Villazón weather in August

In August, Villazón sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 1 mm of precipitation across 0.3 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 82% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of August to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Villazón's 2nd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Villazón's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
9th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
6:49 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover
18%
2nd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
6.14 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.0
out of 10

Villazón 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

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical August day in Villazón reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 0°C overnight — a 18°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C warmer than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2170
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How August really feels in Villazón

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.

Villazón weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan20° / 7415.313.25.4
Feb20° / 5912.612.85.6
Mar20° / 399.512.26.5
Apr20° / 92.211.57.9
May18° / 10.3118.0
Jun17° / -0°0010.77.1
Jul16° / -1°10.210.87.1
Aug18° / 10.311.28.0
Sep20° / 51.411.98.2
Oct22° / 144.512.57.8
Nov22° / 256.813.17.2
Dec21° / 5212.213.36.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 82% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1919
2919
39010
49010
59010
69010
78911
88812
98812
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118812
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138812
148911
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Villazón gets around 1 mm of rain and snow over 0.3 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 1% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
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101
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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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
1100
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31100

Wind in August

Winds average 11 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
210calm
310calm
410calm
510calm
610calm
710calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
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1211calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of August to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:59 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 6:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.06:595:58
211.06:595:58
311.06:585:59
411.06:585:59
511.06:575:59
611.16:566:00
711.16:566:00
811.16:556:01
911.16:546:01
1011.16:546:01
1111.16:536:02
1211.26:526:02
1311.26:526:02
1411.26:516:03
1511.26:506:03
1611.26:496:03
1711.36:496:04
1811.36:486:04
1911.36:476:05
2011.36:466:05
2111.36:456:05
2211.36:456:06
2311.46:446:06
2411.46:436:06
2511.46:426:07
2611.46:416:07
2711.46:406:07
2811.56:396:07
2911.56:386:08
3011.56:376:08
3111.56:366:08

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.07 kWh/m² to a high of 8.07 kWh/m² in November across the year — August's 6.14 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
25.7Bright
35.7Bright
45.7Bright
55.8Bright
65.8Bright
75.8Bright
85.8Bright
95.9Bright
105.9Bright
116.0Bright
126.0Bright
136.0Intense
146.0Intense
156.1Intense
166.1Intense
176.2Intense
186.2Intense
196.2Intense
206.3Intense
216.3Intense
226.3Intense
236.4Intense
246.4Intense
256.5Intense
266.5Intense
276.5Intense
286.6Intense
296.6Intense
306.6Intense
316.7Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Villazón?

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

8.0
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
2.8
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Villazón for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Villazón in August

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

In August, Villazón sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 0°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Villazón in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Villazón peaks around January 17 at about 18 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 17UV 18Jul 11UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan19Extreme
Feb18Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct16Extreme
Nov17Extreme
Dec18Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Villazón?

Villazón sits at 22.1°S, 65.6°W, 3,455 m above sea level, in Bolivia. The nearest listed city is Tupiza, 73 km away.

TarijaBermejoSan Ramón de la Nueva OránSanta RosaTartagalGeneral MosconiProfesor Salvador Mazza

Topography around Villazón

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Villazón has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 167 m around an average of 3,450 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 887 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,049 m.

The land around Villazón is covered by bare terrain (53%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, grassland (43%) and bare terrain (43%) within 16 km, and grassland (73%) and bare terrain (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
167 m
16 km
887 m
80 km
3,049 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Tupiza 73 km · Tarija 108 km · Bermejo 148 km · San Ramón de la Nueva Orán 175 km · Santa Rosa 188 km · Tartagal 190 km · General Mosconi 192 km · Profesor Salvador Mazza 196 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 Villazón (-22.0866°, -65.5942°, elevation 3,455 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).