12.1	5:58	6:03
3	12.1	5:57	6:03
4	12.1	5:57	6:03
5	12.1	5:56	6:03
6	12.1	5:55	6:02
7	12.1	5:55	6:02
8	12.1	5:54	6:02
9	12.1	5:54	6:02
10	12.1	5:53	6:02
11	12.2	5:53	6:02
12	12.2	5:52	6:02
13	12.2	5:52	6:02
14	12.2	5:51	6:02
15	12.2	5:51	6:02
16	12.2	5:50	6:02
17	12.2	5:50	6:02
18	12.2	5:49	6:02
19	12.2	5:49	6:02
20	12.2	5:48	6:02
21	12.2	5:48	6:02
22	12.2	5:47	6:02
23	12.3	5:47	6:02
24	12.3	5:46	6:02
25	12.3	5:46	6:02
26	12.3	5:46	6:02
27	12.3	5:45	6:02
28	12.3	5:45	6:02
29	12.3	5:44	6:02
30	12.3	5:44	6:02

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.28 kWh/m² to a high of 5.91 kWh/m² in February across the year — April's 5.13 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)	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit El Banco?

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

2.4

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in El Banco.

What to pack for El Banco in April

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

In April, El Banco sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in El Banco in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in El Banco peaks around February 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 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)	11	13	13	12	12	13	11	12	13	12	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in El Banco 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 El Banco is worst in March — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.2× the cleanest month (December, 11 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)	14	26	47	27	22	21	21	17	13	13	12	11
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	26	Moderate
Mar	47	Poor
Apr	27	Moderate
May	22	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	21	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	12	Good
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is El Banco?

El Banco sits at 9.0°N, 74.0°W, 34 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Guamal, 31 km away.

Topography around El Banco

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around El Banco has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 28 m around an average of 27 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 226 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,648 m.

The land around El Banco is covered by grassland (36%) and wetland (22%) within 3 km, grassland (45%) and wetland (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (49%) and trees (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

28 m

grassland 36%

16 km

226 m

grassland 45%

80 km

2,648 m

grassland 49%

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

April weather nearby: Guamal 31 km · Chimichagua 34 km · Pailitas 39 km · Curumaní 52 km · Pinillos 55 km · Astrea 55 km · Mompós 56 km · Chiriguaná 57 km

Colombia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 / 240 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $8,562; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 74%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 24.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 15.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 480
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 El Banco (9.0011°, -73.9758°, elevation 34 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	33	26
2	33	26
3	33	26
4	33	26
5	33	26
6	33	26
7	33	26
8	33	26
9	33	26
10	32	26
11	32	26
12	32	26
13	32	26
14	32	26
15	32	26
16	32	26
17	32	26
18	32	25
19	32	25
20	32	25
21	32	25
22	32	25
23	32	25
24	32	25
25	32	25
26	32	25
27	32	25
28	32	25
29	32	25
30	32	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	26	74
3	25	75
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	16	84
11	15	85
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	69
3	70
4	71
5	72
6	73
7	74
8	75
9	77
10	78
11	79
12	80
13	81
14	82
15	83
16	84
17	85
18	85
19	86
20	86
21	87
22	87
23	87
24	88
25	88
26	88
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	89

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	7	93
2	6	94
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	3	97
8	3	97
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	3	97
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	26
2	33	26
3	33	26
4	33	26
5	33	26
6	33	26
7	33	26
8	33	26
9	33	26
10	32	26
11	32	26
12	32	26
13	32	26
14	32	26
15	32	26
16	32	26
17	32	26
18	32	25
19	32	25
20	32	25
21	32	25
22	32	25
23	32	25
24	32	25
25	32	25
26	32	25
27	32	25
28	32	25
29	32	25
30	32	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	26	74
3	25	75
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	16	84
11	15	85
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	69
3	70
4	71
5	72
6	73
7	74
8	75
9	77
10	78
11	79
12	80
13	81
14	82
15	83
16	84
17	85
18	85
19	86
20	86
21	87
22	87
23	87
24	88
25	88
26	88
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	89

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	7	93
2	6	94
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	3	97
8	3	97
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	3	97
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	26
2	33	26
3	33	26
4	33	26
5	33	26
6	33	26
7	33	26
8	33	26
9	33	26
10	32	26
11	32	26
12	32	26
13	32	26
14	32	26
15	32	26
16	32	26
17	32	26
18	32	25
19	32	25
20	32	25
21	32	25
22	32	25
23	32	25
24	32	25
25	32	25
26	32	25
27	32	25
28	32	25
29	32	25
30	32	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	26	74
3	25	75
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	16	84
11	15	85
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	69
3	70
4	71
5	72
6	73
7	74
8	75
9	77
10	78
11	79
12	80
13	81
14	82
15	83
16	84
17	85
18	85
19	86
20	86
21	87
22	87
23	87
24	88
25	88
26	88
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	89

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	7	93
2	6	94
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	3	97
8	3	97
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	3	97
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99