Climate averages 1991–2020
Florencia weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Florencia: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pitalito (56 km away). In August its highs average 21.6°C, 4.5°C cooler than Florencia, with 231 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Florencia ranks 29th of 46 for the warmest August highs and 19th of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Florencia is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 121 mm to 108 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
Florencia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 86 | 14.0 | 12.012 h |
| February | 28.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 126 | 16.3 | 12.112 h |
| March | 27.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 193 | 24.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 239 | 25.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 25.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 244 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| June | 24.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 240 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| July | 24.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 212 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| August, selected | 26.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 121 | 17.7 | 12.212 h |
| September | 27.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 108 | 18.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 164 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 26.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 202 | 24.9 | 12.012 h |
| December | 27.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 143 | 21.2 | 12.012 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
- Pitalito in AugustColombia · 56 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 231 mm rain
- Popayán in AugustColombia · 145 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Neiva in AugustColombia · 151 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Pasto in AugustColombia · 191 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Cali in AugustColombia · 226 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 143 mm rain
- Yumbo in AugustColombia · 240 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 143 mm rain
- Ipiales in AugustColombia · 243 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 7.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Tulcán in AugustEcuador · 251 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 8.2°C · 94 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 Florencia) is explained once on the Florencia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.