Climate averages 1991–2020
Neiva weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Neiva: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pitalito (147 km away). In August its highs average 21.6°C, 9.1°C cooler than Neiva, with 231 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Neiva ranks joint 5th of 46 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Neiva is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 63 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
Neiva climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 67 | 11.1 | 12.012 h |
| February | 30.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 83 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 173 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 207 | 23.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 152 | 22.7 | 12.312 h |
| June | 29.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 67 | 16.5 | 12.312 h |
| July | 29.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 43 | 12.0 | 12.312 h |
| August, selected | 30.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 29 | 6.9 | 12.212 h |
| September | 31.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 63 | 11.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 152 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 173 | 22.9 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 97 | 16.8 | 12.012 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
- Pitalito in AugustColombia · 147 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 231 mm rain
- Cali in AugustColombia · 149 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 143 mm rain
- Florencia in AugustColombia · 151 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 121 mm rain
- Yumbo in AugustColombia · 153 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 143 mm rain
- Popayán in AugustColombia · 158 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Ibagué in AugustColombia · 168 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.4°C · 146 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in AugustColombia · 187 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Soacha in AugustColombia · 218 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 37 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 Neiva) is explained once on the Neiva year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.