Climate averages 1991–2020
Barrancabermeja weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Barrancabermeja: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 329 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 6th 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 Aguachica (141 km away). In August its highs average 29.4°C, 1.1°C cooler than Barrancabermeja, with 312 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Barrancabermeja ranks 8th of 46 for the warmest August highs and 44th of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Barrancabermeja is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 329 mm to 393 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
Barrancabermeja climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 115 | 16.6 | 11.812 h |
| February | 31.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 138 | 15.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 260 | 23.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 357 | 26.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 390 | 28.7 | 12.412 h |
| June | 30.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 341 | 26.5 | 12.513 h |
| July | 30.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 304 | 24.9 | 12.512 h |
| August, selected | 30.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 329 | 25.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 393 | 27.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 406 | 29.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 394 | 28.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 245 | 23.7 | 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
- Aguachica in AugustColombia · 141 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 312 mm rain
- Ocaña in AugustColombia · 141 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 185 mm rain
- Duitama in AugustColombia · 165 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Cúcuta in AugustColombia · 176 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Rubio in AugustVenezuela · 180 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Sogamoso in AugustColombia · 181 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 10.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Rionegro in AugustColombia · 196 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Táriba in AugustVenezuela · 199 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 39 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 Barrancabermeja) is explained once on the Barrancabermeja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.