Payandé in Spring

In spring (March, April and May), Payandé sees average daytime highs around 28°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 558 mm of rain over about 60 wet days across the season. It is the coldest season of the year and the wettest season of the year.

Across spring, daytime highs hold fairly steady around 28°C. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time across spring, and the air most often feels muggy.

Spring is Payandé's weakest season of the year to visit on our travel score. For the whole year in context, see Payandé's year-round climate.

Avg daytime high
28°C
coldest season of the year
Avg overnight low
21°C
Rainfall
558 mm
60 wet days
Avg wind
4 km/h
Travel score
4.2
weakest season of the year
Months
Mar · Apr · May

Temperature in Payandé in Spring

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Across spring, daytime highs hold fairly steady around 28°C.

A typical spring day in Payandé reaches about 28°C and drops to 21°C overnight. The warmest of the three months is March, the coolest May.

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Payandé weather by month

How the three spring months (March, April and May) compare with the rest of the year — the season's months are highlighted.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 20°46711.85.6
Feb30° / 21°569.411.94.9
Mar29° / 21°12616.3124.3
Apr28° / 21°21722.112.14.0
May28° / 20°21521.912.24.3
Jun28° / 20°11915.412.24.8
Jul29° / 20°7711.912.25.0
Aug30° / 20°437.312.14.9
Sep30° / 21°7310.4124.5
Oct29° / 20°16918.211.94.4
Nov28° / 20°17218.711.84.7
Dec28° / 20°921211.85.5

Cloud cover in Spring

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time across spring.

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Chance of precipitation in Spring

Any precipitation

Payandé gets around 558 mm of rain over 60 wet days across spring. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

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Humidity in Spring

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

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Wind in Spring

Winds average 4 km/h across spring.

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Sunrise & sunset in Spring

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min in early March to 12 h 12 min by late May. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

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Solar energy in Spring

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day across spring, about 4.7 kWh/m².

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Planning a trip in spring

Is spring a good time to visit Payandé?

Our two travel scores rate spring for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal), averaged across the three months.

4.2
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

spring is a reasonable time to visit Payandé for sightseeing.

What to pack for Payandé in Spring

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

In spring, Payandé sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 60 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Payandé in Spring

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV across spring averages around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Payandé peaks around February 19 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 19UV 16Dec 13UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Payandé in Spring

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Payandé 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).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1640 µg/m³Jul 1521 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan31Moderate
Feb36Poor
Mar40Poor
Apr35Moderate
May28Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug25Moderate
Sep31Moderate
Oct29Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec31Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Payandé?

Payandé sits at 4.3°N, 75.1°W, 700 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Rovira, 17 km away.

Topography around Payandé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Payandé has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 443 m around an average of 710 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,428 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,052 m.

The land around Payandé is covered by trees (56%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, trees (44%) and grassland (39%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
443 m
16 km
1,428 m
80 km
5,052 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Spring weather nearby: Rovira 17 km · Ibagué 19 km · Espinal 29 km · Flandes 31 km · Girardot City 32 km · Guamo 33 km · Anaime 40 km · Melgar 52 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
Roman Catholic 64%Protestant 17%none 14%atheist 1%

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 Payandé (4.2975°, -75.0967°, elevation 700 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.