Colca Weather in August
Colca in August
The short of it: Colca in August averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 13 mm (0.51 in) of rain and about 11 h 40 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 3° · rain 13 mm · daylight 11 h 40 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: November & October
August in Colca brings afternoons near 20° and nights around 3°, with about 13 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 20°, nights near 3°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 13 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 40 min in mid-August, 16 minutes more than a month before.
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 November and October.
Against its neighbours, Colca runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Huancaraylla, 7 km to the W, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Colca, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 7th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 16°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HuancarayllaAyacucho | 7 km W | 19° | 1° | 12 mm |
| CircamarcaAyacucho | 10 km W | 19° | 1° | 12 mm |
| CayaraAyacucho | 10 km SSE | 19° | 1° | 14 mm |
| San Juan de ChitoAyacucho | 14 km NE | 18° | 0° | 16 mm |
| VischongoAyacucho | 14 km NNE | 20° | 3° | 16 mm |
| AccomarcaAyacucho | 17 km SE | 20° | 3° | 16 mm |
| HuamboAyacucho | 17 km WNW | 16° | -2° | 13 mm |
| CarampaAyacucho | 23 km WNW | 21° | 4° | 11 mm |