Vicuña Weather in August
Vicuña in August
The short of it: Vicuña in August averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 12 mm (0.47 in) of rain and about 11 h 3 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 6° · rain 12 mm · daylight 11 h 3 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: December & March
Thirty years of records give Vicuña an average August high of 17°, a low of 6° and some 12 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 17°, nights near 6°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is scarce, about 12 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 3 min in mid-August, 40 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 March.
Against its neighbours, Vicuña runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Paiguano, 19 km to the E, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Vicuña, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 8.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 3 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PaiguanoCoquimbo Region | 19 km E | 16° | 4° | 6.0 mm |
| AndacolloCoquimbo Region | 42 km WSW | 14° | 4° | 12 mm |
| La SerenaCoquimbo Region | 54 km WNW | 16° | 9° | 13 mm |
| CoquimboCoquimbo Region | 61 km W | 16° | 9° | 15 mm |
| La HigueraCoquimbo Region | 75 km NW | 15° | 5° | 7.0 mm |
| Monte PatriaCoquimbo Region | 77 km SSW | 17° | 6° | 20 mm |
| OvalleCoquimbo Region | 78 km SW | 17° | 7° | 19 mm |
| PunitaquiCoquimbo Region | 103 km SSW | 17° | 7° | 26 mm |