La Serena Weather in August
La Serena in August
The short of it: La Serena in August averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 9 °C (47 °F), with 13 mm (0.51 in) of rain and about 11 h 3 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 16° · low 9° · rain 13 mm · daylight 11 h 3 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: February & January
August in La Serena brings afternoons near 16° and nights around 9°, with about 13 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 16°, nights near 9°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is scarce, about 13 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 3 min in mid-August, 39 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, La Serena runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. Coquimbo, 10 km to the WSW, is 1° cooler by day.
August in La Serena, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 3 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoquimboCoquimbo Region | 10 km WSW | 16° | 9° | 15 mm |
| AndacolloCoquimbo Region | 40 km SSE | 14° | 4° | 12 mm |
| La HigueraCoquimbo Region | 44 km N | 15° | 5° | 7.0 mm |
| VicuñaCoquimbo Region | 54 km ESE | 17° | 6° | 12 mm |
| PaiguanoCoquimbo Region | 72 km E | 16° | 4° | 6.0 mm |
| OvalleCoquimbo Region | 77 km S | 17° | 7° | 19 mm |
| Monte PatriaCoquimbo Region | 92 km SSE | 17° | 6° | 20 mm |
| PunitaquiCoquimbo Region | 103 km S | 17° | 7° | 26 mm |