Climate averages 1991–2020
Talca weather
in August.
A mild, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Talca: daytime highs average 15.1°C and nights cool to about 4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 48 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Curicó (62 km away). In August its highs average 15.3°C, about as warm as Talca, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Talca ranks 22nd of 40 for the warmest August highs and 26th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 15.5°C; Talca is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 17.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 111 mm to 62 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
Talca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 4.2 | 0.9 | 14.214 h |
| February | 28.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 7.3 | 0.9 | 13.413 h |
| March | 26.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 14 | 1.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.3°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 45 | 4.1 | 11.211 h |
| May | 17.0°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 136 | 8.1 | 10.310 h |
| June | 14.0°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 199 | 11.5 | 9.810 h |
| July | 13.5°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 137 | 9.6 | 10.010 h |
| August, selected | 15.1°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 111 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| September | 17.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 62 | 5.7 | 11.812 h |
| October | 20.5°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 40 | 5.1 | 13.013 h |
| November | 24.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 15 | 2.0 | 14.014 h |
| December | 27.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 13 | 1.6 | 14.514 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
- Curicó in AugustChile · 62 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 121 mm rain
- Chillán in AugustChile · 138 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.2°C · 168 mm rain
- Rancagua in AugustChile · 162 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 2.5°C · 108 mm rain
- Talcahuano in AugustChile · 196 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.8°C · 122 mm rain
- Paine in AugustChile · 198 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 3.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Concepción in AugustChile · 200 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.0°C · 122 mm rain
- San Antonio, Chile in AugustChile · 203 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 7.4°C · 59 mm rain
- San Pedro de la Paz in AugustChile · 204 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 6.6°C · 122 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 Talca) is explained once on the Talca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.