Uyuni Weather in August
Uyuni in August
The short of it: Uyuni in August averages a high of 14 °C (58 °F) and a low of -5 °C (23 °F), with 0.0 mm (0.00 in) of rain and about 11 h 25 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low -5° · rain 0.0 mm · daylight 11 h 25 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: December & March
Thirty years of records give Uyuni an average August high of 14°, a low of -5° and some 0.0 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 14°, nights near -5°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is scarce, about 0.0 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 25 min in mid-August, 25 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are December and March.
Against its neighbours, Uyuni runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Colchani, 21 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
August in Uyuni, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 20°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 25 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ColchaniPotosí Department | 21 km NNW | 14° | -5° | 0.0 mm |
| PorcoPotosí Department | 78 km SSE | 15° | -6° | 0.0 mm |
| AtochaPotosí Department | 82 km SE | 16° | -3° | 0.0 mm |
| Santa BárbaraPotosí Department | 95 km ESE | 13° | -6° | 1.0 mm |
| Santiago de CotagaitaPotosí Department | 127 km ESE | 23° | 6° | 2.0 mm |
| PotosíPotosí Department | 148 km NE | 16° | -2° | 4.0 mm |
| TupizaPotosí Department | 159 km SE | 22° | 4° | 1.0 mm |
| CamargoChuquisaca Department | 169 km E | 23° | 7° | 3.0 mm |