Leticia weather in August

In August, Leticia sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 138 mm of rain across 22.8 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Leticia's 1st-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Leticia's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
4th warmest
Overnight low
23°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
138 mm
22.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
5:48 AM – 5:40 PM
Cloud cover
63%
1st clearest
Wind
4 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Leticia is capital of the Colombian department of Amazonas.

Founded
1867

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 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Leticia reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Leticia

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.

Leticia weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 24°32128.812.22.8
Feb30° / 24°30226.112.12.7
Mar30° / 24°34129.1122.7
Apr30° / 24°3012811.92.8
May29° / 23°26027.411.83.1
Jun29° / 23°18524.611.83.5
Jul29° / 23°14222.711.83.8
Aug30° / 23°13822.811.93.5
Sep31° / 23°17224.8123.0
Oct31° / 24°22226.812.12.8
Nov31° / 24°24127.112.22.7
Dec30° / 24°29729.312.22.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Leticia gets around 138 mm of rain over 22.8 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 74% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
169
268
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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 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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11145342
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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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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:51 AM to 5:42 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 5:37 PM.

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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 4.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.82 kWh/m² to a high of 5.11 kWh/m² in September across the year — August's 4.72 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Leticia?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Leticia.

What to pack for Leticia in August

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

In August, Leticia sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Leticia in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Leticia peaks around February 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 16 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 highExtremeFeb 18UV 15Aug 16UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct12Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Leticia 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 Leticia is worst in September — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (June, 9 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateGoodSep 1118 µg/m³Jun 129 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr12Good
May9Good
Jun9Good
Jul11Good
Aug17Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct12Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Leticia?

Leticia sits at 4.2°S, 69.9°W, 84 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Tabatinga, 2.0 km away.

São Paulo de OlivençaSanto Antônio do IçáTonantinsCarauari

Topography around Leticia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Leticia has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 76 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m.

The land around Leticia is covered by trees (48%) within 3 km, trees (83%) within 16 km, and trees (95%) within 80 km.

3 km
36 m
16 km
61 m
80 km
131 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Tabatinga 2.0 km · Benjamin Constant 21 km · Atalaia do Norte 33 km · São Paulo de Olivença 150 km · Santo Antônio do Içá 254 km · Eirunepé 272 km · Tonantins 280 km · Carauari 346 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 Leticia (-4.2108°, -69.9394°, elevation 84 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).