Macas Weather in August
Macas in August
The short of it: Macas in August averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 16 °C (61 °F), with 196 mm (7.7 in) of rain and about 12 h 2 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 16° · rain 196 mm · daylight 12 h 2 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Macas an average August high of 26°, a low of 16° and some 196 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 26°, nights near 16°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 196 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 2 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Macas runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Sucúa, 18 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
August in Macas, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 71 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 2 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SucúaMorona-Santiago Province | 18 km SSW | 26° | 16° | 173 mm |
| PaloraMorona-Santiago Province | 70 km NNE | 26° | 16° | 274 mm |
| AlausíChimborazo Province | 82 km W | 20° | 9° | 13 mm |
| PuyoPastaza Province | 92 km N | 25° | 16° | 332 mm |
| RiobambaChimborazo Province | 93 km NW | 19° | 7° | 26 mm |
| AzoguesCanar | 94 km WSW | 19° | 8° | 46 mm |
| CañarCanar | 95 km WSW | 16° | 5° | 38 mm |
| La UniónAzuay | 95 km SW | 20° | 9° | 66 mm |