Gigante weather in April

In April, Gigante sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 418 mm of rain across 27.9 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in April, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Gigante's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gigante's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 418 mm; 27.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:01 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover: 91%; 11th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.49 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

← March Gigante 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 23°C through the month.

A typical April day in Gigante reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with 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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

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

Gigante weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 14°	179	17.4	11.9	5.5
Feb	24° / 15°	232	19.3	11.9	5.0
Mar	24° / 15°	392	26.1	12	4.2
Apr	23° / 15°	418	27.9	12.1	3.7
May	23° / 15°	335	28.4	12.1	3.7
Jun	22° / 14°	250	26.4	12.1	3.8
Jul	22° / 14°	233	26.4	12.1	4.0
Aug	23° / 14°	188	23.1	12.1	4.5
Sep	24° / 14°	214	22.5	12	4.7
Oct	24° / 15°	326	25.1	11.9	4.3
Nov	24° / 15°	338	25.9	11.9	4.1
Dec	24° / 15°	226	21.2	11.9	5.0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	5	95
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
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	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	1	99

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Gigante gets around 418 mm of rain over 27.9 wet days in April, the wettest month. 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 95% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	88	89	89	89	90	91	91	92	92	93	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93

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

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the humid band about 56% 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 (%)	1	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	0
Comfortable (%)	47	47	46	45	44	44	43	42	42	41	41	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	42	43	44	45	45	46	47	47	48	48	48	49
Humid (%)	52	52	53	54	56	56	57	58	58	59	59	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	58	57	56	55	55	54	53	53	52	52	52	51

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	47	52
2	1	47	52
3	1	46	53
4	1	45	54
5	0	44	56
6	0	44	56
7	0	43	57
8	0	42	58
9	0	42	58
10	0	41	59
11	0	41	59
12	0	40	60
13	0	40	60
14	0	40	60
15	0	40	60
16	0	41	59
17	0	41	59
18	0	41	59
19	0	42	58
20	0	43	57
21	0	44	56
22	0	45	55
23	0	45	55
24	0	46	54
25	0	47	53
26	0	47	53
27	0	48	52
28	0	48	52
29	0	48	52
30	0	49	51

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 6:06 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 6:07 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)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57
Sunset (PM)	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	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

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:06	6:07
2	12.0	6:06	6:07
3	12.0	6:05	6:07
4	12.0	6:05	6:07
5	12.0	6:05	6:06
6	12.0	6:04	6:06
7	12.0	6:04	6:06
8	12.0	6:04	6:06
9	12.0	6:03	6:05
10	12.0	6:03	6:05
11	12.0	6:03	6:05
12	12.0	6:02	6:05
13	12.0	6:02	6:05
14	12.0	6:02	6:04
15	12.1	6:01	6:04
16	12.1	6:01	6:04
17	12.1	6:01	6:04
18	12.1	6:00	6:04
19	12.1	6:00	6:03
20	12.1	6:00	6:03
21	12.1	5:59	6:03
22	12.1	5:59	6:03
23	12.1	5:59	6:03
24	12.1	5:59	6:03
25	12.1	5:58	6:02
26	12.1	5:58	6:02
27	12.1	5:58	6:02
28	12.1	5:58	6:02
29	12.1	5:57	6:02
30	12.1	5:57	6:02

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.1 kWh/m² to a high of 5.38 kWh/m² in September across the year — April's 4.49 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)	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	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	4.3	4.3
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	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.4	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Gigante?

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

3.7

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

2.9

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gigante.

What to pack for Gigante in April

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

In April, Gigante sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 28 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Gigante 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 Gigante peaks around February 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 11 (extreme).

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)	14	16	15	12	14	13	12	12	14	14	12	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	10	Extreme

Air quality in Gigante 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 Gigante is worst in March — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (July, 10 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)	16	21	23	18	12	10	10	12	14	14	14	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	16	Moderate
Feb	21	Moderate
Mar	23	Moderate
Apr	18	Moderate
May	12	Moderate
Jun	10	Good
Jul	10	Good
Aug	12	Moderate
Sep	14	Moderate
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Gigante?

Gigante sits at 2.4°N, 75.5°W, 808 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Garzón, 23 km away.

Topography around Gigante

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gigante has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 486 m around an average of 887 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,700 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,116 m.

The land around Gigante is covered by grassland (63%) and trees (29%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and grassland (44%) within 16 km, and trees (70%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

486 m

grassland 63%

16 km

2,700 m

trees 49%

80 km

5,116 m

trees 70%

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

April weather nearby: Garzón 23 km · La Plata 38 km · Campoalegre 41 km · Tarqui 43 km · Guadalupe 46 km · Rivera 54 km · Belalcázar 55 km · Neiva 67 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 Gigante (2.3868°, -75.5474°, elevation 808 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	23	15
2	23	15
3	23	15
4	23	15
5	23	15
6	23	15
7	23	15
8	23	15
9	23	15
10	23	15
11	23	15
12	23	15
13	23	15
14	23	15
15	23	15
16	23	15
17	23	15
18	23	15
19	23	15
20	23	15
21	23	15
22	23	15
23	23	15
24	23	15
25	23	15
26	23	15
27	23	15
28	23	15
29	23	15
30	23	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	5	95
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
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	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	1	99

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	47	52
2	1	47	52
3	1	46	53
4	1	45	54
5	0	44	56
6	0	44	56
7	0	43	57
8	0	42	58
9	0	42	58
10	0	41	59
11	0	41	59
12	0	40	60
13	0	40	60
14	0	40	60
15	0	40	60
16	0	41	59
17	0	41	59
18	0	41	59
19	0	42	58
20	0	43	57
21	0	44	56
22	0	45	55
23	0	45	55
24	0	46	54
25	0	47	53
26	0	47	53
27	0	48	52
28	0	48	52
29	0	48	52
30	0	49	51

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	5	95
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
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	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	1	99

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	47	52
2	1	47	52
3	1	46	53
4	1	45	54
5	0	44	56
6	0	44	56
7	0	43	57
8	0	42	58
9	0	42	58
10	0	41	59
11	0	41	59
12	0	40	60
13	0	40	60
14	0	40	60
15	0	40	60
16	0	41	59
17	0	41	59
18	0	41	59
19	0	42	58
20	0	43	57
21	0	44	56
22	0	45	55
23	0	45	55
24	0	46	54
25	0	47	53
26	0	47	53
27	0	48	52
28	0	48	52
29	0	48	52
30	0	49	51

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	5	95
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
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	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	1	99

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	47	52
2	1	47	52
3	1	46	53
4	1	45	54
5	0	44	56
6	0	44	56
7	0	43	57
8	0	42	58
9	0	42	58
10	0	41	59
11	0	41	59
12	0	40	60
13	0	40	60
14	0	40	60
15	0	40	60
16	0	41	59
17	0	41	59
18	0	41	59
19	0	42	58
20	0	43	57
21	0	44	56
22	0	45	55
23	0	45	55
24	0	46	54
25	0	47	53
26	0	47	53
27	0	48	52
28	0	48	52
29	0	48	52
30	0	49	51