Climate averages 1991–2020
Montelíbano weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Montelíbano: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 161 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Montería (100 km away). In August its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Montelíbano, with 242 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Montelíbano ranks joint 11th of 46 for the warmest August highs and 27th of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Montelíbano is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 161 mm to 182 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
Montelíbano climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 33 | 9.5 | 11.712 h |
| February | 33.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 39 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 89 | 16.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 169 | 25.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 224 | 28.7 | 12.512 h |
| June | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 163 | 25.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 30.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 149 | 24.6 | 12.513 h |
| August, selected | 30.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 161 | 26.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 182 | 27.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 206 | 29.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 177 | 27.1 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 96 | 19.3 | 11.712 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
- Montería in AugustColombia · 100 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 242 mm rain
- Cereté in AugustColombia · 109 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 236 mm rain
- Apartadó in AugustColombia · 133 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 253 mm rain
- Chigorodó in AugustColombia · 143 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 445 mm rain
- Sincelejo in AugustColombia · 147 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 252 mm rain
- Magangué in AugustColombia · 158 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 231 mm rain
- Bello in AugustColombia · 183 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 180 mm rain
- Medellín in AugustColombia · 194 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 180 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 Montelíbano) is explained once on the Montelíbano year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.