Climate averages 1991–2020
Quibdó weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Quibdó: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 818 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caldas (122 km away). In August its highs average 24.0°C, 4.0°C cooler than Quibdó, with 197 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Quibdó ranks 23rd of 46 for the warmest August highs and 46th of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Quibdó is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 818 mm to 754 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
Quibdó climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 388 | 26.3 | 11.812 h |
| February | 29.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 324 | 23.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 467 | 27.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 609 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 753 | 30.0 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 797 | 29.2 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 744 | 30.1 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 27.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 818 | 30.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 754 | 29.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 866 | 29.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 812 | 28.9 | 11.912 h |
| December | 27.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 610 | 27.7 | 11.812 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
- Caldas in AugustColombia · 122 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 197 mm rain
- Medellín in AugustColombia · 135 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 180 mm rain
- Bello in AugustColombia · 141 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 180 mm rain
- Rionegro in AugustColombia · 151 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Ibagué in AugustColombia · 213 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.4°C · 146 mm rain
- Chigorodó in AugustColombia · 220 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 445 mm rain
- La Dorada in AugustColombia · 222 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Yumbo in AugustColombia · 235 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 143 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 Quibdó) is explained once on the Quibdó year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.