Popayán Weather in August
Popayán in August
The short of it: Popayán in August averages a high of 26 °C (78 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 60 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 12 h 12 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 12° · rain 60 mm · daylight 12 h 12 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
August in Popayán brings afternoons near 26° and nights around 12°, with about 60 mm of rain over the month. No month in Popayán runs warmer: highs about 26°. Wet spells are common — about 60 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 12 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Popayán runs about middling and drier than most in August. Paispamba, 20 km to the S, is 7° cooler by day.
August in Popayán, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 3.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 12 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PaispambaCauca Department | 20 km S | 19° | 8° | 94 mm |
| LópezCauca Department | 21 km W | 26° | 13° | 86 mm |
| CajibíoCauca Department | 21 km NNE | 25° | 12° | 63 mm |
| El TamboCauca Department | 22 km W | 26° | 13° | 86 mm |
| PiendamoCauca Department | 24 km NNE | 24° | 12° | 59 mm |
| RosasCauca Department | 24 km SW | 26° | 14° | 59 mm |
| TotoróCauca Department | 25 km ENE | 18° | 8° | 92 mm |
| Villa RicaCauca Department | 28 km WNW | 26° | 13° | 100 mm |