Climate averages 1991–2020
Ibarra weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Ibarra: daytime highs average 21.0°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 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 08 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tulcán (69 km away). In August its highs average 15.6°C, 5.5°C cooler than Ibarra, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Ibarra ranks 6th of 9 for the warmest August highs and 6th of 9 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 9 cities is 22.8°C; Ibarra is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 75 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
Ibarra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 146 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| February | 20.0°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 146 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 20.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 185 | 27.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 20.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 210 | 27.7 | 12.112 h |
| May | 20.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 160 | 28.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 19.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 120 | 25.5 | 12.112 h |
| July | 20.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 108 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| August, selected | 21.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 66 | 19.3 | 12.112 h |
| September | 21.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 75 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 21.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 133 | 24.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 19.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 175 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| December | 19.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 165 | 24.0 | 12.112 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
- Tulcán in AugustEcuador · 69 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 8.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Ipiales in AugustColombia · 76 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 7.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Pasto in AugustColombia · 135 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in AugustEcuador · 135 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Tumaco in AugustColombia · 177 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 210 mm rain
- Esmeraldas in AugustEcuador · 183 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Pitalito in AugustColombia · 285 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 231 mm rain
- Popayán in AugustColombia · 287 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 64 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 Ibarra) is explained once on the Ibarra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.