Flandes weather in April

In April, Flandes sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 537 mm of rain across 28 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in April, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of April to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Flandes's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Flandes's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 537 mm; 28 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 5:57 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover: 91%; 11th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.18 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.9; out of 10

← March Flandes 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 29°C through the month.

A typical April day in Flandes reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°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)	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

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

Flandes weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 22°	125	16.5	11.8	4.1
Feb	30° / 22°	191	17.6	11.9	3.6
Mar	30° / 22°	322	25.1	12	3.1
Apr	29° / 22°	537	28	12.1	2.9
May	29° / 22°	679	30.3	12.2	2.9
Jun	28° / 21°	643	29.8	12.2	2.9
Jul	28° / 20°	530	30.5	12.2	3.0
Aug	29° / 21°	344	28.5	12.1	3.0
Sep	29° / 21°	288	26.3	12	3.1
Oct	29° / 21°	300	26.7	11.9	3.2
Nov	29° / 22°	253	23.9	11.8	3.5
Dec	29° / 22°	200	20.9	11.8	3.8

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 2% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 97%.

	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 (%)	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Cloudier (%)	95	95	95	95	95	95	96	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Flandes gets around 537 mm of rain over 28 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 93% and peaks near 97% 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 (%)	86	87	87	88	89	89	90	91	91	92	92	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	97

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	87
3	87
4	88
5	89
6	89
7	90
8	91
9	91
10	92
11	92
12	93
13	93
14	93
15	94
16	94
17	94
18	94
19	95
20	95
21	95
22	95
23	95
24	96
25	96
26	96
27	96
28	96
29	96
30	97

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the muggy band about 73% 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
Humid (%)	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Muggy (%)	82	81	81	80	79	79	78	77	76	75	75	74	74	74	73	73	73	72	72	71	71	70	69	69	68	67	66	65	64	63
Oppressive (%)	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	25	26	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	31	31	32	33	34	35	36	37

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	82	16
2	2	81	17
3	1	81	18
4	1	80	19
5	1	79	20
6	0	79	21
7	0	78	22
8	0	77	23
9	0	76	24
10	0	75	25
11	0	75	25
12	0	74	26
13	0	74	26
14	0	74	26
15	0	73	27
16	0	73	27
17	0	73	27
18	0	72	28
19	0	72	28
20	0	71	29
21	0	71	29
22	0	70	30
23	0	69	31
24	0	69	31
25	0	68	32
26	0	67	33
27	0	66	34
28	0	65	35
29	0	64	36
30	0	63	37

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

Days grow by about 6 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:03 AM to 5:52 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:01 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)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:52
Sunset (PM)	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:03	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	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:03	6:05
2	12.0	6:02	6:05
3	12.0	6:02	6:05
4	12.0	6:02	6:04
5	12.1	6:01	6:04
6	12.1	6:01	6:04
7	12.1	6:00	6:04
8	12.1	6:00	6:04
9	12.1	5:59	6:03
10	12.1	5:59	6:03
11	12.1	5:59	6:03
12	12.1	5:58	6:03
13	12.1	5:58	6:03
14	12.1	5:57	6:03
15	12.1	5:57	6:02
16	12.1	5:57	6:02
17	12.1	5:56	6:02
18	12.1	5:56	6:02
19	12.1	5:56	6:02
20	12.1	5:55	6:02
21	12.1	5:55	6:02
22	12.1	5:55	6:02
23	12.1	5:54	6:01
24	12.1	5:54	6:01
25	12.1	5:54	6:01
26	12.1	5:53	6:01
27	12.1	5:53	6:01
28	12.1	5:53	6:01
29	12.1	5:53	6:01
30	12.1	5:52	6:01

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.98 kWh/m² to a high of 5.05 kWh/m² in September across the year — April's 4.18 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
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	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.2	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.1	Bright
20	4.1	Bright
21	4.1	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.0	Bright
26	4.0	Bright
27	4.0	Bright
28	4.0	Bright
29	4.0	Bright
30	4.0	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Flandes

In seasonPeak

In April, Flandes sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Flandes's rainy season runs March–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Flandes?

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

2.9

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

3.8

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Flandes.

What to pack for Flandes in April

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

In April, Flandes sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Flandes in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Flandes peaks around February 17 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 10 (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)	12	14	13	11	13	12	12	11	13	12	11	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

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

Air quality in Flandes 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 Flandes is worst in March — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.9× the cleanest month (July, 21 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)	31	36	40	35	28	24	21	25	31	29	28	31
Level	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	31	Moderate
Feb	36	Poor
Mar	40	Poor
Apr	35	Moderate
May	28	Moderate
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	21	Moderate
Aug	25	Moderate
Sep	31	Moderate
Oct	29	Moderate
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	31	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Flandes?

Flandes sits at 4.3°N, 74.8°W, 285 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Girardot City, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Flandes

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Flandes has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 197 m around an average of 297 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 789 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,002 m.

The land around Flandes is covered by trees (33%), grassland (29%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and grassland (40%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and grassland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

197 m

trees 33%

16 km

789 m

trees 46%

80 km

5,002 m

trees 55%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

April weather nearby: Girardot City 2.0 km · Espinal 17 km · Melgar 22 km · Payandé 31 km · Guamo 34 km · Ibagué 46 km · Rovira 47 km · Silvania 49 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 Flandes (4.29°, -74.8161°, elevation 285 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	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	29	22
6	29	22
7	29	22
8	29	22
9	29	22
10	29	22
11	29	22
12	29	22
13	29	22
14	29	22
15	29	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	87
3	87
4	88
5	89
6	89
7	90
8	91
9	91
10	92
11	92
12	93
13	93
14	93
15	94
16	94
17	94
18	94
19	95
20	95
21	95
22	95
23	95
24	96
25	96
26	96
27	96
28	96
29	96
30	97

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	82	16
2	2	81	17
3	1	81	18
4	1	80	19
5	1	79	20
6	0	79	21
7	0	78	22
8	0	77	23
9	0	76	24
10	0	75	25
11	0	75	25
12	0	74	26
13	0	74	26
14	0	74	26
15	0	73	27
16	0	73	27
17	0	73	27
18	0	72	28
19	0	72	28
20	0	71	29
21	0	71	29
22	0	70	30
23	0	69	31
24	0	69	31
25	0	68	32
26	0	67	33
27	0	66	34
28	0	65	35
29	0	64	36
30	0	63	37

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	87
3	87
4	88
5	89
6	89
7	90
8	91
9	91
10	92
11	92
12	93
13	93
14	93
15	94
16	94
17	94
18	94
19	95
20	95
21	95
22	95
23	95
24	96
25	96
26	96
27	96
28	96
29	96
30	97

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	82	16
2	2	81	17
3	1	81	18
4	1	80	19
5	1	79	20
6	0	79	21
7	0	78	22
8	0	77	23
9	0	76	24
10	0	75	25
11	0	75	25
12	0	74	26
13	0	74	26
14	0	74	26
15	0	73	27
16	0	73	27
17	0	73	27
18	0	72	28
19	0	72	28
20	0	71	29
21	0	71	29
22	0	70	30
23	0	69	31
24	0	69	31
25	0	68	32
26	0	67	33
27	0	66	34
28	0	65	35
29	0	64	36
30	0	63	37

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	87
3	87
4	88
5	89
6	89
7	90
8	91
9	91
10	92
11	92
12	93
13	93
14	93
15	94
16	94
17	94
18	94
19	95
20	95
21	95
22	95
23	95
24	96
25	96
26	96
27	96
28	96
29	96
30	97

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	82	16
2	2	81	17
3	1	81	18
4	1	80	19
5	1	79	20
6	0	79	21
7	0	78	22
8	0	77	23
9	0	76	24
10	0	75	25
11	0	75	25
12	0	74	26
13	0	74	26
14	0	74	26
15	0	73	27
16	0	73	27
17	0	73	27
18	0	72	28
19	0	72	28
20	0	71	29
21	0	71	29
22	0	70	30
23	0	69	31
24	0	69	31
25	0	68	32
26	0	67	33
27	0	66	34
28	0	65	35
29	0	64	36
30	0	63	37