Climate averages 1991–2020
Valledupar weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Valledupar: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 147 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a wet month (the 6th 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 Machiques (89 km away). In August its highs average 33.3°C, 4.1°C warmer than Valledupar, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Valledupar ranks joint 17th of 46 for the warmest August highs and 24th of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Valledupar is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 147 mm to 207 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
Valledupar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 26 | 4.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 36 | 5.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 103 | 12.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 247 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 27.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 336 | 28.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 163 | 24.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 101 | 19.5 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 29.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 147 | 23.2 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 207 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 315 | 27.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 26.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 308 | 22.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 90 | 11.1 | 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
- Machiques in AugustVenezuela · 89 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 101 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in AugustVenezuela · 104 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 111 mm rain
- Ciénaga in AugustColombia · 124 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 225 mm rain
- Riohacha in AugustColombia · 126 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Santa Marta in AugustColombia · 134 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Maicao in AugustColombia · 150 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 92 mm rain
- La Concepción in AugustVenezuela · 156 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 86 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in AugustVenezuela · 171 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.9°C · 86 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 Valledupar) is explained once on the Valledupar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.