Yopal weather by month & the best time to visit

🇨🇴 Colombia · regional city · tropical monsoon climate

The best time to visit Yopal is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 83/100), with February and December close behind. Yopal averages about 1,825 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 36 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

1,825

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

83/100

Rain / year

1,964 mm

Midday UV at peak

10 (very high)

Population

168k

Elevation

312 m

When is the best time to visit Yopal?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Yopal is January, then February and December. The dullest month is April (62/100, 225 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Yopal?

Yopal gets a moderate 1,825 hours of sunshine a year. January (83/100) is noticeably better than April (62). It ranks #23 of 49 destinations in Colombia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,819 hours. The year's 1,964 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Bogota Colombia · 207 km · best in Feb · 1,905 h sun/yr
• Bucaramanga Colombia · 220 km · best in Jan · 2,312 h sun/yr
• Cúcuta Colombia · 290 km · best in Nov · 1,616 h sun/yr
• Medellín Colombia · 349 km · best in Feb · 2,166 h sun/yr
• Pereira Colombia · 376 km · best in Jan · 1,819 h sun/yr
• Armenia Colombia · 387 km · best in Jan · 1,819 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Tame Colombia · 144 km · 2,065 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Villavicencio Colombia · 187 km · 1,609 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Saravena Colombia · 191 km · 2,064 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Barrancabermeja Colombia · 246 km · 2,312 h sun/yr · best in Jan

Head-to-head

How Yopal compares month by month: Yopal vs Bogota · Yopal vs Bucaramanga · Yopal vs Cúcuta · all comparisons