Fonseca weather in August

In August, Fonseca sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 148 mm of rain across 23.9 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-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 5% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Fonseca's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fonseca's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
1st warmest
Overnight low
22°
10th coldest
Rainfall
148 mm
23.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:45 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover
83%
7th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Fonseca is place in Columbia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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 Fonseca reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 10°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 about 1°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Fonseca

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
heat index over the day's high
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.

Fonseca weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 20°27811.45.4
Feb30° / 21°287.811.65.0
Mar31° / 21°6513.111.94.1
Apr31° / 22°12220.712.23.1
May31° / 23°19025.812.52.7
Jun31° / 22°11920.612.63.0
Jul32° / 22°10419.512.63.0
Aug32° / 22°14823.912.42.6
Sep31° / 22°1712612.12.6
Oct30° / 21°17527.111.82.8
Nov30° / 21°12022.211.53.5
Dec30° / 21°6015.211.44.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

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

Any precipitation

Fonseca gets around 148 mm of rain over 23.9 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 77% and peaks near 81% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 95% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)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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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 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 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:43 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 5:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:436:12
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312.55:436:11
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512.55:446:11
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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 5.8 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.49 kWh/m² to a high of 5.8 kWh/m² in August across the year — August's 5.8 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Fonseca?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Fonseca.

What to pack for Fonseca in August

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

In August, Fonseca sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Fonseca in August

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 62 km away) is warmest in October at about 29°C and coldest in February near 25°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan25Warm
Feb25Warm
Mar25Warm
Apr26Warm
May27Warm
Jun28Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug28Warm
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov28Tropical
Dec27Warm

UV index in Fonseca 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 Fonseca peaks around March 24 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 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 highMar 24UV 14Dec 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Fonseca 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 Fonseca is worst in June — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (January, 11 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 1530 µg/m³Jan 1011 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb15Moderate
Mar22Moderate
Apr25Moderate
May28Moderate
Jun30Moderate
Jul27Moderate
Aug28Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Fonseca?

Fonseca sits at 10.9°N, 72.8°W, 182 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Barrancas, 10 km away.

Topography around Fonseca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fonseca has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 41 m around an average of 181 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,192 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,193 m.

The land around Fonseca is covered by grassland (37%), trees (28%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
41 m
16 km
1,192 m
80 km
5,193 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Barrancas 10 km · San Juan del Cesar 21 km · Hatonuevo 22 km · Villanueva 34 km · Albania 41 km · Valledupar 64 km · San Diego 71 km · Riohacha 73 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 Fonseca (10.8861°, -72.8487°, elevation 182 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).