Climate averages 1991–2020
Juliaca weather
in August.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Juliaca: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about -0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Puno (40 km away). In August its highs average 15.3°C, about as warm as Juliaca, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Juliaca ranks 22nd of 24 for the warmest August highs and 15th of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 22.8°C; Juliaca is 7.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 15.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 46 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
Juliaca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 193 | 26.3 | 12.913 h |
| February | 13.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 182 | 24.0 | 12.613 h |
| March | 13.7°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 150 | 25.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 13.7°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 75 | 15.7 | 11.812 h |
| May | 14.2°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 22 | 5.4 | 11.411 h |
| June | 14.3°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 7.0 | 1.7 | 11.211 h |
| July | 14.5°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 7.0 | 2.0 | 11.311 h |
| August, selected | 15.4°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 18 | 4.8 | 11.612 h |
| September | 15.9°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 46 | 10.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 16.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 77 | 14.2 | 12.412 h |
| November | 16.5°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 76 | 14.1 | 12.813 h |
| December | 15.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 140 | 21.7 | 13.013 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
- Puno in AugustPeru · 40 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 0.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Viacha in AugustBolivia · 234 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low -0.7°C · 16 mm rain
- La Paz in AugustBolivia · 239 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 1.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Tacna in AugustPeru · 280 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Cusco in AugustPeru · 295 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 5.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Arica in AugustChile · 331 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 12.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Puerto Maldonado in AugustPeru · 339 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Abancay in AugustPeru · 361 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 22 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 Juliaca) is explained once on the Juliaca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.