San José del Guaviare weather in August

In August, San José del Guaviare sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 202 mm of rain across 25.4 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°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 06 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is San José del Guaviare's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San José del Guaviare's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 202 mm; 25.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 5:52 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover: 75%; 4th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.66 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in San José del Guaviare reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	21
2	28	21
3	28	21
4	28	21
5	28	21
6	28	21
7	28	21
8	28	21
9	28	21
10	28	21
11	28	21
12	28	21
13	28	21
14	28	21
15	28	21
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

How August really feels in San José del Guaviare

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 8 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

San José del Guaviare weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 22°	63	8.7	11.9	4.4
Feb	32° / 23°	100	11.1	11.9	3.8
Mar	30° / 23°	208	21.2	12	3.4
Apr	29° / 22°	301	26.8	12.1	3.0
May	29° / 22°	323	28.9	12.1	3.1
Jun	28° / 22°	313	28.3	12.1	3.4
Jul	28° / 21°	288	28.1	12.1	3.7
Aug	29° / 21°	202	25.4	12.1	3.6
Sep	29° / 22°	179	24.9	12	3.3
Oct	30° / 22°	207	26.6	11.9	3.1
Nov	30° / 22°	207	25.7	11.9	3.1
Dec	30° / 22°	128	17.4	11.9	4.1

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 15% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	22
Cloudier (%)	81	81	80	80	80	80	80	81	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	80	79	79	79	78

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	19	81
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	20	80
8	19	81
9	20	80
10	20	80
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	22	78

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

San José del Guaviare gets around 202 mm of rain over 25.4 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 83% and peaks near 85% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	85	84	83	82	82	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	84
3	83
4	82
5	82
6	81
7	81
8	81
9	81
10	81
11	81
12	81
13	81
14	82
15	82
16	82
17	83
18	83
19	83
20	83
21	84
22	84
23	84
24	84
25	84
26	84
27	83
28	83
29	83
30	83
31	84

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Oppressive (%)	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	99	99

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	6	94
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	3	97
22	3	97
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	1	99
31	1	99

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
2	5	calm
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30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 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 grow by about 0 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:53 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 5:52 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49
Sunset (PM)	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:52

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	5:53	6:00
2	12.1	5:53	6:00
3	12.1	5:53	6:00
4	12.1	5:53	6:00
5	12.1	5:53	5:59
6	12.1	5:53	5:59
7	12.1	5:53	5:59
8	12.1	5:53	5:59
9	12.1	5:53	5:59
10	12.1	5:53	5:59
11	12.1	5:53	5:58
12	12.1	5:53	5:58
13	12.1	5:53	5:58
14	12.1	5:52	5:58
15	12.1	5:52	5:57
16	12.1	5:52	5:57
17	12.1	5:52	5:57
18	12.1	5:52	5:57
19	12.1	5:52	5:56
20	12.1	5:51	5:56
21	12.1	5:51	5:56
22	12.1	5:51	5:55
23	12.1	5:51	5:55
24	12.1	5:51	5:55
25	12.1	5:50	5:54
26	12.1	5:50	5:54
27	12.1	5:50	5:54
28	12.1	5:50	5:53
29	12.1	5:50	5:53
30	12.1	5:49	5:53
31	12.1	5:49	5:52

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.66 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.68 kWh/m² to a high of 5.45 kWh/m² in January across the year — August's 4.66 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.3	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit San José del Guaviare?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in San José del Guaviare.

What to pack for San José del Guaviare in August

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

In August, San José del Guaviare sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in San José del Guaviare in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in San José del Guaviare peaks around February 13 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 13 at about 10 (extreme).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	14	13	11	13	12	11	10	13	12	12	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	10	Extreme

Air quality in San José del Guaviare 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 San José del Guaviare is worst in February — around 49 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.2× the cleanest month (September, 10 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	17	49	39	20	12	11	11	12	10	10	12	12
Level	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	49	Poor
Mar	39	Poor
Apr	20	Moderate
May	12	Moderate
Jun	11	Good
Jul	11	Good
Aug	12	Good
Sep	10	Good
Oct	10	Good
Nov	12	Good
Dec	12	Good

Location & terrain

Where is San José del Guaviare?

San José del Guaviare sits at 2.6°N, 72.6°W, 302 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Granada, 161 km away.

Topography around San José del Guaviare

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of San José del Guaviare.

Within 3 km, the terrain around San José del Guaviare has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 187 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 275 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 467 m.

The land around San José del Guaviare is covered by trees (49%) and grassland (30%) within 3 km, trees (61%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and trees (60%) and grassland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km

32 m

trees 49%

16 km

275 m

trees 61%

80 km

467 m

trees 60%

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← July San José del Guaviare year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Granada 161 km · San Martín 172 km · Puerto López 174 km · Acacías 201 km · Villavicencio 206 km · Restrepo 214 km · Tauramena 273 km · Fusagasugá 274 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

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 San José del Guaviare (2.568°, -72.6397°, elevation 302 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	21
2	28	21
3	28	21
4	28	21
5	28	21
6	28	21
7	28	21
8	28	21
9	28	21
10	28	21
11	28	21
12	28	21
13	28	21
14	28	21
15	28	21
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	19	81
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	20	80
8	19	81
9	20	80
10	20	80
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	22	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	84
3	83
4	82
5	82
6	81
7	81
8	81
9	81
10	81
11	81
12	81
13	81
14	82
15	82
16	82
17	83
18	83
19	83
20	83
21	84
22	84
23	84
24	84
25	84
26	84
27	83
28	83
29	83
30	83
31	84

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	6	94
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	3	97
22	3	97
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	1	99
31	1	99

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	21
2	28	21
3	28	21
4	28	21
5	28	21
6	28	21
7	28	21
8	28	21
9	28	21
10	28	21
11	28	21
12	28	21
13	28	21
14	28	21
15	28	21
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	19	81
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	20	80
8	19	81
9	20	80
10	20	80
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	22	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	84
3	83
4	82
5	82
6	81
7	81
8	81
9	81
10	81
11	81
12	81
13	81
14	82
15	82
16	82
17	83
18	83
19	83
20	83
21	84
22	84
23	84
24	84
25	84
26	84
27	83
28	83
29	83
30	83
31	84

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	6	94
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	3	97
22	3	97
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	1	99
31	1	99

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	21
2	28	21
3	28	21
4	28	21
5	28	21
6	28	21
7	28	21
8	28	21
9	28	21
10	28	21
11	28	21
12	28	21
13	28	21
14	28	21
15	28	21
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	19	81
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	20	80
8	19	81
9	20	80
10	20	80
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	22	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	84
3	83
4	82
5	82
6	81
7	81
8	81
9	81
10	81
11	81
12	81
13	81
14	82
15	82
16	82
17	83
18	83
19	83
20	83
21	84
22	84
23	84
24	84
25	84
26	84
27	83
28	83
29	83
30	83
31	84

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	6	94
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	3	97
22	3	97
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	1	99
31	1	99