Climate averages 1991–2020
Chía weather
in August.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Chía: daytime highs average 19.4°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zipaquirá (19 km away). In August its highs average 19.0°C, about as warm as Chía, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Chía ranks 40th of 46 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Chía is 7.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 19.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 34 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
Chía climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.2°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 60 | 14.1 | 11.912 h |
| February | 19.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 84 | 15.4 | 12.012 h |
| March | 19.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 140 | 18.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 18.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 148 | 19.7 | 12.212 h |
| May | 18.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 96 | 16.3 | 12.312 h |
| June | 18.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 39 | 10.2 | 12.412 h |
| July | 18.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 33 | 9.4 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 19.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 24 | 7.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 19.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 34 | 10.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 18.9°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 100 | 17.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 18.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 129 | 20.6 | 11.912 h |
| December | 18.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 77 | 15.8 | 11.812 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
- Zipaquirá in AugustColombia · 19 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Bogotá in AugustColombia · 28 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Soacha in AugustColombia · 36 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in AugustColombia · 67 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 65 mm rain
- La Dorada in AugustColombia · 94 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Villavicencio in AugustColombia · 94 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Ibagué in AugustColombia · 135 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.4°C · 146 mm rain
- Duitama in AugustColombia · 156 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.4°C · 63 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 Chía) is explained once on the Chía year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.