Climate averages 1991–2020
La Libertad weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: one of the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in La Libertad: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 7.8 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eloy Alfaro (119 km away). In August its highs average 27.3°C, 3.4°C warmer than La Libertad, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, La Libertad ranks 4th of 9 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 9 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 9 cities is 22.8°C; La Libertad is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.8 mm to 8.9 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
La Libertad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 65 | 9.3 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 102 | 12.6 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 88 | 11.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 47 | 8.1 | 12.112 h |
| May | 25.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 26 | 6.1 | 12.012 h |
| June | 24.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 13 | 4.0 | 12.012 h |
| July | 24.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 13 | 3.9 | 12.012 h |
| August, selected | 23.9°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 7.8 | 2.3 | 12.012 h |
| September | 23.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 8.9 | 2.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 7.4 | 2.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 24.7°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 11 | 2.0 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 30 | 4.2 | 12.212 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 · 119 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 101 mm rain
- Portoviejo in AugustEcuador · 140 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Tumbes in AugustPeru · 156 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Cuenca in AugustEcuador · 225 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 9.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Talara in AugustPeru · 264 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Loja in AugustEcuador · 272 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in AugustEcuador · 293 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Sullana in AugustPeru · 298 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 0.2 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 La Libertad) is explained once on the La Libertad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.