Los Vilos weather in August

In August, Los Vilos sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 39 mm of rain across 3.6 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of August to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Los Vilos's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Los Vilos's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 39 mm; 3.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 8:25 AM – 7:15 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 8th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.09 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month.

A typical August day in Los Vilos reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with 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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

Los Vilos weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 14°	0	0.1	13.9	8.7
Feb	21° / 15°	1	0.1	13.2	8.7
Mar	20° / 14°	4	0.6	12.2	8.3
Apr	18° / 12°	9	1.6	11.2	7.4
May	16° / 10°	34	2.9	10.4	6.0
Jun	15° / 9°	72	4.9	10	4.9
Jul	14° / 8°	39	3.9	10.1	4.7
Aug	14° / 8°	39	3.6	10.8	5.0
Sep	15° / 9°	14	2	11.8	5.6
Oct	16° / 10°	9	1.2	12.8	6.6
Nov	18° / 12°	1	0.3	13.6	7.8
Dec	19° / 13°	0	0.1	14	8.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%.

	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 (%)	65	66	66	66	65	65	65	64	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	66	66	67	67	67	67	66	66	65	65	64	64	63
Cloudier (%)	35	34	34	34	35	35	35	36	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	34	34	33	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	64	36
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	63	37

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Los Vilos gets around 39 mm of rain over 3.6 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 12% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

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 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 min at the start of August to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 8:39 AM to 8:08 AM, and sunset from 7:05 PM to 7:24 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)	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	8:39	8:39	8:38	8:37	8:36	8:35	8:34	8:33	8:33	8:32	8:31	8:30	8:29	8:28	8:27	8:25	8:24	8:23	8:22	8:21	8:20	8:19	8:18	8:16	8:15	8:14	8:13	8:11	8:10	8:09	8:08
Sunset (PM)	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:23	7:24	7:24

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.4	8:39	7:05
2	10.4	8:39	7:05
3	10.5	8:38	7:06
4	10.5	8:37	7:07
5	10.5	8:36	7:07
6	10.5	8:35	7:08
7	10.6	8:34	7:09
8	10.6	8:33	7:09
9	10.6	8:33	7:10
10	10.7	8:32	7:11
11	10.7	8:31	7:11
12	10.7	8:30	7:12
13	10.7	8:29	7:13
14	10.8	8:28	7:13
15	10.8	8:27	7:14
16	10.8	8:25	7:15
17	10.9	8:24	7:15
18	10.9	8:23	7:16
19	10.9	8:22	7:17
20	10.9	8:21	7:17
21	11.0	8:20	7:18
22	11.0	8:19	7:19
23	11.0	8:18	7:19
24	11.1	8:16	7:20
25	11.1	8:15	7:21
26	11.1	8:14	7:21
27	11.2	8:13	7:22
28	11.2	8:11	7:23
29	11.2	8:10	7:23
30	11.2	8:09	7:24
31	11.3	8:08	7:24

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.84 kWh/m² to a high of 8.9 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 4.09 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)	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.6	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.7	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.8	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	3.9	Moderate
11	3.9	Moderate
12	4.0	Moderate
13	4.0	Bright
14	4.0	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.6	Bright
31	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Los Vilos?

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

5.0

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Los Vilos for sightseeing.

What to pack for Los Vilos in August

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

In August, Los Vilos sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Los Vilos in August

The nearest coast averages about 13°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in February at about 18°C and coldest in August near 13°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	17	18	17	16	15	14	13	13	13	14	15	16
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	17	Cool
Feb	18	Cool
Mar	17	Cool
Apr	16	Cool
May	15	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	13	Bracing
Sep	13	Bracing
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	15	Bracing
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Los Vilos in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Los Vilos peaks around January 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 3 (moderate).

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)	14	13	10	5	4	3	3	4	6	10	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	5	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Los Vilos 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 Los Vilos is worst in July — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (February, 14 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	18	14	15	23	29	29	31	29	27	18	17	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	23	Moderate
May	29	Moderate
Jun	29	Moderate
Jul	31	Moderate
Aug	29	Moderate
Sep	27	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Los Vilos?

Los Vilos sits at 31.9°S, 71.5°W, 39 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Illapel, 44 km away.

Topography around Los Vilos

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Los Vilos has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 156 m around an average of 42 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,188 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,355 m.

The land around Los Vilos is covered by water (34%), shrubs (27%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, water (45%) and shrubs (37%) within 16 km, and shrubs (39%), water (31%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

156 m

water 34%

16 km

1,188 m

water 45%

80 km

3,355 m

shrubs 39%

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

August weather nearby: Illapel 44 km · La Ligua 65 km · Cabildo 70 km · Quintero 97 km · Hacienda La Calera 100 km · La Calera 101 km · La Cruz 105 km · Putaendo 108 km

Chile travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F / L; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 48% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $17,995; 2025
Happiness: 6.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 6.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 14.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 517
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 Los Vilos (-31.9129°, -71.5005°, elevation 39 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	64	36
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	63	37

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	64	36
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	63	37

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	64	36
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	63	37

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

	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