Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuenca weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Cuenca: daytime highs average 16.8°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eloy Alfaro (124 km away). In August its highs average 27.3°C, 10.5°C warmer than Cuenca, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Cuenca ranks 8th of 9 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 9 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 9 cities is 22.8°C; Cuenca is 6.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 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
Cuenca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 146 | 22.9 | 12.312 h |
| February | 18.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 174 | 23.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 18.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 183 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 17.8°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 155 | 26.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 17.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 100 | 22.0 | 12.012 h |
| June | 16.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 78 | 18.6 | 12.012 h |
| July | 16.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 74 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| August, selected | 16.8°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 54 | 13.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 18.1°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 62 | 15.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 18.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 127 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 19.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 174 | 23.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 18.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 172 | 24.6 | 12.312 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
- Eloy Alfaro in AugustEcuador · 124 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 101 mm rain
- Loja in AugustEcuador · 124 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Tumbes in AugustPeru · 177 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 1.1 mm rain
- La Libertad in AugustEcuador · 225 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Portoviejo in AugustEcuador · 261 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Sullana in AugustPeru · 292 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in AugustEcuador · 294 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Piura in AugustPeru · 314 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 0.4 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 Cuenca) is explained once on the Cuenca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.