Payandé weather in August

In August, Payandé sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 43 mm of rain across 7.3 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-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 3% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Payandé's 4th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Payandé's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
20°
6th coldest
Rainfall
43 mm
7.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:00 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover
79%
4th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.3 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.9
out of 10

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 Payandé reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Payandé weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 20°46711.85.6
Feb30° / 21°569.411.94.9
Mar29° / 21°12616.3124.3
Apr28° / 21°21722.112.14.0
May28° / 20°21521.912.24.3
Jun28° / 20°11915.412.24.8
Jul29° / 20°7711.912.25.0
Aug30° / 20°437.312.14.9
Sep30° / 21°7310.4124.5
Oct29° / 20°16918.211.94.4
Nov28° / 20°17218.711.84.7
Dec28° / 20°921211.85.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11585
21585
31684
41783
51783
61783
71783
81684
91684
101684
111684
121684
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211585
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311585

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Payandé gets around 43 mm of rain over 7.3 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 25% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
128
228
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426
525
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724
824
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1024
1124
1224
1324
1424
1524
1624
1724
1824
1924
2024
2124
2224
2324
2424
2524
2624
2724
2824
2925
3025
3126

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 26% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
11224928
21234927
31244927
41244926
51254925
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293195226
303185326
313185326

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
15calm
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125calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:01 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:016:12
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412.26:016:12
512.26:016:11
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2012.16:006:07
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2212.15:596:07
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2712.15:596:05
2812.15:586:04
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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 5.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.38 kWh/m² to a high of 5.38 kWh/m² in September across the year — August's 5.3 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.5Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Payandé?

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

4.9
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
6.7
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Payandé for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Payandé in August

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

In August, Payandé sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Payandé in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Payandé peaks around February 19 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 19UV 16Dec 13UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Payandé 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 Payandé is worst in March — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.9× the cleanest month (July, 21 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1640 µg/m³Jul 1521 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan31Moderate
Feb36Poor
Mar40Poor
Apr35Moderate
May28Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug25Moderate
Sep31Moderate
Oct29Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec31Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Payandé?

Payandé sits at 4.3°N, 75.1°W, 700 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Rovira, 17 km away.

Topography around Payandé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Payandé has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 443 m around an average of 710 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,428 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,052 m.

The land around Payandé is covered by trees (56%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, trees (44%) and grassland (39%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
443 m
16 km
1,428 m
80 km
5,052 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Rovira 17 km · Ibagué 19 km · Espinal 29 km · Flandes 31 km · Girardot City 32 km · Guamo 33 km · Anaime 40 km · Melgar 52 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 Payandé (4.2975°, -75.0967°, elevation 700 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).