Climate averages 1991–2020
Apartadó weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Apartadó: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 253 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chigorodó (25 km away). In August its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Apartadó, with 445 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Apartadó ranks 14th of 46 for the warmest August highs and 41st of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Apartadó is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 253 mm to 199 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Apartadó climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 75 | 19.8 | 11.712 h |
| February | 30.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 61 | 14.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 97 | 18.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 174 | 25.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 258 | 28.6 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 245 | 27.8 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 291 | 29.2 | 12.513 h |
| August, selected | 29.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 253 | 29.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 199 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 177 | 26.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 179 | 24.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 137 | 25.0 | 11.712 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Chigorodó in AugustColombia · 25 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 445 mm rain
- Montería in AugustColombia · 127 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 242 mm rain
- Montelíbano in AugustColombia · 133 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 161 mm rain
- Cereté in AugustColombia · 144 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 236 mm rain
- Bello in AugustColombia · 208 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 180 mm rain
- Sincelejo in AugustColombia · 208 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 252 mm rain
- Medellín in AugustColombia · 216 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 180 mm rain
- Caldas in AugustColombia · 227 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 197 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Apartadó) is explained once on the Apartadó year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.