Climate averages 1991–2020
Maicao weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 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 Maicao: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Riohacha (75 km away). In August its highs average 32.7°C, about as warm as Maicao, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Maicao ranks joint 2nd of 46 for the warmest August highs and 16th of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Maicao is 6.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 92 mm to 153 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
Maicao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 10 | 3.1 | 11.512 h |
| February | 30.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 5.7 | 1.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 31.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 11 | 2.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 41 | 7.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 108 | 14.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 65 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 40 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 32.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 92 | 13.7 | 12.512 h |
| September | 31.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 153 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 184 | 24.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 126 | 19.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 40 | 9.3 | 11.511 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
- Riohacha in AugustColombia · 75 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 97 mm rain
- La Concepción in AugustVenezuela · 95 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 86 mm rain
- Maracaibo in AugustVenezuela · 107 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 26.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in AugustVenezuela · 108 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 119 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in AugustVenezuela · 117 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 111 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in AugustVenezuela · 123 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.9°C · 86 mm rain
- Cabimas in AugustVenezuela · 139 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 236 mm rain
- Valledupar in AugustColombia · 150 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 147 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 Maicao) is explained once on the Maicao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.