Climate averages 1991–2020
La Dorada weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in La Dorada: daytime highs average 33.7°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zipaquirá (87 km away). In August its highs average 19.0°C, 14.7°C cooler than La Dorada, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, La Dorada ranks 1st of 46 for the warmest August highs and 7th of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; La Dorada is 7.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 110 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
La Dorada climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 67 | 12.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 80 | 13.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 156 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 151 | 19.1 | 12.212 h |
| May | 31.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 119 | 16.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 32.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 35 | 7.9 | 12.412 h |
| July | 32.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 31 | 6.0 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 33.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 48 | 8.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 33.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 110 | 15.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 211 | 22.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 224 | 23.6 | 11.912 h |
| December | 30.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 116 | 17.2 | 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 · 87 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Chía in AugustColombia · 94 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Soacha in AugustColombia · 108 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Rionegro in AugustColombia · 111 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Bogotá in AugustColombia · 113 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Ibagué in AugustColombia · 127 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.4°C · 146 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in AugustColombia · 128 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Caldas in AugustColombia · 129 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 197 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 La Dorada) is explained once on the La Dorada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.