Pucara Weather in August
Pucara in August
The short of it: Pucara in August averages a high of 13 °C (55 °F) and a low of -10 °C (14 °F), with 3.0 mm (0.12 in) of rain and about 11 h 35 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low -10° · rain 3.0 mm · daylight 11 h 35 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: November & December
Thirty years of records give Pucara an average August high of 13°, a low of -10° and some 3.0 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 13°, nights near -10°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is scarce, about 3.0 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and December.
Against its neighbours, Pucara runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Huarancante, 24 km to the N, is 2° cooler by day.
August in Pucara, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 23°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 35 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HuarancanteArequipa | 24 km N | 11° | -12° | 4.0 mm |
| Jatun OrcochiriArequipa | 28 km NNE | 14° | -10° | 4.0 mm |
| ChalhuancaArequipa | 33 km NNE | 14° | -10° | 4.0 mm |
| VizcachaneArequipa | 34 km NE | 13° | -11° | 4.0 mm |
| Charcani ChicoArequipa | 37 km S | 21° | 3° | 2.0 mm |
| YuraArequipa | 38 km SW | 23° | 5° | 2.0 mm |
| Cono NorteArequipa | 39 km SSW | 22° | 4° | 2.0 mm |
| Cono NorteArequipa | 40 km SSW | 21° | 4° | 2.0 mm |