Caucasia weather in August

In August, Caucasia sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 264 mm of rain across 29 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Caucasia's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Caucasia's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
7th warmest
Overnight low
24°
6th coldest
Rainfall
264 mm
29 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:57 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover
91%
11th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.01 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.1
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Caucasia reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Caucasia

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Caucasia weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 24°5314.211.63.2
Feb35° / 25°5610.811.72.5
Mar35° / 25°12820.811.92.0
Apr33° / 25°2362812.21.9
May32° / 25°29630.112.42.0
Jun32° / 25°25528.612.52.0
Jul32° / 24°25928.912.42.1
Aug32° / 24°2642912.32.1
Sep32° / 24°25729.1122.1
Oct32° / 24°26930.411.82.1
Nov32° / 24°23628.911.62.3
Dec32° / 24°1322411.52.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 3% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 96%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Caucasia gets around 264 mm of rain over 29 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 94% and peaks near 95% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 93% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:56 AM to 5:56 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 6:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:566:17
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.01 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.34 kWh/m² to a high of 5.47 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 5.01 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Caucasia?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.1
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.4
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Caucasia.

What to pack for Caucasia in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Caucasia sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 29 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Caucasia in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Caucasia peaks around September 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highSep 17UV 12Dec 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Caucasia in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Caucasia is worst in March — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.2× the cleanest month (November, 12 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateGoodMar 1836 µg/m³Nov 2312 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb22Moderate
Mar37Poor
Apr26Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct12Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Caucasia?

Caucasia sits at 8.0°N, 75.2°W, 50 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Montelíbano, 25 km away.

Topography around Caucasia

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Caucasia.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Caucasia has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m around an average of 56 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,144 m.

The land around Caucasia is covered by grassland (49%) and trees (29%) within 3 km, grassland (63%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and trees (49%) and grassland (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
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80 km
2,144 m
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August weather nearby: Montelíbano 25 km · Ayapel 37 km · Nechí 48 km · El Bagre 60 km · Planeta Rica 64 km · Zaragoza 66 km · San Marcos 75 km · Tierralta 98 km

Colombia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 / 240 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 38% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$8,562
2025
Happiness
6.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
74%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
24.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
15.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 480
Religion
Roman Catholic 64%Protestant 17%none 14%atheist 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Caucasia (7.9865°, -75.1935°, elevation 50 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).