Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciénaga weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Ciénaga: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 225 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Marta (26 km away). In August its highs average 28.3°C, 0.8°C cooler than Ciénaga, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Ciénaga ranks joint 17th of 46 for the warmest August highs and 35th of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Ciénaga is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 225 mm to 309 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
Ciénaga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 21 | 3.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 30.0°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 18 | 3.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 40 | 7.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 140 | 17.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 305 | 25.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 220 | 22.0 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 183 | 19.7 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 29.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 225 | 22.4 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 309 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 394 | 28.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 287 | 24.2 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 87 | 12.4 | 11.511 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
- Santa Marta in AugustColombia · 26 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Soledad in AugustColombia · 57 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.9°C · 156 mm rain
- Barranquilla in AugustColombia · 58 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 26.2°C · 156 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in AugustColombia · 85 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 197 mm rain
- Valledupar in AugustColombia · 124 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 147 mm rain
- Cartagena in AugustColombia · 152 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 186 mm rain
- Riohacha in AugustColombia · 158 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Magangué in AugustColombia · 204 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 231 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 Ciénaga) is explained once on the Ciénaga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.