Huasco Weather in August
Huasco in August
The short of it: Huasco in August averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 5.0 mm (0.20 in) of rain and about 11 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 8° · rain 5.0 mm · daylight 11 h 7 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: February & January
August in Huasco brings afternoons near 17° and nights around 8°, with about 5.0 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 17°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is scarce, about 5.0 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 7 min in mid-August, 37 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 February and January.
Against its neighbours, Huasco runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Freirina, 15 km to the ESE, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Huasco, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FreirinaAtacama | 15 km ESE | 18° | 8° | 3.0 mm |
| VallenarAtacama | 47 km ESE | 19° | 7° | 4.0 mm |
| Alto del CarmenAtacama | 79 km ESE | 17° | 4° | 3.0 mm |
| La HigueraCoquimbo Region | 116 km S | 15° | 5° | 7.0 mm |
| Tierra AmarillaAtacama | 146 km NE | 17° | 7° | 1.0 mm |
| CopiapóAtacama | 150 km NE | 17° | 7° | 1.0 mm |
| La SerenaCoquimbo Region | 160 km S | 16° | 9° | 13 mm |
| CalderaAtacama | 160 km NNE | 17° | 9° | 12 mm |