Climate averages 1991–2020
Pitalito weather
in August.
A mild, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Pitalito: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 231 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Florencia (56 km away). In August its highs average 26.1°C, 4.5°C warmer than Pitalito, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Pitalito ranks 38th 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; Pitalito is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 231 mm to 200 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
Pitalito climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 209 | 27.0 | 12.012 h |
| February | 23.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 237 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| March | 23.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 315 | 30.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 329 | 29.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 22.1°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 307 | 30.6 | 12.212 h |
| June | 21.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 321 | 29.5 | 12.212 h |
| July | 20.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 316 | 30.3 | 12.212 h |
| August, selected | 21.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 231 | 28.8 | 12.212 h |
| September | 22.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 200 | 28.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 23.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 230 | 30.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 23.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 218 | 29.1 | 12.012 h |
| December | 23.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 227 | 29.1 | 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
- Florencia in AugustColombia · 56 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 121 mm rain
- Popayán in AugustColombia · 90 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Neiva in AugustColombia · 147 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Pasto in AugustColombia · 154 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Cali in AugustColombia · 183 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 143 mm rain
- Yumbo in AugustColombia · 198 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 143 mm rain
- Ipiales in AugustColombia · 210 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 7.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Tulcán in AugustEcuador · 218 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 8.2°C · 94 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 Pitalito) is explained once on the Pitalito year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.