Climate averages 1991–2020
Soacha weather
in August.
A mild, fairly dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Soacha: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bogotá (15 km away). In August its highs average 19.3°C, 1.2°C cooler than Soacha, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Soacha ranks 39th of 46 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Soacha is 6.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 105 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
Soacha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 209 | 21.9 | 11.912 h |
| February | 18.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 237 | 22.3 | 12.012 h |
| March | 18.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 281 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 18.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 259 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 18.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 185 | 19.3 | 12.312 h |
| June | 18.7°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 56 | 9.9 | 12.412 h |
| July | 19.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 37 | 7.3 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 20.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 37 | 6.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 20.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 105 | 14.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 18.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 236 | 24.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 18.0°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 283 | 26.5 | 11.912 h |
| December | 18.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 225 | 23.4 | 11.912 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
- Bogotá in AugustColombia · 15 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in AugustColombia · 32 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Chía in AugustColombia · 36 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Zipaquirá in AugustColombia · 55 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Villavicencio in AugustColombia · 82 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 43 mm rain
- La Dorada in AugustColombia · 108 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Ibagué in AugustColombia · 110 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.4°C · 146 mm rain
- Sogamoso in AugustColombia · 190 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 10.3°C · 63 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 Soacha) is explained once on the Soacha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.