Parral weather in August

In August, Parral sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 175 mm of rain across 11.3 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of August to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Parral's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Parral's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 175 mm; 11.3 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 36 min; 8:33 AM – 7:10 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 9th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 3.1 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; 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 13°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical August day in Parral reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°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)	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

Parral weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 13°	9	1.3	14.2	8.6
Feb	27° / 12°	22	1.7	13.4	8.6
Mar	24° / 11°	22	2.4	12.3	8.8
Apr	20° / 8°	76	5.5	11.1	7.2
May	16° / 6°	196	9.6	10.1	4.9
Jun	13° / 5°	269	13.1	9.6	3.4
Jul	13° / 4°	211	11.4	9.8	3.5
Aug	14° / 5°	175	11.3	10.6	4.2
Sep	17° / 6°	98	7.7	11.8	5.6
Oct	19° / 8°	67	7	12.9	6.8
Nov	22° / 9°	29	3.4	13.9	8.2
Dec	25° / 11°	26	2.7	14.4	8.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% 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 54%.

	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 (%)	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	46	46	47	47	48	48	49	48	48	48	48	47	47	47	46	45	45	45	44	43	44	43	43	43
Cloudier (%)	56	56	55	55	55	55	55	54	54	53	53	52	52	51	52	52	52	52	53	53	53	54	55	55	55	56	57	56	57	57	57

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	46	54
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	43	57
28	44	56
29	43	57
30	43	57
31	43	57

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Parral gets around 175 mm of rain over 11.3 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 36% and peaks near 38% 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 (%)	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	37	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	38
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	37
10	37
11	36
12	36
13	35
14	35
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34
31	33

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 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
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12	9	calm
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14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
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29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 min at the start of August to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 8:49 AM to 8:13 AM, and sunset from 6:58 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)	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	8:49	8:48	8:47	8:46	8:45	8:44	8:43	8:42	8:41	8:40	8:39	8:38	8:37	8:35	8:34	8:33	8:32	8:30	8:29	8:28	8:27	8:25	8:24	8:23	8:21	8:20	8:18	8:17	8:16	8:14	8:13
Sunset (PM)	6:58	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.1	8:49	6:58
2	10.2	8:48	6:58
3	10.2	8:47	6:59
4	10.2	8:46	7:00
5	10.3	8:45	7:01
6	10.3	8:44	7:02
7	10.3	8:43	7:03
8	10.4	8:42	7:03
9	10.4	8:41	7:04
10	10.4	8:40	7:05
11	10.4	8:39	7:06
12	10.5	8:38	7:07
13	10.5	8:37	7:07
14	10.5	8:35	7:08
15	10.6	8:34	7:09
16	10.6	8:33	7:10
17	10.7	8:32	7:11
18	10.7	8:30	7:12
19	10.7	8:29	7:12
20	10.8	8:28	7:13
21	10.8	8:27	7:14
22	10.8	8:25	7:15
23	10.9	8:24	7:16
24	10.9	8:23	7:16
25	10.9	8:21	7:17
26	11.0	8:20	7:18
27	11.0	8:18	7:19
28	11.0	8:17	7:20
29	11.1	8:16	7:20
30	11.1	8:14	7:21
31	11.2	8:13	7:22

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.93 kWh/m² to a high of 8.62 kWh/m² in January across the year — August's 3.1 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)	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7
Level	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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.6	Moderate
2	2.7	Moderate
3	2.7	Moderate
4	2.7	Moderate
5	2.8	Moderate
6	2.8	Moderate
7	2.8	Moderate
8	2.9	Moderate
9	2.9	Moderate
10	2.9	Moderate
11	3.0	Moderate
12	3.0	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	3.1	Moderate
15	3.1	Moderate
16	3.1	Moderate
17	3.2	Moderate
18	3.2	Moderate
19	3.2	Moderate
20	3.3	Moderate
21	3.3	Moderate
22	3.3	Moderate
23	3.4	Moderate
24	3.4	Moderate
25	3.4	Moderate
26	3.5	Moderate
27	3.5	Moderate
28	3.5	Moderate
29	3.6	Moderate
30	3.6	Moderate
31	3.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Parral

In seasonPeak

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

Parral's rainy season runs May–August, 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 Parral?

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

4.2

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Parral for sightseeing.

What to pack for Parral in August

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

In August, Parral sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Parral 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 Parral peaks around January 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 16 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	11	9	5	3	2	3	4	5	8	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	5	High
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	5	High
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Parral 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 Parral is worst in May — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.6× the cleanest month (December, 9 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)	19	24	12	18	33	19	13	13	13	12	9	9
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	19	Moderate
Feb	24	Moderate
Mar	12	Good
Apr	18	Moderate
May	33	Moderate
Jun	19	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	12	Good
Nov	9	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Parral?

Parral sits at 36.1°S, 71.8°W, 178 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Longaví, 24 km away.

Topography around Parral

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Parral has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m around an average of 168 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,161 m.

The land around Parral is covered by cropland (42%), grassland (25%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (53%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (40%), grassland (34%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

34 m

cropland 42%

16 km

129 m

cropland 53%

80 km

3,161 m

trees 40%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

August weather nearby: Longaví 24 km · San Carlos 33 km · Linares 39 km · Cauquenes 49 km · Coihueco 54 km · Chillán 57 km · Chillán Viejo 60 km · San Javier 62 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 Parral (-36.1431°, -71.826°, elevation 178 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	46	54
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	43	57
28	44	56
29	43	57
30	43	57
31	43	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	38
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	37
10	37
11	36
12	36
13	35
14	35
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34
31	33

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	46	54
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	43	57
28	44	56
29	43	57
30	43	57
31	43	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	38
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	37
10	37
11	36
12	36
13	35
14	35
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34
31	33

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	46	54
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	43	57
28	44	56
29	43	57
30	43	57
31	43	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	38
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	37
10	37
11	36
12	36
13	35
14	35
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34
31	33

	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