Quito Weather in August
Quito in August
The short of it: Quito in August averages a high of 20 °C (69 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 26 mm (1.0 in) of rain and about 12 h 6 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 7° · rain 26 mm · daylight 12 h 6 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & July
August in Quito brings afternoons near 20° and nights around 7°, with about 26 mm of rain over the month. No month in Quito runs warmer: highs about 20°. Rain is modest, about 26 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 6 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates August 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Quito runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Sangolquí, 14 km to the SE, is 2° warmer by day.
August in Quito, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 3.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 6 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SangolquíPichincha | 14 km SE | 22° | 8° | 35 mm |
| PomasquiPichincha | 21 km NNE | 23° | 9° | 14 mm |
| OyambarilloPichincha | 22 km E | 22° | 8° | 24 mm |
| MachachiPichincha | 32 km S | 20° | 6° | 39 mm |
| CayambePichincha | 52 km NE | 20° | 7° | 19 mm |
| OtavaloImbabura | 59 km NNE | 21° | 8° | 17 mm |
| CotacachiImbabura | 66 km NNE | 22° | 9° | 20 mm |
| SaquisilíCotopaxi | 70 km SSW | 18° | 5° | 16 mm |