Climate averages 1991–2020
Santo Domingo de los Colorados weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Santo Domingo de los Colorados: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ibarra (135 km away). In August its highs average 21.0°C, 2.7°C cooler than Santo Domingo de los Colorados, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Santo Domingo de los Colorados ranks 5th of 9 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 9 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 9 cities is 22.8°C; Santo Domingo de los Colorados is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 mm to 87 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
Santo Domingo de los Colorados climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 376 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| February | 24.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 407 | 27.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 24.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 414 | 29.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 391 | 28.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 252 | 27.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 23.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 123 | 21.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 23.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 87 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| August, selected | 23.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 59 | 15.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 87 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 118 | 22.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 131 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 235 | 26.2 | 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
- Ibarra in AugustEcuador · 135 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Esmeraldas in AugustEcuador · 145 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Portoviejo in AugustEcuador · 168 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Tulcán in AugustEcuador · 201 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 8.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Ipiales in AugustColombia · 209 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 7.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in AugustEcuador · 225 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 101 mm rain
- Tumaco in AugustColombia · 231 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 210 mm rain
- Pasto in AugustColombia · 267 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.2°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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados) is explained once on the Santo Domingo de los Colorados year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.