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Medellín in August

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Medellín is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 56°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 19 minutes.August in Medellín is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 13°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 19 minutes.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
56°F13°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 92% of days
Daylight
12h 19mon average

Is August a good time to visit Medellín?

A good month, just outside Medellín's best months, which run from September to December.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 82°F in August, against 78°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in August, against 26°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

92% of days in August, against 73% to 97% through the year.

Cloud cover

82% cover in August, against 78% to 89% through the year.

Daylight

12h 19m in August, against 11h 46m to 12h 29m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July81°27°low 55°low 13°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. August82°28°low 56°low 13°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. September81°27°low 56°low 13°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where Medellín sits, in August

America/Bogota
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:57 AMsets 6:17 PM
Above the sea
1,600 mhigh country
Latitude
6.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Bogotá246 km south-east

The land around Medellín, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Colombia in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Medellín

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Medellín. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,600 m) against the climate model's (2,188 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,600 m) against the climate model's (2,188 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.