Llallagua weather in August

In August, Llallagua sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 17 mm of precipitation across 4 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of August to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Llallagua's 3rd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Llallagua's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
5th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
17 mm
4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
6:49 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover
29%
3rd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
6.29 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Llallagua is human settlement in Bolivia.

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month.

A typical August day in Llallagua reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to -0°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
115-1
215-1
315-1
415-1
515-1
615-1
715-1
815-1
915-1
1015-1
1115-1
1215-1
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How August really feels in Llallagua

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Llallagua weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan14° / 18826.30.9132.5
Feb14° / 16623.80.712.62.5
Mar14° / 13422.50.312.13.0
Apr15° / 5713.10.211.64.3
May15° / 113.10.111.15.8
Jun15° / -1°51.30.310.95.7
Jul14° / -2°92.30.6115.5
Aug16° / -0°174111.45.9
Sep17° / 3580.411.95.7
Oct17° / 6713.30.312.45.2
Nov17° / 7815.40.212.94.6
Dec16° / 13922.40.613.13.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18515
28416
38317
48317
58317
68218
78218
88119
98119
108119
118020
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitationSnow

Llallagua gets around 17 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.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
192
292
393
4103
5103
6113
7123
8123
9133
10143
11143
12154
13154
14154
15164
16164
17164
18154
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20154
21154
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26143
27143
28143
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30152
31162

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.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
198calm
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218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of August to 11 h 36 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 6:58 AM to 6:38 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:15 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.26:586:07
211.26:576:07
311.26:576:08
411.26:566:08
511.26:566:08
611.26:556:09
711.26:556:09
811.36:546:09
911.36:546:10
1011.36:536:10
1111.36:526:10
1211.36:526:10
1311.36:516:11
1411.36:516:11
1511.46:506:11
1611.46:496:12
1711.46:496:12
1811.46:486:12
1911.46:476:12
2011.46:466:13
2111.56:466:13
2211.56:456:13
2311.56:446:13
2411.56:436:13
2511.56:436:14
2611.56:426:14
2711.56:416:14
2811.66:406:14
2911.66:406:14
3011.66:396:15
3111.66:386:15

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.4 kWh/m² to a high of 7.85 kWh/m² in November across the year — August's 6.29 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.9Bright
25.9Bright
35.9Bright
46.0Bright
56.0Bright
66.0Intense
76.0Intense
86.0Intense
96.1Intense
106.1Intense
116.1Intense
126.1Intense
136.2Intense
146.2Intense
156.2Intense
166.3Intense
176.3Intense
186.3Intense
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206.4Intense
216.4Intense
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246.5Intense
256.6Intense
266.6Intense
276.6Intense
286.7Intense
296.7Intense
306.7Intense
316.8Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Llallagua

In seasonPeak

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

Llallagua'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 Llallagua?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

August is a reasonable time to visit Llallagua for sightseeing.

What to pack for Llallagua in August

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

In August, Llallagua sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near -0°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Llallagua 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 Llallagua peaks around January 18 at about 18 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 18UV 18Jun 23UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan19Extreme
Feb18Extreme
Mar17Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep15Extreme
Oct17Extreme
Nov17Extreme
Dec18Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Llallagua?

Llallagua sits at 18.4°S, 66.6°W, 3,750 m above sea level, in Bolivia. The nearest listed city is Huanuni, 31 km away.

Sipe SipeVintoQuillacolloColcapirhuaCochabambaPunata

Topography around Llallagua

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Llallagua has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 872 m around an average of 3,935 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,346 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,019 m.

The land around Llallagua is covered by grassland (53%) and bare terrain (27%) within 3 km, grassland (75%) within 16 km, and grassland (71%) and bare terrain (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
872 m
16 km
1,346 m
80 km
3,019 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Huanuni 31 km · Oruro 74 km · Sipe Sipe 110 km · Vinto 118 km · Quillacollo 119 km · Colcapirhua 121 km · Cochabamba 124 km · Punata 126 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
Roman Catholic 65%Protestant 20%none 6%other 5%

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 Llallagua (-18.4249°, -66.5778°, elevation 3,750 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).