Colón weather in April

In April, Colón sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 403 mm of rain across 22.7 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in April, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Colón's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Colón's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 403 mm; 22.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:14 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover: 89%; 9th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.99 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

Colón is human settlement in Venezuela.

Density: 129/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical April day in Colón reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 29°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)	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

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

Colón weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-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	26° / 17°	251	20.6	11.6	5.2
Feb	26° / 17°	282	20.1	11.7	4.8
Mar	26° / 18°	419	24.6	11.9	4.3
Apr	27° / 18°	403	22.7	12.2	4.2
May	27° / 19°	222	17.6	12.4	4.9
Jun	27° / 19°	97	12.3	12.5	5.5
Jul	28° / 19°	82	10.9	12.4	5.7
Aug	28° / 19°	110	10.1	12.3	5.4
Sep	28° / 19°	179	14	12	4.8
Oct	27° / 18°	334	22	11.8	4.4
Nov	26° / 18°	409	24.7	11.6	4.1
Dec	26° / 17°	303	21.1	11.5	4.9

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

	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 (%)	16	15	14	12	11	11	10	10	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Cloudier (%)	84	85	86	88	89	89	90	90	92	92	93	93	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	14	86
4	12	88
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	4	96
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	5	95

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Colón gets around 403 mm of rain over 22.7 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 76% and peaks near 81% on the wettest days. The odds ease 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 (%)	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	79	79	79	78	77	77	76	75	74	73	72	71	70	69	69	68	68	67	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	81
2	81
3	81
4	81
5	81
6	81
7	81
8	81
9	80
10	80
11	80
12	79
13	79
14	79
15	78
16	77
17	77
18	76
19	75
20	74
21	73
22	72
23	71
24	70
25	69
26	69
27	68
28	68
29	67
30	67

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 50% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 50% 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
Comfortable (%)	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Humid (%)	52	52	51	50	50	49	49	48	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48
Muggy (%)	45	45	46	47	48	48	49	50	50	50	51	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	49

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	52	45
2	3	52	45
3	3	51	46
4	3	50	47
5	2	50	48
6	2	49	48
7	2	49	49
8	2	48	50
9	2	48	50
10	2	48	50
11	2	47	51
12	1	47	52
13	1	47	52
14	1	47	52
15	1	47	52
16	1	47	52
17	1	48	51
18	1	48	51
19	1	48	51
20	1	48	51
21	2	48	50
22	2	48	50
23	2	48	50
24	2	48	50
25	2	48	50
26	2	48	50
27	2	48	50
28	2	48	49
29	3	48	49
30	3	48	49

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 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 6:22 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 6:25 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	12.1	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	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:08
Sunset (PM)	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:22	6:26
2	12.1	6:21	6:26
3	12.1	6:21	6:25
4	12.1	6:20	6:25
5	12.1	6:20	6:25
6	12.1	6:19	6:25
7	12.1	6:18	6:25
8	12.1	6:18	6:25
9	12.1	6:17	6:25
10	12.1	6:17	6:25
11	12.1	6:16	6:25
12	12.1	6:16	6:25
13	12.2	6:15	6:25
14	12.2	6:15	6:25
15	12.2	6:14	6:25
16	12.2	6:14	6:25
17	12.2	6:13	6:25
18	12.2	6:13	6:24
19	12.2	6:13	6:24
20	12.2	6:12	6:24
21	12.2	6:12	6:24
22	12.2	6:11	6:24
23	12.2	6:11	6:24
24	12.2	6:10	6:24
25	12.2	6:10	6:24
26	12.2	6:10	6:24
27	12.3	6:09	6:24
28	12.3	6:09	6:24
29	12.3	6:09	6:25
30	12.3	6:08	6:25

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.6 kWh/m² to a high of 5.47 kWh/m² in September across the year — April's 4.99 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)	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
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	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Colón?

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

4.2

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Colón for sightseeing.

What to pack for Colón in April

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

In April, Colón sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 18°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Colón 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 Colón peaks around February 17 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	11	10
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	12	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Very high

Air quality in Colón 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 Colón is worst in March — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 17 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)	19	25	35	31	25	22	20	20	21	20	19	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	19	Moderate
Feb	25	Moderate
Mar	35	Moderate
Apr	31	Moderate
May	25	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	20	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Colón?

Colón sits at 8.0°N, 72.3°W, 805 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Michelena, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Colón

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Colón has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 788 m around an average of 829 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,681 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,839 m.

The land around Colón is covered by trees (47%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, trees (56%) and grassland (42%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and grassland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

788 m

trees 47%

16 km

2,681 m

trees 56%

80 km

3,839 m

trees 59%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

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

April weather nearby: Michelena 9.0 km · La Fría 20 km · Palmira 22 km · Capacho Nuevo 24 km · Ureña 24 km · Táriba 24 km · San Cristóbal 30 km · Cúcuta 30 km

Venezuela travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 0% of US; price level, 2011
GDP per capita: $3,495; 2025
Happiness: 5.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 12.6; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 39; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 520
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 Colón (8.0312°, -72.2605°, elevation 805 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	26	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	18
5	27	18
6	27	18
7	27	18
8	27	18
9	27	18
10	27	18
11	27	18
12	27	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	27	18
18	27	18
19	27	18
20	27	18
21	27	18
22	27	18
23	27	18
24	27	19
25	27	19
26	27	19
27	27	19
28	27	19
29	27	19
30	27	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	14	86
4	12	88
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	4	96
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	81
2	81
3	81
4	81
5	81
6	81
7	81
8	81
9	80
10	80
11	80
12	79
13	79
14	79
15	78
16	77
17	77
18	76
19	75
20	74
21	73
22	72
23	71
24	70
25	69
26	69
27	68
28	68
29	67
30	67

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	52	45
2	3	52	45
3	3	51	46
4	3	50	47
5	2	50	48
6	2	49	48
7	2	49	49
8	2	48	50
9	2	48	50
10	2	48	50
11	2	47	51
12	1	47	52
13	1	47	52
14	1	47	52
15	1	47	52
16	1	47	52
17	1	48	51
18	1	48	51
19	1	48	51
20	1	48	51
21	2	48	50
22	2	48	50
23	2	48	50
24	2	48	50
25	2	48	50
26	2	48	50
27	2	48	50
28	2	48	49
29	3	48	49
30	3	48	49

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	14	86
4	12	88
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	4	96
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	81
2	81
3	81
4	81
5	81
6	81
7	81
8	81
9	80
10	80
11	80
12	79
13	79
14	79
15	78
16	77
17	77
18	76
19	75
20	74
21	73
22	72
23	71
24	70
25	69
26	69
27	68
28	68
29	67
30	67

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	52	45
2	3	52	45
3	3	51	46
4	3	50	47
5	2	50	48
6	2	49	48
7	2	49	49
8	2	48	50
9	2	48	50
10	2	48	50
11	2	47	51
12	1	47	52
13	1	47	52
14	1	47	52
15	1	47	52
16	1	47	52
17	1	48	51
18	1	48	51
19	1	48	51
20	1	48	51
21	2	48	50
22	2	48	50
23	2	48	50
24	2	48	50
25	2	48	50
26	2	48	50
27	2	48	50
28	2	48	49
29	3	48	49
30	3	48	49

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	14	86
4	12	88
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	4	96
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	81
2	81
3	81
4	81
5	81
6	81
7	81
8	81
9	80
10	80
11	80
12	79
13	79
14	79
15	78
16	77
17	77
18	76
19	75
20	74
21	73
22	72
23	71
24	70
25	69
26	69
27	68
28	68
29	67
30	67

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	52	45
2	3	52	45
3	3	51	46
4	3	50	47
5	2	50	48
6	2	49	48
7	2	49	49
8	2	48	50
9	2	48	50
10	2	48	50
11	2	47	51
12	1	47	52
13	1	47	52
14	1	47	52
15	1	47	52
16	1	47	52
17	1	48	51
18	1	48	51
19	1	48	51
20	1	48	51
21	2	48	50
22	2	48	50
23	2	48	50
24	2	48	50
25	2	48	50
26	2	48	50
27	2	48	50
28	2	48	49
29	3	48	49
30	3	48	49