El Banco weather in August

In August, El Banco sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 204 mm of rain across 24.4 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-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 El Banco's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see El Banco's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
7th warmest
Overnight low
25°
4th coldest
Rainfall
204 mm
24.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:51 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover
90%
10th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
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 El Banco reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 7°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in El Banco

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.

El Banco weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 25°4411.911.53.6
Feb34° / 26°469.411.73.2
Mar34° / 26°11516.411.92.8
Apr32° / 26°22324.412.22.4
May32° / 26°30927.612.42.4
Jun32° / 26°19424.312.52.5
Jul32° / 25°16422.312.52.7
Aug32° / 25°20424.412.32.6
Sep31° / 25°24727.412.12.4
Oct31° / 25°30629.511.82.3
Nov31° / 25°24727.111.62.5
Dec32° / 25°12219.911.53.2

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 4% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 95%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1595
2595
3595
4694
5595
6595
7595
8595
9595
10595
11595
12595
13595
14595
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

El Banco gets around 204 mm of rain over 24.4 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 79% and peaks near 87% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
172
273
373
474
574
674
775
875
975
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1277
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1478
1579
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2785
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3086
3187

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 99% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1298
2298
3298
4298
5199
6199
7199
8199
9199
10199
11199
12199
13199
14199
15199
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31199

Wind in August

Winds average 4 km/h in August.

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
24calm
34calm
44calm
54calm
64calm
74calm
84calm
94calm
104calm
114calm
124calm
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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 5:50 AM to 5:50 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:506:14
212.45:506:14
312.45:506:13
412.45:506:13
512.45:506:13
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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 5.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.28 kWh/m² to a high of 5.91 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.06 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
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55.2Bright
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314.9Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit El Banco?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in El Banco.

What to pack for El Banco in August

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

In August, El Banco sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in El Banco 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 El Banco peaks around February 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highFeb 22UV 13Dec 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in El Banco 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 El Banco is worst in March — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.2× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateGoodMar 1744 µg/m³Dec 1211 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar47Poor
Apr27Moderate
May22Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is El Banco?

El Banco sits at 9.0°N, 74.0°W, 34 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Guamal, 31 km away.

Topography around El Banco

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around El Banco has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 28 m around an average of 27 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 226 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,648 m.

The land around El Banco is covered by grassland (36%) and wetland (22%) within 3 km, grassland (45%) and wetland (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (49%) and trees (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
28 m
16 km
226 m
80 km
2,648 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Guamal 31 km · Chimichagua 34 km · Pailitas 39 km · Curumaní 52 km · Pinillos 55 km · Astrea 55 km · Mompós 56 km · Chiriguaná 57 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 El Banco (9.0011°, -73.9758°, elevation 34 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).