Climate averages 1991–2020
Zipaquirá weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Zipaquirá: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chía (19 km away). In August its highs average 19.4°C, about as warm as Zipaquirá, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Zipaquirá ranks 44th of 46 for the warmest August highs and 8th of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Zipaquirá is 7.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 19.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 77 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
Zipaquirá climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 65 | 14.3 | 11.912 h |
| February | 20.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 99 | 16.9 | 12.012 h |
| March | 19.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 191 | 23.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 18.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 212 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 18.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 154 | 26.0 | 12.312 h |
| June | 18.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 73 | 21.1 | 12.412 h |
| July | 18.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 63 | 20.7 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 19.0°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 58 | 19.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 19.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 77 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 19.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 142 | 26.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 18.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 157 | 24.4 | 11.912 h |
| December | 19.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 90 | 17.7 | 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
- Chía in AugustColombia · 19 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Bogotá in AugustColombia · 47 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Soacha in AugustColombia · 55 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in AugustColombia · 86 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 65 mm rain
- La Dorada in AugustColombia · 87 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Villavicencio in AugustColombia · 107 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Duitama in AugustColombia · 140 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Sogamoso in AugustColombia · 141 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 Zipaquirá) is explained once on the Zipaquirá year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.