Climate averages 1991–2020
Valparaíso weather
in August.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a cool month in Valparaíso: daytime highs average 14.9°C and nights cool to about 9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Viña del Mar (7 km away). In August its highs average 16.2°C, 1.3°C warmer than Valparaíso, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Valparaíso ranks joint 23rd of 40 for the warmest August highs and 12th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 15.5°C; Valparaíso is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 27 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
Valparaíso climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.1°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| February | 21.1°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 13.313 h |
| March | 20.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 2.3 | 0.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 18.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 16 | 1.9 | 11.311 h |
| May | 16.7°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 61 | 4.4 | 10.410 h |
| June | 15.3°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 121 | 6.9 | 10.010 h |
| July | 14.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 67 | 5.6 | 10.210 h |
| August, selected | 14.9°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 57 | 4.7 | 10.911 h |
| September | 15.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 27 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 16.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 13 | 1.6 | 12.913 h |
| November | 18.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 2.6 | 0.4 | 13.814 h |
| December | 19.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 2.8 | 0.3 | 14.314 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
- Viña del Mar in AugustChile · 7 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Quilpué in AugustChile · 17 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.8°C · 53 mm rain
- San Antonio, Chile in AugustChile · 62 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 7.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Lampa in AugustChile · 76 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 6.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Colina in AugustChile · 91 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 5.9°C · 99 mm rain
- Quilicura in AugustChile · 93 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 4.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Peñaflor in AugustChile · 94 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 4.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Maipú in AugustChile · 96 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 3.9°C · 81 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 Valparaíso) is explained once on the Valparaíso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.