Climate averages 1991–2020
Ovalle weather
in August.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Ovalle: daytime highs average 21.0°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 01 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Coquimbo (73 km away). In August its highs average 18.2°C, 2.8°C cooler than Ovalle, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Ovalle ranks 4th of 40 for the warmest August highs and 9th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 15.5°C; Ovalle is 5.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 7.9 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ovalle climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.914 h |
| February | 29.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| March | 28.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 5.1 | 0.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 5.1 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| May | 22.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 29 | 2.9 | 10.611 h |
| June | 20.2°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 47 | 3.2 | 10.210 h |
| July | 19.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 23 | 2.6 | 10.410 h |
| August, selected | 21.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 26 | 2.5 | 11.011 h |
| September | 22.8°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 7.9 | 1.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 6.3 | 1.0 | 12.813 h |
| November | 27.3°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| December | 28.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Coquimbo in AugustChile · 73 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 15 mm rain
- La Serena in AugustChile · 77 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 11.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Viña del Mar in AugustChile · 272 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Quilpué in AugustChile · 273 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Valparaíso in AugustChile · 274 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 9.8°C · 57 mm rain
- San Juan, Argentina in AugustArgentina · 275 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 5.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Rawson in AugustArgentina · 275 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 4.3°C · 10 mm rain
- Colina in AugustChile · 294 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 5.9°C · 99 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ovalle) is explained once on the Ovalle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.