Climate averages 1991–2020
Ocaña weather
in August.
A warm, 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 warm month in Ocaña: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 185 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 8th 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 Aguachica (30 km away). In August its highs average 29.4°C, 5.0°C warmer than Ocaña, with 312 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Ocaña ranks 33rd of 46 for the warmest August highs and 30th of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Ocaña is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 185 mm to 253 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
Ocaña climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 22 | 6.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 26.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 35 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 25.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 99 | 16.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 200 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 24.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 293 | 25.7 | 12.512 h |
| June | 24.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 168 | 19.4 | 12.613 h |
| July | 24.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 112 | 16.9 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 24.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 185 | 21.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 24.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 253 | 25.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 259 | 26.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 163 | 20.1 | 11.812 h |
| December | 24.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 51 | 9.8 | 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
- Aguachica in AugustColombia · 30 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 312 mm rain
- Cúcuta in AugustColombia · 101 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Rubio in AugustVenezuela · 125 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Táriba in AugustVenezuela · 133 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Barrancabermeja in AugustColombia · 141 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 329 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in AugustVenezuela · 179 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 335 mm rain
- Magangué in AugustColombia · 190 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 231 mm rain
- Machiques in AugustVenezuela · 221 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 101 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 Ocaña) is explained once on the Ocaña year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.