Climate averages 1991–2020
Arauca weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Arauca: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 293 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Socopó (128 km away). In August its highs average 28.1°C, 1.1°C cooler than Arauca, with 239 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Arauca ranks joint 17th of 46 for the warmest August highs and 42nd of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Arauca is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 293 mm to 244 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
Arauca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 15 | 2.7 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 21 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 55 | 7.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 181 | 19.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 324 | 26.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 375 | 28.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 346 | 27.9 | 12.512 h |
| August, selected | 29.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 293 | 27.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 244 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 211 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 145 | 20.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 30.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 51 | 9.5 | 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
- Socopó in AugustVenezuela · 128 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 239 mm rain
- Ejido (approximate) in AugustVenezuela · 171 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Mérida, Venezuela in AugustVenezuela · 172 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Táriba in AugustVenezuela · 181 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Rubio in AugustVenezuela · 189 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Cúcuta in AugustColombia · 213 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Guanare in AugustVenezuela · 245 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 240 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in AugustVenezuela · 249 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 335 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 Arauca) is explained once on the Arauca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.