Climate averages 1991–2020
Sincelejo weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Sincelejo: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 252 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cereté (64 km away). In August its highs average 30.2°C, 1.0°C warmer than Sincelejo, with 236 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Sincelejo ranks joint 17th of 46 for the warmest August highs and 40th of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Sincelejo is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 252 mm to 250 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
Sincelejo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 30 | 7.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 34 | 7.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 32.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 74 | 15.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 180 | 25.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 292 | 29.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 29.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 267 | 28.1 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 244 | 27.5 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 29.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 252 | 28.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 250 | 29.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 249 | 29.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 189 | 27.3 | 11.712 h |
| December | 29.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 92 | 18.6 | 11.612 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
- Cereté in AugustColombia · 64 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 236 mm rain
- Magangué in AugustColombia · 70 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 231 mm rain
- Montería in AugustColombia · 82 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 242 mm rain
- Cartagena in AugustColombia · 122 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 186 mm rain
- Montelíbano in AugustColombia · 147 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 161 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in AugustColombia · 156 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 197 mm rain
- Soledad in AugustColombia · 192 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.9°C · 156 mm rain
- Barranquilla in AugustColombia · 197 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 26.2°C · 156 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 Sincelejo) is explained once on the Sincelejo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.