Lima Weather in August
Lima in August
The short of it: Lima in August averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 6.0 mm (0.24 in) of rain and about 11 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 13° · rain 6.0 mm · daylight 11 h 43 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: November & May
Thirty years of records give Lima an average August high of 19°, a low of 13° and some 6.0 mm of rain. Lima's coldest stretch of the year, 19° by day and 13° by night. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 6.0 mm.
The sun is up for about 11 h 43 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 November and May.
Against its neighbours, Lima runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Breña, 3 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
August in Lima, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BreñaLima region | 3 km WSW | 19° | 13° | 4.0 mm |
| Jesus MariaLima region | 3 km SSW | 19° | 13° | 4.0 mm |
| San LuisLima region | 5 km SE | 19° | 13° | 7.0 mm |
| Santa Anita - Los FicusLima region | 6 km E | 19° | 13° | 7.0 mm |
| San Francisco De BorjaLima region | 6 km SSE | 19° | 13° | 6.0 mm |
| San IsidroLima region | 6 km SSW | 18° | 13° | 4.0 mm |
| Carmen De La Legua ReynosoCallao | 8 km W | 19° | 13° | 2.0 mm |
| MirafloresLima region | 8 km S | 19° | 13° | 5.0 mm |