San Ignacio de Velasco weather in August

In August, San Ignacio de Velasco sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 21 mm of rain across 3.3 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 29°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% 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 San Ignacio de Velasco's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Ignacio de Velasco's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
4th warmest
Overnight low
18°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
21 mm
3.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
6:25 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover
36%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.99 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

San Ignacio de Velasco is city in Bolivia.

Founded
1748

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 29°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical August day in San Ignacio de Velasco reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°C warmer than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in San Ignacio de Velasco

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 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
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

San Ignacio de Velasco weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°16922.412.93.5
Feb29° / 22°17421.512.63.5
Mar29° / 21°14720.112.13.9
Apr29° / 20°6912.211.65.2
May27° / 18°437.911.26.8
Jun27° / 17°233.9117.6
Jul28° / 16°182.911.17.7
Aug30° / 18°213.311.56.0
Sep31° / 20°477.111.94.7
Oct32° / 21°8613.412.43.8
Nov31° / 21°12016.112.83.9
Dec30° / 22°15119.9133.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

San Ignacio de Velasco gets around 21 mm of rain over 3.3 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 11% and peaks near 16% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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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 27% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 22% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1283525120
2283524130
3283424130
4283424140
5283324140
6283224150
7293124160
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Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 6:32 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 5:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.36:325:48
211.36:325:48
311.36:315:48
411.36:315:49
511.36:305:49
611.36:305:49
711.36:305:49
811.36:295:50
911.46:295:50
1011.46:285:50
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1311.46:265:51
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1711.56:245:52
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1911.56:235:52
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.88 kWh/m² to a high of 5.75 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 4.99 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for San Ignacio de Velasco

In seasonPeak

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

San Ignacio de Velasco's rainy season runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
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Is August a good time to visit San Ignacio de Velasco?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
8.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit San Ignacio de Velasco for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for San Ignacio de Velasco in August

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

In August, San Ignacio de Velasco sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in San Ignacio de Velasco in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in San Ignacio de Velasco peaks around January 18 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near September 14 at about 5 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighExtremeJan 18UV 16Sep 14UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep4Moderate
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in San Ignacio de Velasco in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in San Ignacio de Velasco is worst in September — around 91 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 12.7× the cleanest month (April, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateUnhealthyPoorModerateSep 1586 µg/m³Apr 148 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb10Good
Mar9Good
Apr7Good
May11Good
Jun20Moderate
Jul27Moderate
Aug55Poor
Sep91Unhealthy
Oct43Poor
Nov36Poor
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is San Ignacio de Velasco?

San Ignacio de Velasco sits at 16.4°S, 61.0°W, 582 m above sea level, in Bolivia. The nearest listed city is Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, 187 km away.

Vila Bela da Santíssima TrindadePontes e LacerdaAscención de GuarayosMonteroWarnesCotocaSanta CruzSão José dos Quatro Marcos

Topography around San Ignacio de Velasco

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of San Ignacio de Velasco.

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Ignacio de Velasco has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 96 m around an average of 408 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 270 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 508 m.

The land around San Ignacio de Velasco is covered by trees (49%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (73%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (79%) within 80 km.

3 km
96 m
16 km
270 m
80 km
508 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade 187 km · Pontes e Lacerda 216 km · Ascención de Guarayos 244 km · Montero 266 km · Warnes 266 km · Cotoca 273 km · Santa Cruz 283 km · São José dos Quatro Marcos 310 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 San Ignacio de Velasco (-16.3777°, -60.9647°, elevation 582 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).