Planeta Rica weather in April

In April, Planeta Rica sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 218 mm of rain across 26.4 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% 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 Planeta Rica's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Planeta Rica's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 218 mm; 26.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:57 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover: 87%; 6th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.06 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.1; out of 10

← March Planeta Rica 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

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical April day in Planeta Rica reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 2°C cooler than March and about 1°C warmer than 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)	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	25
2	34	25
3	34	25
4	34	25
5	34	25
6	34	25
7	33	25
8	33	25
9	33	25
10	33	25
11	33	25
12	33	25
13	33	25
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	33	24
18	33	24
19	33	24
20	32	24
21	32	24
22	32	24
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24

How April really feels in Planeta Rica

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.

Planeta Rica weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 3rd-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 24°	39	9.6	11.6	3.6
Feb	35° / 25°	45	9	11.7	2.7
Mar	35° / 25°	101	17.8	11.9	2.2
Apr	33° / 24°	218	26.4	12.2	2.1
May	32° / 24°	328	29.8	12.4	2.1
Jun	32° / 24°	273	27.8	12.5	2.2
Jul	32° / 24°	266	28	12.4	2.3
Aug	32° / 24°	264	28.3	12.3	2.3
Sep	31° / 24°	271	29.1	12	2.2
Oct	31° / 24°	277	30.1	11.8	2.3
Nov	31° / 24°	214	27.9	11.6	2.4
Dec	32° / 24°	117	20.9	11.5	3.1

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% 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 90%. 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 (%)	22	21	19	19	17	15	14	13	13	12	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	3	3	2	2
Cloudier (%)	78	79	81	81	83	85	86	87	87	88	89	90	90	90	91	91	92	92	93	93	93	94	94	95	95	96	97	97	98	98

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	21	79
3	19	81
4	19	81
5	17	83
6	15	85
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	12	88
11	11	89
12	10	90
13	10	90
14	10	90
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	8	92
18	8	92
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	4	96
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	2	98
30	2	98

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Planeta Rica gets around 218 mm of rain over 26.4 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 88% and peaks near 95% 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 (%)	75	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	88	89	89	90	90	91	91	92	92	93	93	94	94	95	95	95	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	75
2	77
3	78
4	79
5	80
6	81
7	82
8	83
9	84
10	85
11	86
12	87
13	88
14	88
15	89
16	89
17	90
18	90
19	91
20	91
21	92
22	92
23	93
24	93
25	94
26	94
27	95
28	95
29	95
30	95

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 71% 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
Muggy (%)	3	2	2	2	1	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
Oppressive (%)	47	46	45	43	42	41	39	38	36	35	34	32	31	30	29	28	26	25	24	22	21	20	18	17	16	15	13	12	12	11
Miserable (%)	50	52	53	55	57	58	60	61	63	65	66	68	69	70	71	72	74	75	76	78	79	80	82	83	84	85	87	88	88	89

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	3	47	50
2	2	46	52
3	2	45	53
4	2	43	55
5	1	42	57
6	1	41	58
7	1	39	60
8	1	38	61
9	1	36	63
10	0	35	65
11	0	34	66
12	0	32	68
13	0	31	69
14	0	30	70
15	0	29	71
16	0	28	72
17	0	26	74
18	0	25	75
19	0	24	76
20	0	22	78
21	0	21	79
22	0	20	80
23	0	18	82
24	0	17	83
25	0	16	84
26	0	15	85
27	0	13	87
28	0	12	88
29	0	12	88
30	0	11	89

Wind in April

Winds average 6 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	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 6:05 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 6:09 PM to 6:08 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	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51
Sunset (PM)	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:05	6:09
2	12.1	6:04	6:09
3	12.1	6:04	6:09
4	12.1	6:03	6:09
5	12.1	6:03	6:09
6	12.1	6:02	6:09
7	12.1	6:02	6:09
8	12.1	6:01	6:09
9	12.1	6:01	6:08
10	12.1	6:00	6:08
11	12.1	6:00	6:08
12	12.2	5:59	6:08
13	12.2	5:58	6:08
14	12.2	5:58	6:08
15	12.2	5:57	6:08
16	12.2	5:57	6:08
17	12.2	5:57	6:08
18	12.2	5:56	6:08
19	12.2	5:56	6:08
20	12.2	5:55	6:08
21	12.2	5:55	6:08
22	12.2	5:54	6:08
23	12.2	5:54	6:08
24	12.2	5:53	6:08
25	12.3	5:53	6:08
26	12.3	5:53	6:08
27	12.3	5:52	6:08
28	12.3	5:52	6:08
29	12.3	5:51	6:08
30	12.3	5:51	6:08

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.4 kWh/m² to a high of 5.57 kWh/m² in March across the year — April's 5.06 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)	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8
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	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Planeta Rica?

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

2.1

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

3.7

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Planeta Rica.

What to pack for Planeta Rica in April

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

In April, Planeta Rica sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Planeta Rica 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 Planeta Rica peaks around June 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 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)	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	10	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

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

Air quality in Planeta Rica 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 Planeta Rica is worst in March — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.9× the cleanest month (November, 12 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)	15	22	35	25	19	17	17	15	13	13	12	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	22	Moderate
Mar	35	Moderate
Apr	25	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	17	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	12	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Planeta Rica?

Planeta Rica sits at 8.4°N, 75.6°W, 88 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is San Carlos, 45 km away.

Topography around Planeta Rica

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Planeta Rica has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 78 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 192 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,284 m.

The land around Planeta Rica is covered by grassland (63%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, grassland (78%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (69%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

51 m

grassland 63%

16 km

192 m

grassland 78%

80 km

1,284 m

grassland 69%

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

April weather nearby: San Carlos 45 km · Montería 50 km · Ayapel 50 km · Montelíbano 51 km · Ciénaga de Oro 52 km · Cereté 57 km · San Marcos 57 km · Tierralta 58 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 Planeta Rica (8.4115°, -75.5851°, elevation 88 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	34	25
2	34	25
3	34	25
4	34	25
5	34	25
6	34	25
7	33	25
8	33	25
9	33	25
10	33	25
11	33	25
12	33	25
13	33	25
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	33	24
18	33	24
19	33	24
20	32	24
21	32	24
22	32	24
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	21	79
3	19	81
4	19	81
5	17	83
6	15	85
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	12	88
11	11	89
12	10	90
13	10	90
14	10	90
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	8	92
18	8	92
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	4	96
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	2	98
30	2	98

	Rain chance (%)
1	75
2	77
3	78
4	79
5	80
6	81
7	82
8	83
9	84
10	85
11	86
12	87
13	88
14	88
15	89
16	89
17	90
18	90
19	91
20	91
21	92
22	92
23	93
24	93
25	94
26	94
27	95
28	95
29	95
30	95

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	3	47	50
2	2	46	52
3	2	45	53
4	2	43	55
5	1	42	57
6	1	41	58
7	1	39	60
8	1	38	61
9	1	36	63
10	0	35	65
11	0	34	66
12	0	32	68
13	0	31	69
14	0	30	70
15	0	29	71
16	0	28	72
17	0	26	74
18	0	25	75
19	0	24	76
20	0	22	78
21	0	21	79
22	0	20	80
23	0	18	82
24	0	17	83
25	0	16	84
26	0	15	85
27	0	13	87
28	0	12	88
29	0	12	88
30	0	11	89

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	25
2	34	25
3	34	25
4	34	25
5	34	25
6	34	25
7	33	25
8	33	25
9	33	25
10	33	25
11	33	25
12	33	25
13	33	25
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	33	24
18	33	24
19	33	24
20	32	24
21	32	24
22	32	24
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	21	79
3	19	81
4	19	81
5	17	83
6	15	85
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	12	88
11	11	89
12	10	90
13	10	90
14	10	90
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	8	92
18	8	92
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	4	96
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	2	98
30	2	98

	Rain chance (%)
1	75
2	77
3	78
4	79
5	80
6	81
7	82
8	83
9	84
10	85
11	86
12	87
13	88
14	88
15	89
16	89
17	90
18	90
19	91
20	91
21	92
22	92
23	93
24	93
25	94
26	94
27	95
28	95
29	95
30	95

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	3	47	50
2	2	46	52
3	2	45	53
4	2	43	55
5	1	42	57
6	1	41	58
7	1	39	60
8	1	38	61
9	1	36	63
10	0	35	65
11	0	34	66
12	0	32	68
13	0	31	69
14	0	30	70
15	0	29	71
16	0	28	72
17	0	26	74
18	0	25	75
19	0	24	76
20	0	22	78
21	0	21	79
22	0	20	80
23	0	18	82
24	0	17	83
25	0	16	84
26	0	15	85
27	0	13	87
28	0	12	88
29	0	12	88
30	0	11	89

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	25
2	34	25
3	34	25
4	34	25
5	34	25
6	34	25
7	33	25
8	33	25
9	33	25
10	33	25
11	33	25
12	33	25
13	33	25
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	33	24
18	33	24
19	33	24
20	32	24
21	32	24
22	32	24
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	21	79
3	19	81
4	19	81
5	17	83
6	15	85
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	12	88
11	11	89
12	10	90
13	10	90
14	10	90
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	8	92
18	8	92
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	4	96
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	2	98
30	2	98

	Rain chance (%)
1	75
2	77
3	78
4	79
5	80
6	81
7	82
8	83
9	84
10	85
11	86
12	87
13	88
14	88
15	89
16	89
17	90
18	90
19	91
20	91
21	92
22	92
23	93
24	93
25	94
26	94
27	95
28	95
29	95
30	95

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	3	47	50
2	2	46	52
3	2	45	53
4	2	43	55
5	1	42	57
6	1	41	58
7	1	39	60
8	1	38	61
9	1	36	63
10	0	35	65
11	0	34	66
12	0	32	68
13	0	31	69
14	0	30	70
15	0	29	71
16	0	28	72
17	0	26	74
18	0	25	75
19	0	24	76
20	0	22	78
21	0	21	79
22	0	20	80
23	0	18	82
24	0	17	83
25	0	16	84
26	0	15	85
27	0	13	87
28	0	12	88
29	0	12	88
30	0	11	89