Plato weather in April

In April, Plato sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 109 mm of rain across 19.6 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-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 9% 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 Plato's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Plato's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 109 mm; 19.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:53 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover: 80%; 6th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.13 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.4; out of 10

← March Plato 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 Plato reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 36°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	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	26	26	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

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

How April really feels in Plato

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.

Plato weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 4th-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	34° / 25°	12	3.3	11.5	3.5
Feb	36° / 25°	16	4.5	11.7	2.6
Mar	35° / 26°	44	10	11.9	2.4
Apr	33° / 26°	109	19.6	12.2	2.4
May	32° / 25°	177	25.4	12.4	2.4
Jun	32° / 25°	131	21.6	12.6	2.7
Jul	33° / 25°	98	19	12.5	2.7
Aug	32° / 25°	124	21.9	12.3	2.5
Sep	32° / 25°	156	25	12.1	2.5
Oct	31° / 24°	182	27	11.8	2.6
Nov	31° / 24°	121	21.3	11.6	3.1
Dec	32° / 24°	43	10.1	11.4	3.8

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%. 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 (%)	34	33	31	29	28	26	25	24	22	21	21	19	19	19	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	12	12	10	10	10	9	8
Cloudier (%)	66	67	69	71	72	74	75	76	78	79	79	81	81	81	82	83	84	84	85	85	85	86	87	88	88	90	90	90	91	92

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	33	67
3	31	69
4	29	71
5	28	72
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	22	78
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	18	82
16	17	83
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	14	86
23	13	87
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	9	91
30	8	92

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Plato gets around 109 mm of rain over 19.6 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 65% and peaks near 78% 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 (%)	47	48	50	51	53	55	56	58	59	60	62	63	64	65	67	68	69	69	70	71	72	72	73	74	75	76	77	77	78	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	47
2	48
3	50
4	51
5	53
6	55
7	56
8	58
9	59
10	60
11	62
12	63
13	64
14	65
15	67
16	68
17	69
18	69
19	70
20	71
21	72
22	72
23	73
24	74
25	75
26	76
27	77
28	77
29	78
30	78

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 60% 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 (%)	5	4	3	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
Oppressive (%)	58	58	57	56	56	54	53	53	52	50	49	48	46	45	43	41	39	37	35	32	30	27	25	23	21	19	17	16	14	13
Miserable (%)	37	38	40	41	42	44	45	46	47	49	50	51	54	55	57	59	61	63	65	68	70	73	75	77	79	81	83	84	86	87

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	5	58	37
2	4	58	38
3	3	57	40
4	3	56	41
5	2	56	42
6	2	54	44
7	2	53	45
8	1	53	46
9	1	52	47
10	1	50	49
11	1	49	50
12	1	48	51
13	0	46	54
14	0	45	55
15	0	43	57
16	0	41	59
17	0	39	61
18	0	37	63
19	0	35	65
20	0	32	68
21	0	30	70
22	0	27	73
23	0	25	75
24	0	23	77
25	0	21	79
26	0	19	81
27	0	17	83
28	0	16	84
29	0	14	86
30	0	13	87

Wind in April

Winds average 6 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	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	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	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 6:01 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:06 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	12.2	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	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	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	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:46
Sunset (PM)	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:01	6:06
2	12.1	6:01	6:06
3	12.1	6:00	6:06
4	12.1	6:00	6:06
5	12.1	5:59	6:06
6	12.1	5:58	6:06
7	12.1	5:58	6:06
8	12.1	5:57	6:06
9	12.2	5:57	6:06
10	12.2	5:56	6:06
11	12.2	5:56	6:06
12	12.2	5:55	6:06
13	12.2	5:54	6:06
14	12.2	5:54	6:06
15	12.2	5:53	6:06
16	12.2	5:53	6:06
17	12.2	5:52	6:06
18	12.2	5:52	6:06
19	12.2	5:51	6:06
20	12.3	5:51	6:06
21	12.3	5:50	6:06
22	12.3	5:50	6:06
23	12.3	5:49	6:06
24	12.3	5:49	6:06
25	12.3	5:49	6:06
26	12.3	5:48	6:06
27	12.3	5:48	6:06
28	12.3	5:47	6:06
29	12.3	5:47	6:06
30	12.3	5:46	6:06

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 4.23 kWh/m² to a high of 5.71 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)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	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	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.2	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	4.9	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Plato?

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

2.4

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Plato.

What to pack for Plato in April

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

In April, Plato sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Plato 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 Plato peaks around March 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 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	13	13	12	12	13	11	12	12	12	10	10
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	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	10	Very high

Air quality in Plato 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 Plato is worst in March — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.2× the cleanest month (November, 15 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	26	48	30	26	24	26	21	17	16	15	15
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	16	Moderate
Feb	26	Moderate
Mar	48	Poor
Apr	30	Moderate
May	26	Moderate
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	26	Moderate
Aug	21	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	15	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Plato?

Plato sits at 9.8°N, 74.8°W, 25 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Chivolo, 31 km away.

Topography around Plato

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Plato has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 88 m around an average of 25 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 221 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 811 m.

The land around Plato is covered by grassland (62%) within 3 km, grassland (58%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (66%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

88 m

grassland 62%

16 km

221 m

grassland 58%

80 km

811 m

grassland 66%

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

April weather nearby: Chivolo 31 km · San Juan Nepomuceno 37 km · San Jacinto 37 km · El Carmen de Bolívar 38 km · Nueva Granada 43 km · San Pablo 61 km · María la Baja 61 km · Magangué 61 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 Plato (9.7903°, -74.7824°, elevation 25 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	26
2	34	26
3	34	26
4	34	26
5	34	26
6	34	26
7	34	26
8	34	26
9	34	26
10	34	26
11	34	26
12	34	26
13	34	26
14	34	26
15	33	26
16	33	26
17	33	26
18	33	26
19	33	26
20	33	25
21	33	25
22	33	25
23	33	25
24	33	25
25	33	25
26	33	25
27	33	25
28	32	25
29	32	25
30	32	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	33	67
3	31	69
4	29	71
5	28	72
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	22	78
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	18	82
16	17	83
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	14	86
23	13	87
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	9	91
30	8	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	47
2	48
3	50
4	51
5	53
6	55
7	56
8	58
9	59
10	60
11	62
12	63
13	64
14	65
15	67
16	68
17	69
18	69
19	70
20	71
21	72
22	72
23	73
24	74
25	75
26	76
27	77
28	77
29	78
30	78

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	5	58	37
2	4	58	38
3	3	57	40
4	3	56	41
5	2	56	42
6	2	54	44
7	2	53	45
8	1	53	46
9	1	52	47
10	1	50	49
11	1	49	50
12	1	48	51
13	0	46	54
14	0	45	55
15	0	43	57
16	0	41	59
17	0	39	61
18	0	37	63
19	0	35	65
20	0	32	68
21	0	30	70
22	0	27	73
23	0	25	75
24	0	23	77
25	0	21	79
26	0	19	81
27	0	17	83
28	0	16	84
29	0	14	86
30	0	13	87

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	33	67
3	31	69
4	29	71
5	28	72
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	22	78
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	18	82
16	17	83
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	14	86
23	13	87
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	9	91
30	8	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	47
2	48
3	50
4	51
5	53
6	55
7	56
8	58
9	59
10	60
11	62
12	63
13	64
14	65
15	67
16	68
17	69
18	69
19	70
20	71
21	72
22	72
23	73
24	74
25	75
26	76
27	77
28	77
29	78
30	78

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	5	58	37
2	4	58	38
3	3	57	40
4	3	56	41
5	2	56	42
6	2	54	44
7	2	53	45
8	1	53	46
9	1	52	47
10	1	50	49
11	1	49	50
12	1	48	51
13	0	46	54
14	0	45	55
15	0	43	57
16	0	41	59
17	0	39	61
18	0	37	63
19	0	35	65
20	0	32	68
21	0	30	70
22	0	27	73
23	0	25	75
24	0	23	77
25	0	21	79
26	0	19	81
27	0	17	83
28	0	16	84
29	0	14	86
30	0	13	87

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	33	67
3	31	69
4	29	71
5	28	72
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	22	78
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	18	82
16	17	83
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	14	86
23	13	87
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	9	91
30	8	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	47
2	48
3	50
4	51
5	53
6	55
7	56
8	58
9	59
10	60
11	62
12	63
13	64
14	65
15	67
16	68
17	69
18	69
19	70
20	71
21	72
22	72
23	73
24	74
25	75
26	76
27	77
28	77
29	78
30	78

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	5	58	37
2	4	58	38
3	3	57	40
4	3	56	41
5	2	56	42
6	2	54	44
7	2	53	45
8	1	53	46
9	1	52	47
10	1	50	49
11	1	49	50
12	1	48	51
13	0	46	54
14	0	45	55
15	0	43	57
16	0	41	59
17	0	39	61
18	0	37	63
19	0	35	65
20	0	32	68
21	0	30	70
22	0	27	73
23	0	25	75
24	0	23	77
25	0	21	79
26	0	19	81
27	0	17	83
28	0	16	84
29	0	14	86
30	0	13	87