Climate averages 1991–2020
Cereté weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 5th 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 Cereté: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 236 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Montería (18 km away). In August its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Cereté, with 242 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Cereté ranks 10th of 46 for the warmest August highs and 38th of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Cereté is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 236 mm to 233 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
Cereté climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 27 | 7.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 32.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 29 | 6.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 32.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 61 | 13.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 162 | 24.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 262 | 29.1 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 246 | 27.8 | 12.613 h |
| July | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 240 | 27.7 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 236 | 28.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 233 | 28.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 229 | 29.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 179 | 26.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 29.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 89 | 18.3 | 11.612 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
- Montería in AugustColombia · 18 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 242 mm rain
- Sincelejo in AugustColombia · 64 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 252 mm rain
- Montelíbano in AugustColombia · 109 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 161 mm rain
- Magangué in AugustColombia · 120 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 231 mm rain
- Apartadó in AugustColombia · 144 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 253 mm rain
- Chigorodó in AugustColombia · 167 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 445 mm rain
- Cartagena in AugustColombia · 171 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 186 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in AugustColombia · 216 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.6°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 Cereté) is explained once on the Cereté year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.