Climate averages 1991–2020
Sabanalarga weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Sabanalarga: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 197 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Soledad (36 km away). In August its highs average 29.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Sabanalarga, with 156 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Sabanalarga ranks joint 5th of 46 for the warmest August highs and joint 32nd of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Sabanalarga is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 197 mm to 251 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
Sabanalarga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 6.6 | 1.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 4.7 | 1.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 33.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 20 | 5.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 80 | 15.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 208 | 25.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 175 | 22.7 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 137 | 20.2 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 30.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 197 | 24.5 | 12.512 h |
| September | 30.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 251 | 27.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 277 | 28.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 182 | 23.4 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 52 | 8.9 | 11.512 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
- Soledad in AugustColombia · 36 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.9°C · 156 mm rain
- Barranquilla in AugustColombia · 41 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 26.2°C · 156 mm rain
- Cartagena in AugustColombia · 68 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 186 mm rain
- Ciénaga in AugustColombia · 85 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 225 mm rain
- Santa Marta in AugustColombia · 104 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Magangué in AugustColombia · 156 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 231 mm rain
- Sincelejo in AugustColombia · 156 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 252 mm rain
- Valledupar in AugustColombia · 183 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 147 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 Sabanalarga) is explained once on the Sabanalarga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.