Latacunga Weather in August
Latacunga in August
The short of it: Latacunga in August averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 17 mm (0.67 in) of rain and about 12 h 5 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 7° · rain 17 mm · daylight 12 h 5 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: January & September
Thirty years of records give Latacunga an average August high of 19°, a low of 7° and some 17 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 19°, nights near 7°. Easy travelling weather. It is the driest month of the year, only 17 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 12 h 5 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 January and September.
Against its neighbours, Latacunga runs about middling and drier than most in August. Pujilí, 9 km to the WSW, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Latacunga, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 3.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 5 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PujilíCotopaxi | 9 km WSW | 18° | 6° | 15 mm |
| SaquisilíCotopaxi | 12 km NNW | 18° | 5° | 16 mm |
| San MiguelCotopaxi | 13 km SSE | 19° | 7° | 19 mm |
| PíllaroTungurahua Province | 28 km SSE | 19° | 8° | 33 mm |
| AmbatoTungurahua Province | 35 km S | 19° | 8° | 30 mm |
| PelileoTungurahua Province | 45 km S | 19° | 8° | 47 mm |
| MachachiPichincha | 47 km N | 20° | 6° | 39 mm |
| BañosTungurahua Province | 56 km SSE | 20° | 10° | 103 mm |