Paillaco weather in August

In August, Paillaco sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 251 mm of precipitation across 17.7 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 10°C in the first days to 12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 54 min at the start of August to 11 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Paillaco's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Paillaco's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 251 mm; 17.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 8:44 AM – 7:08 PM
Cloud cover: 75%; 10th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 2.24 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.2; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 10°C in the first days to 12°C by the end.

A typical August day in Paillaco reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 2°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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

Paillaco weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 10°	38	5.8	14.5	7.6
Feb	22° / 10°	42	4.9	13.6	7.8
Mar	20° / 9°	67	7.6	12.3	6.7
Apr	16° / 7°	122	10.4	11	4.8
May	13° / 5°	222	15	9.8	3.0
Jun	10° / 4°	306	18.5	9.2	1.8
Jul	10° / 3°	270	17.9	9.4	1.7
Aug	11° / 3°	251	17.7	10.4	2.2
Sep	13° / 4°	147	13.2	11.7	3.3
Oct	15° / 6°	123	13.2	13.1	4.3
Nov	17° / 7°	83	10.1	14.2	5.5
Dec	20° / 9°	69	8.2	14.8	6.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%.

	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 (%)	24	25	25	25	24	24	25	25	26	26	25	25	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	24	25	25	26	26	26	27	27	28
Cloudier (%)	76	75	75	75	76	76	75	75	74	74	75	75	73	73	73	74	74	75	75	75	75	75	76	75	75	74	74	74	73	73	72

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	27	73
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	24	76
24	25	75
25	25	75
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	27	73
30	27	73
31	28	72

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Paillaco gets around 251 mm of rain and snow over 17.7 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 56% and peaks near 60% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease 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 (%)	59	59	59	59	59	60	60	60	60	60	59	58	57	57	56	55	55	55	55	54	54	54	53	53	52	52	52	52	52	53	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	59
2	59
3	59
4	59
5	59
6	60
7	60
8	60
9	60
10	60
11	59
12	58
13	57
14	57
15	56
16	55
17	55
18	55
19	55
20	54
21	54
22	54
23	53
24	53
25	52
26	52
27	52
28	52
29	52
30	53
31	53

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 10 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	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 54 min at the start of August to 11 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 9:02 AM to 8:21 AM, and sunset from 6:53 PM to 7:22 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)	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0
Sunrise (AM)	9:02	9:01	9:00	8:59	8:58	8:56	8:55	8:54	8:53	8:52	8:50	8:49	8:48	8:46	8:45	8:44	8:42	8:41	8:39	8:38	8:36	8:35	8:33	8:32	8:30	8:29	8:27	8:26	8:24	8:22	8:21
Sunset (PM)	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.9	9:02	6:53
2	9.9	9:01	6:54
3	9.9	9:00	6:55
4	10.0	8:59	6:56
5	10.0	8:58	6:57
6	10.0	8:56	6:58
7	10.1	8:55	6:59
8	10.1	8:54	7:00
9	10.1	8:53	7:01
10	10.2	8:52	7:02
11	10.2	8:50	7:03
12	10.2	8:49	7:04
13	10.3	8:48	7:05
14	10.3	8:46	7:06
15	10.4	8:45	7:07
16	10.4	8:44	7:08
17	10.4	8:42	7:09
18	10.5	8:41	7:10
19	10.5	8:39	7:11
20	10.6	8:38	7:12
21	10.6	8:36	7:13
22	10.6	8:35	7:14
23	10.7	8:33	7:15
24	10.7	8:32	7:16
25	10.8	8:30	7:17
26	10.8	8:29	7:18
27	10.9	8:27	7:19
28	10.9	8:26	7:19
29	10.9	8:24	7:20
30	11.0	8:22	7:21
31	11.0	8:21	7:22

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 2.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.31 kWh/m² to a high of 7.32 kWh/m² in January across the year — August's 2.24 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)	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.9	Dim
2	1.9	Dim
3	1.9	Dim
4	1.9	Dim
5	2.0	Dim
6	2.0	Dim
7	2.0	Moderate
8	2.0	Moderate
9	2.1	Moderate
10	2.1	Moderate
11	2.1	Moderate
12	2.1	Moderate
13	2.2	Moderate
14	2.2	Moderate
15	2.2	Moderate
16	2.3	Moderate
17	2.3	Moderate
18	2.3	Moderate
19	2.4	Moderate
20	2.4	Moderate
21	2.4	Moderate
22	2.4	Moderate
23	2.5	Moderate
24	2.5	Moderate
25	2.5	Moderate
26	2.6	Moderate
27	2.6	Moderate
28	2.7	Moderate
29	2.7	Moderate
30	2.8	Moderate
31	2.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Paillaco

In seasonPeak

In August, Paillaco sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Paillaco's rainy season runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Paillaco?

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

2.2

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Paillaco.

What to pack for Paillaco in August

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

In August, Paillaco sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. About 18 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Paillaco in August

The nearest coast averages about 11°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 65 km away) is warmest in January at about 14°C and coldest in August near 11°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)	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	13	14
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	14	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	13	Bracing
May	13	Bracing
Jun	12	Bracing
Jul	11	Bracing
Aug	11	Bracing
Sep	11	Bracing
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	14	Bracing

UV index in Paillaco in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Paillaco peaks around December 20 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	11	7	4	2	2	2	3	4	7	9	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	4	Moderate
May	2	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Low
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Paillaco?

Paillaco sits at 40.1°S, 72.9°W, 86 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is La Unión, 30 km away.

Topography around Paillaco

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Paillaco has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 255 m around an average of 98 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 622 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,401 m.

The land around Paillaco is covered by cropland (35%), trees (29%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, trees (59%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

255 m

cropland 35%

16 km

622 m

trees 59%

80 km

2,401 m

trees 57%

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

August weather nearby: La Unión 30 km · Río Bueno 30 km · Las Animas 41 km · Valdivia 42 km · Osorno 60 km · Panguipulli 66 km · Loncoche 81 km · Purranque 97 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 Paillaco (-40.0682°, -72.8794°, elevation 86 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. 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	10	3
2	10	3
3	10	3
4	10	3
5	10	3
6	10	3
7	10	3
8	11	3
9	11	3
10	11	3
11	11	3
12	11	3
13	11	3
14	11	3
15	11	3
16	11	3
17	11	3
18	11	3
19	11	4
20	11	4
21	11	4
22	11	4
23	12	4
24	12	4
25	12	4
26	12	4
27	12	4
28	12	4
29	12	4
30	12	4
31	12	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	27	73
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	24	76
24	25	75
25	25	75
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	27	73
30	27	73
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	59
2	59
3	59
4	59
5	59
6	60
7	60
8	60
9	60
10	60
11	59
12	58
13	57
14	57
15	56
16	55
17	55
18	55
19	55
20	54
21	54
22	54
23	53
24	53
25	52
26	52
27	52
28	52
29	52
30	53
31	53

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	27	73
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	24	76
24	25	75
25	25	75
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	27	73
30	27	73
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	59
2	59
3	59
4	59
5	59
6	60
7	60
8	60
9	60
10	60
11	59
12	58
13	57
14	57
15	56
16	55
17	55
18	55
19	55
20	54
21	54
22	54
23	53
24	53
25	52
26	52
27	52
28	52
29	52
30	53
31	53

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	27	73
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	24	76
24	25	75
25	25	75
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	27	73
30	27	73
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	59
2	59
3	59
4	59
5	59
6	60
7	60
8	60
9	60
10	60
11	59
12	58
13	57
14	57
15	56
16	55
17	55
18	55
19	55
20	54
21	54
22	54
23	53
24	53
25	52
26	52
27	52
28	52
29	52
30	53
31	53

	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