Climate averages 1991–2020
Magangué weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th 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 Magangué: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 231 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sincelejo (70 km away). In August its highs average 29.2°C, 1.3°C cooler than Magangué, with 252 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Magangué ranks 7th of 46 for the warmest August highs and joint 36th of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Magangué is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 231 mm to 249 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
Magangué climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 26 | 6.5 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 29 | 6.6 | 11.812 h |
| March | 32.9°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 72 | 14.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.2°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 185 | 24.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 288 | 29.0 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 244 | 26.2 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 199 | 25.2 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 30.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 231 | 26.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 249 | 28.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 255 | 29.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 180 | 25.8 | 11.712 h |
| December | 30.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 74 | 15.6 | 11.612 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
- Sincelejo in AugustColombia · 70 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 252 mm rain
- Cereté in AugustColombia · 120 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 236 mm rain
- Montería in AugustColombia · 135 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 242 mm rain
- Cartagena in AugustColombia · 152 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 186 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in AugustColombia · 156 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 197 mm rain
- Montelíbano in AugustColombia · 158 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 161 mm rain
- Aguachica in AugustColombia · 163 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 312 mm rain
- Soledad in AugustColombia · 186 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.9°C · 156 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 Magangué) is explained once on the Magangué year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.