Arica Weather in August
Arica in August
The short of it: Arica in August averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 14 °C (57 °F), with 1.0 mm (0.04 in) of rain and about 11 h 30 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 14° · rain 1.0 mm · daylight 11 h 30 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: December & April
Thirty years of records give Arica an average August high of 17°, a low of 14° and some 1.0 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 17°, nights near 14°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 1.0 mm.
The sun is up for about 11 h 30 min in mid-August, 23 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates August 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are December and April.
Against its neighbours, Arica runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Tacna, 51 km to the N, is 2° warmer by day.
August in Arica, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 3°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TacnaTacna | 51 km N | 19° | 11° | 2.0 mm |
| SobrayaTacna | 55 km NNE | 20° | 11° | 1.0 mm |
| Piedra BlancaTacna | 57 km NNE | 20° | 11° | 1.0 mm |
| CalanaTacna | 60 km NNE | 21° | 11° | 1.0 mm |
| Las YarasTacna | 73 km NNW | 20° | 12° | 3.0 mm |
| CamaronesArica y Parinacota Region | 75 km SE | 20° | 10° | 0.0 mm |
| Sama GrandeTacna | 79 km NNW | 20° | 12° | 3.0 mm |
| IteTacna | 98 km NW | 19° | 13° | 2.0 mm |