Climate averages 1991–2020
Ibagué weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd 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 Ibagué: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fusagasugá (94 km away). In August its highs average 22.2°C, 4.7°C cooler than Ibagué, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Ibagué ranks 25th of 46 for the warmest August highs and 23rd of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Ibagué is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 146 mm to 217 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
Ibagué climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 108 | 16.6 | 11.912 h |
| February | 26.2°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 150 | 19.5 | 12.012 h |
| March | 25.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 304 | 25.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 377 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 24.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 339 | 30.4 | 12.312 h |
| June | 25.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 211 | 28.4 | 12.412 h |
| July | 25.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 174 | 27.5 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 26.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 146 | 25.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 26.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 217 | 26.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 310 | 28.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 24.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 277 | 26.4 | 11.912 h |
| December | 24.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 142 | 19.7 | 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
- Fusagasugá in AugustColombia · 94 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Soacha in AugustColombia · 110 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Bogotá in AugustColombia · 126 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 23 mm rain
- La Dorada in AugustColombia · 127 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Chía in AugustColombia · 135 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Zipaquirá in AugustColombia · 148 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Neiva in AugustColombia · 168 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Yumbo in AugustColombia · 172 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 143 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 Ibagué) is explained once on the Ibagué year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.