Peñaflor weather in August

In August, Peñaflor sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 71 mm of precipitation across 6.3 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of August to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Peñaflor's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Peñaflor's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 71 mm; 6.3 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 8:25 AM – 7:10 PM
Cloud cover: 56%; 9th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 3.72 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.7; out of 10

Peñaflor is settlement in Chile.

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical August day in Peñaflor reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 21°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)	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

Peñaflor 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	29° / 14°	3	0.6	14	7.7
Feb	28° / 14°	5	0.7	13.2	8.2
Mar	27° / 12°	10	1.3	12.3	8.8
Apr	22° / 9°	33	3.4	11.2	8.2
May	18° / 6°	69	5.7	10.3	6.5
Jun	15° / 4°	130	7.6	9.8	4.8
Jul	15° / 3°	87	6.2	10	4.8
Aug	16° / 4°	71	6.3	10.8	5.7
Sep	19° / 6°	41	4.6	11.8	6.8
Oct	21° / 9°	25	3.2	12.8	7.9
Nov	25° / 11°	9	1.7	13.7	8.8
Dec	28° / 13°	5	0.6	14.2	8.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% 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 48%.

	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 (%)	50	50	50	50	49	50	50	50	51	51	51	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	51	51	51	51	50
Cloudier (%)	50	50	50	50	51	50	50	50	49	49	49	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	49	49	49	49	50

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	50	50

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Peñaflor gets around 71 mm of rain and snow over 6.3 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 20% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

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

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 4 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
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	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 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 54 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 8:40 AM to 8:07 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 7:21 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)	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	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	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	8:40	8:39	8:38	8:38	8:37	8:36	8:35	8:34	8:33	8:32	8:31	8:30	8:29	8:28	8:26	8:25	8:24	8:23	8:22	8:21	8:19	8:18	8:17	8:16	8:14	8:13	8:12	8:11	8:09	8:08	8:07
Sunset (PM)	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	8:40	6:59
2	10.3	8:39	7:00
3	10.4	8:38	7:00
4	10.4	8:38	7:01
5	10.4	8:37	7:02
6	10.4	8:36	7:03
7	10.5	8:35	7:03
8	10.5	8:34	7:04
9	10.5	8:33	7:05
10	10.6	8:32	7:05
11	10.6	8:31	7:06
12	10.6	8:30	7:07
13	10.7	8:29	7:08
14	10.7	8:28	7:08
15	10.7	8:26	7:09
16	10.7	8:25	7:10
17	10.8	8:24	7:11
18	10.8	8:23	7:11
19	10.8	8:22	7:12
20	10.9	8:21	7:13
21	10.9	8:19	7:13
22	10.9	8:18	7:14
23	11.0	8:17	7:15
24	11.0	8:16	7:16
25	11.0	8:14	7:16
26	11.1	8:13	7:17
27	11.1	8:12	7:18
28	11.1	8:11	7:18
29	11.2	8:09	7:19
30	11.2	8:08	7:20
31	11.2	8:07	7:21

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.44 kWh/m² to a high of 8.97 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 3.72 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)	3.2	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	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.2	Moderate
2	3.2	Moderate
3	3.3	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.3	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.4	Moderate
8	3.4	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.7	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.7	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.8	Moderate
19	3.9	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	4.0	Moderate
23	4.0	Moderate
24	4.0	Bright
25	4.0	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Peñaflor?

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

5.7

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

1.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Peñaflor for sightseeing.

What to pack for Peñaflor in August

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

In August, Peñaflor sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Peñaflor in August

The nearest coast averages about 12°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 69 km away) is warmest in February at about 16°C and coldest in August near 12°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)	16	16	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	15
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	16	Cool
Mar	16	Cool
Apr	14	Bracing
May	14	Bracing
Jun	13	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	12	Bracing
Sep	12	Bracing
Oct	13	Bracing
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	15	Bracing

UV index in Peñaflor in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Peñaflor peaks around January 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 15 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	12	10	5	3	3	3	3	6	9	10	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	5	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Peñaflor 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 Peñaflor is worst in July — around 88 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.5× the cleanest month (February, 35 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)	45	35	40	58	83	85	88	77	64	45	37	38
Level	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	45	Poor
Feb	35	Moderate
Mar	40	Poor
Apr	58	Unhealthy
May	83	Unhealthy
Jun	85	Unhealthy
Jul	88	Unhealthy
Aug	77	Unhealthy
Sep	64	Unhealthy
Oct	45	Poor
Nov	37	Poor
Dec	38	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Peñaflor?

Peñaflor sits at 33.6°S, 70.9°W, 395 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Padre Hurtado, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Peñaflor

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Peñaflor has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 198 m around an average of 392 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 924 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,428 m.

The land around Peñaflor is covered by artificial surfaces (34%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, shrubs (25%), grassland (21%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and shrubs (28%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

198 m

artificial surfaces 34%

16 km

924 m

shrubs 25%

80 km

5,428 m

shrubs 28%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

August weather nearby: Padre Hurtado 8.0 km · Talagante 8.0 km · El Monte 13 km · Maipú 15 km · San Bernardo 16 km · Buin 19 km · La Pintana 23 km · Lo Prado 23 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 Peñaflor (-33.6063°, -70.8765°, elevation 395 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	15	3
2	15	3
3	15	3
4	15	3
5	15	3
6	16	3
7	16	3
8	16	3
9	16	3
10	16	3
11	16	3
12	16	3
13	16	3
14	16	4
15	16	4
16	16	4
17	17	4
18	17	4
19	17	4
20	17	4
21	17	4
22	17	4
23	17	4
24	17	5
25	17	5
26	17	5
27	17	5
28	17	5
29	17	5
30	17	5
31	17	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	50	50

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	50	50

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	50	50

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

	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