Platería Weather in August
Platería in August
The short of it: Platería in August averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 0 °C (32 °F), with 12 mm (0.47 in) of rain and about 11 h 35 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 0° · rain 12 mm · daylight 11 h 35 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Platería an average August high of 18°, a low of 0° and some 12 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 18°, nights near 0°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 12 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 35 min in mid-August, 19 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 September and August.
Against its neighbours, Platería runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Caritamaya, 11 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Platería, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 18°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 35 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CaritamayaPuno | 11 km SE | 17° | -1° | 14 mm |
| ChullunePuno | 22 km NW | 18° | 0° | 7.0 mm |
| IlavePuno | 23 km SE | 18° | 0° | 18 mm |
| PunoPuno | 24 km WNW | 18° | -2° | 7.0 mm |
| TaquilePuno | 26 km NE | 15° | 2° | 14 mm |
| ChijichayaPuno | 29 km SSE | 18° | -1° | 18 mm |
| PaucarcollaPuno | 33 km NW | 19° | -1° | 5.0 mm |
| CapachicaPuno | 34 km N | 17° | 1° | 10 mm |