Riobamba Weather in August
Riobamba in August
The short of it: Riobamba in August averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 26 mm (1.0 in) of rain and about 12 h 4 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 7° · rain 26 mm · daylight 12 h 4 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: December & January
Thirty years of records give Riobamba an average August high of 19°, a low of 7° and some 26 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 19°, nights near 7°. Easy travelling weather. It is the driest month of the year, only 26 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 12 h 4 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 December and January.
Against its neighbours, Riobamba runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Guano, 7 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
August in Riobamba, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th 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 4 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GuanoChimborazo Province | 7 km NNE | 19° | 7° | 29 mm |
| GuarandaBolívar | 39 km WNW | 18° | 7° | 9.0 mm |
| PelileoTungurahua Province | 39 km NNE | 19° | 8° | 47 mm |
| BañosTungurahua Province | 40 km NE | 20° | 10° | 103 mm |
| San Miguel de BolívarBolívar | 43 km W | 18° | 8° | 9.0 mm |
| AmbatoTungurahua Province | 46 km N | 19° | 8° | 30 mm |
| PíllaroTungurahua Province | 56 km NNE | 19° | 8° | 33 mm |
| AlausíChimborazo Province | 63 km SSW | 20° | 9° | 13 mm |