Climate averages 1991–2020
Yopal weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Yopal: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 122 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sogamoso (73 km away). In August its highs average 19.2°C, 7.3°C cooler than Yopal, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Yopal ranks 28th of 46 for the warmest August highs and 20th of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Yopal is level with that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 122 mm to 94 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
Yopal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 8.5 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 30.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 16 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 54 | 8.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 165 | 20.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 26.5°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 227 | 26.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 25.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 221 | 26.5 | 12.412 h |
| July | 25.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 188 | 26.0 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 26.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 122 | 21.8 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 94 | 20.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 118 | 21.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 100 | 17.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 27 | 5.8 | 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
- Sogamoso in AugustColombia · 73 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 10.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Duitama in AugustColombia · 89 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Zipaquirá in AugustColombia · 182 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Villavicencio in AugustColombia · 191 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Chía in AugustColombia · 192 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Bogotá in AugustColombia · 204 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Soacha in AugustColombia · 219 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in AugustColombia · 245 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 65 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 Yopal) is explained once on the Yopal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.