Cuenca Weather in August
Cuenca in August
The short of it: Cuenca in August averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 34 mm (1.3 in) of rain and about 12 h 1 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 8° · rain 34 mm · daylight 12 h 1 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Cuenca an average August high of 20°, a low of 8° and some 34 mm of rain. The dead of winter in Cuenca: highs scarcely reach 20°, nights fall to 8°. It is the driest month of the year, only 34 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 12 h 1 min in mid-August.
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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Cuenca runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Llacao, 13 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
August in Cuenca, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 1 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LlacaoAzuay | 13 km ENE | 20° | 9° | 39 mm |
| NultiAzuay | 16 km E | 16° | 5° | 46 mm |
| AzoguesCanar | 24 km NE | 19° | 8° | 46 mm |
| GualaceoAzuay | 24 km E | 20° | 9° | 69 mm |
| La UniónAzuay | 24 km ENE | 20° | 9° | 66 mm |
| CañarCanar | 38 km N | 16° | 5° | 38 mm |
| La TroncalCanar | 65 km NW | 29° | 19° | 12 mm |
| GualaquizaMorona-Santiago Province | 73 km SE | 27° | 17° | 128 mm |