Climate averages 1991–2020
Fusagasugá weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Fusagasugá: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Soacha (32 km away). In August its highs average 20.6°C, 1.6°C cooler than Fusagasugá, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Fusagasugá ranks 37th of 46 for the warmest August highs and 13th of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Fusagasugá is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 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
Fusagasugá climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 114 | 16.7 | 11.912 h |
| February | 22.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 146 | 17.8 | 12.012 h |
| March | 22.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 219 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 21.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 254 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| May | 21.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 204 | 23.1 | 12.312 h |
| June | 21.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 80 | 17.4 | 12.412 h |
| July | 21.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 65 | 16.6 | 12.312 h |
| August, selected | 22.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 65 | 16.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 22.5°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 108 | 18.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 21.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 200 | 21.8 | 12.012 h |
| November | 21.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 215 | 23.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 21.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 129 | 18.0 | 11.912 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
- Soacha in AugustColombia · 32 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Bogotá in AugustColombia · 44 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Chía in AugustColombia · 67 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Villavicencio in AugustColombia · 85 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Zipaquirá in AugustColombia · 86 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Ibagué in AugustColombia · 94 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.4°C · 146 mm rain
- La Dorada in AugustColombia · 128 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Neiva in AugustColombia · 187 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 29 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 Fusagasugá) is explained once on the Fusagasugá year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.