Morales weather in August

In August, Morales sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 351 mm of rain across 26.4 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Morales's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Morales's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
5th warmest
Overnight low
24°
6th coldest
Rainfall
351 mm
26.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:51 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover
90%
9th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.4 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 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Morales reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°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 Morales

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.

Morales weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 24°649.511.64.0
Feb34° / 25°658.411.73.2
Mar33° / 25°16317.611.92.8
Apr31° / 24°34926.112.22.5
May31° / 24°48829.212.42.5
Jun31° / 24°40326.812.52.6
Jul31° / 24°32725.612.42.7
Aug31° / 24°35126.412.32.6
Sep31° / 24°36427.7122.5
Oct30° / 24°37229.511.82.6
Nov30° / 24°33627.111.62.8
Dec31° / 24°16418.911.53.6

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
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5595
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Morales gets around 351 mm of rain over 26.4 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 86% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
182
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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 56% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
15644
25644
35545
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95545
105545
115545
125545
135644
145644
155644
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205743
215743
225743
235644
245644
255644
265545
275545
285545
295446
305446
315347

Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 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 5:51 AM to 5:50 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 6:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:516:13
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312.45:516:12
412.35:516:12
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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 5.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.29 kWh/m² to a high of 5.77 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.4 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Morales?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Morales.

What to pack for Morales in August

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

In August, Morales sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Morales 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 Morales peaks around February 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 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 highFeb 18UV 13Dec 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Morales 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 Morales is worst in March — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.7× the cleanest month (December, 13 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1844 µg/m³Dec 1113 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar46Poor
Apr32Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Morales?

Morales sits at 8.3°N, 73.9°W, 22 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Aguachica, 28 km away.

Topography around Morales

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Morales has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m around an average of 50 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 856 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,252 m.

The land around Morales is covered by grassland (63%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, grassland (51%) and trees (41%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and grassland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
110 m
16 km
856 m
80 km
3,252 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Aguachica 28 km · Simití 36 km · San Martín 50 km · Tiquisio 54 km · Ocaña 57 km · Pailitas 80 km · El Banco 81 km · Pinillos 97 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 Morales (8.2762°, -73.868°, elevation 22 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).