Copacabana weather in August

In August, Copacabana sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 16 mm of precipitation across 4 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Copacabana's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Copacabana's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 16 mm; 4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 6:57 AM – 6:24 PM
Cloud cover: 27%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 6.32 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

Copacabana is Bolivian town on the shore of Lake Titicaca.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month.

A typical August day in Copacabana reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	6
2	12	6
3	12	6
4	12	6
5	12	6
6	12	6
7	12	6
8	12	6
9	12	6
10	12	6
11	12	6
12	12	6
13	12	6
14	12	6
15	12	6
16	12	6
17	12	6
18	12	6
19	13	6
20	13	6
21	13	6
22	13	6
23	13	6
24	13	6
25	13	6
26	13	6
27	13	6
28	13	6
29	13	6
30	13	6
31	13	6

Copacabana weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 8°	286	28.7	0.1	12.9	2.0
Feb	13° / 8°	261	25.6	0	12.5	2.0
Mar	13° / 8°	218	27.1	0.1	12.1	2.2
Apr	13° / 8°	90	16.9	0	11.6	3.0
May	13° / 7°	25	6.3	0	11.3	3.9
Jun	12° / 6°	12	2.9	0.1	11.1	4.0
Jul	12° / 6°	15	3.5	0.3	11.1	3.9
Aug	13° / 6°	16	4	0.5	11.5	4.2
Sep	13° / 7°	37	8.3	0.2	11.9	4.2
Oct	14° / 8°	70	13.7	0.6	12.4	3.8
Nov	14° / 9°	88	16.1	0	12.8	3.6
Dec	13° / 8°	198	25.2	0.1	12.9	2.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 12%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	87	87	87	87	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89
Cloudier (%)	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitationSnow

Copacabana gets around 16 mm of rain and snow over 4 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 14% and peaks near 16% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	13	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	16
Snow chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	8	1
2	8	1
3	9	1
4	9	1
5	10	1
6	10	2
7	11	2
8	12	2
9	12	2
10	13	2
11	14	2
12	15	3
13	15	3
14	16	3
15	16	3
16	16	3
17	16	2
18	16	2
19	16	2
20	16	2
21	15	2
22	15	1
23	15	1
24	14	1
25	14	1
26	14	1
27	14	1
28	14	1
29	15	1
30	15	0
31	16	0

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:04 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:26 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	7:04	7:04	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:02	7:02	7:01	7:01	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46
Sunset (PM)	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	7:04	6:20
2	11.3	7:04	6:21
3	11.3	7:03	6:21
4	11.3	7:03	6:21
5	11.3	7:03	6:22
6	11.3	7:02	6:22
7	11.3	7:02	6:22
8	11.4	7:01	6:22
9	11.4	7:01	6:22
10	11.4	7:00	6:23
11	11.4	7:00	6:23
12	11.4	6:59	6:23
13	11.4	6:59	6:23
14	11.4	6:58	6:24
15	11.4	6:57	6:24
16	11.5	6:57	6:24
17	11.5	6:56	6:24
18	11.5	6:56	6:24
19	11.5	6:55	6:25
20	11.5	6:54	6:25
21	11.5	6:54	6:25
22	11.5	6:53	6:25
23	11.5	6:52	6:25
24	11.6	6:52	6:25
25	11.6	6:51	6:26
26	11.6	6:50	6:26
27	11.6	6:49	6:26
28	11.6	6:49	6:26
29	11.6	6:48	6:26
30	11.7	6:47	6:26
31	11.7	6:46	6:26

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.39 kWh/m² to a high of 7.83 kWh/m² in November across the year — August's 6.32 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
2	6.0	Bright
3	6.0	Bright
4	6.0	Bright
5	6.0	Intense
6	6.0	Intense
7	6.0	Intense
8	6.1	Intense
9	6.1	Intense
10	6.1	Intense
11	6.2	Intense
12	6.2	Intense
13	6.2	Intense
14	6.2	Intense
15	6.3	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.3	Intense
18	6.3	Intense
19	6.4	Intense
20	6.4	Intense
21	6.5	Intense
22	6.5	Intense
23	6.5	Intense
24	6.6	Intense
25	6.6	Intense
26	6.6	Intense
27	6.7	Intense
28	6.7	Intense
29	6.7	Intense
30	6.8	Intense
31	6.8	Intense

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Copacabana

In seasonPeak

None of Copacabana's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Copacabana's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Copacabana?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.2

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

August is a reasonable time to visit Copacabana for sightseeing.

What to pack for Copacabana in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Copacabana sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 6°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Copacabana in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Copacabana peaks around February 8 at about 19 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	19	19	16	14	11	9	9	12	14	16	17	17
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	19	Extreme
Feb	19	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	16	Extreme
Nov	17	Extreme
Dec	17	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Copacabana?

Copacabana sits at 16.2°S, 69.1°W, 0 m above sea level, in Bolivia. The nearest listed city is Isla del Sol, 17 km away.

Topography around Copacabana

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Copacabana.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Copacabana has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 544 m around an average of 3,932 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 719 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,996 m.

The land around Copacabana is covered by grassland (62%) and water (25%) within 3 km, water (58%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and grassland (56%) and water (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

544 m

grassland 62%

16 km

719 m

water 58%

80 km

4,996 m

grassland 56%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewaterwetland

← July Copacabana year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Isla del Sol 17 km · Tiahuanaco 60 km · Ilave 63 km · Sorata 64 km · Laja 85 km · Viacha 99 km · La Paz 106 km · Puno 107 km

Bolivia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B / C; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 40% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $5,148; 2025
Happiness: 5.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 4.4; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 21.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 521
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Copacabana (-16.1699°, -69.0792°, elevation 0 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	6
2	12	6
3	12	6
4	12	6
5	12	6
6	12	6
7	12	6
8	12	6
9	12	6
10	12	6
11	12	6
12	12	6
13	12	6
14	12	6
15	12	6
16	12	6
17	12	6
18	12	6
19	13	6
20	13	6
21	13	6
22	13	6
23	13	6
24	13	6
25	13	6
26	13	6
27	13	6
28	13	6
29	13	6
30	13	6
31	13	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	8	1
2	8	1
3	9	1
4	9	1
5	10	1
6	10	2
7	11	2
8	12	2
9	12	2
10	13	2
11	14	2
12	15	3
13	15	3
14	16	3
15	16	3
16	16	3
17	16	2
18	16	2
19	16	2
20	16	2
21	15	2
22	15	1
23	15	1
24	14	1
25	14	1
26	14	1
27	14	1
28	14	1
29	15	1
30	15	0
31	16	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	6
2	12	6
3	12	6
4	12	6
5	12	6
6	12	6
7	12	6
8	12	6
9	12	6
10	12	6
11	12	6
12	12	6
13	12	6
14	12	6
15	12	6
16	12	6
17	12	6
18	12	6
19	13	6
20	13	6
21	13	6
22	13	6
23	13	6
24	13	6
25	13	6
26	13	6
27	13	6
28	13	6
29	13	6
30	13	6
31	13	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	8	1
2	8	1
3	9	1
4	9	1
5	10	1
6	10	2
7	11	2
8	12	2
9	12	2
10	13	2
11	14	2
12	15	3
13	15	3
14	16	3
15	16	3
16	16	3
17	16	2
18	16	2
19	16	2
20	16	2
21	15	2
22	15	1
23	15	1
24	14	1
25	14	1
26	14	1
27	14	1
28	14	1
29	15	1
30	15	0
31	16	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	6
2	12	6
3	12	6
4	12	6
5	12	6
6	12	6
7	12	6
8	12	6
9	12	6
10	12	6
11	12	6
12	12	6
13	12	6
14	12	6
15	12	6
16	12	6
17	12	6
18	12	6
19	13	6
20	13	6
21	13	6
22	13	6
23	13	6
24	13	6
25	13	6
26	13	6
27	13	6
28	13	6
29	13	6
30	13	6
31	13	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	8	1
2	8	1
3	9	1
4	9	1
5	10	1
6	10	2
7	11	2
8	12	2
9	12	2
10	13	2
11	14	2
12	15	3
13	15	3
14	16	3
15	16	3
16	16	3
17	16	2
18	16	2
19	16	2
20	16	2
21	15	2
22	15	1
23	15	1
24	14	1
25	14	1
26	14	1
27	14	1
28	14	1
29	15	1
30	15	0
31	16	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100