Puerto Varas weather in August

In August, Puerto Varas sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 230 mm of precipitation across 19.8 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 48 min at the start of August to 11 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Puerto Varas's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Puerto Varas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 230 mm; 19.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 8:46 AM – 7:06 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 9th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 2.13 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.1; out of 10

Puerto Varas is city in Chile.

Density: 5,805/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1853

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month.

A typical August day in Puerto Varas reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 13°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	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	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	10	5
2	10	5
3	10	5
4	10	5
5	10	5
6	10	5
7	10	5
8	11	5
9	11	5
10	11	5
11	11	5
12	11	5
13	11	5
14	11	5
15	11	5
16	11	5
17	11	5
18	11	5
19	11	5
20	11	5
21	11	5
22	11	5
23	11	5
24	11	5
25	11	5
26	11	5
27	12	5
28	12	5
29	12	5
30	12	5
31	12	5

Puerto Varas 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	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	19° / 11°	79	9.7	0	14.6	6.2
Feb	19° / 11°	79	8.2	0	13.7	6.4
Mar	18° / 10°	109	11.2	0	12.3	5.6
Apr	15° / 8°	154	13.7	0	10.9	4.1
May	13° / 7°	223	17.6	0	9.7	2.8
Jun	11° / 6°	266	20	0.2	9.1	1.9
Jul	10° / 5°	237	19.2	0.5	9.3	1.7
Aug	11° / 5°	230	19.8	0.1	10.3	2.1
Sep	13° / 6°	149	15.8	0.1	11.7	2.8
Oct	14° / 7°	145	15.9	0	13.1	3.5
Nov	16° / 9°	117	14	0	14.3	4.4
Dec	18° / 10°	109	11.9	0	14.9	5.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

	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	24	24	23	22	22	22	22	21	20	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	21	21	22	21	21	21	21	21	22	23	23	23	23	23
Cloudier (%)	76	76	76	77	78	78	78	78	79	80	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	79	79	78	79	79	79	79	79	78	77	77	77	77	77

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	23	77
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	21	79
10	20	80
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	22	78
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	22	78
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	23	77

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Puerto Varas gets around 230 mm of rain and snow over 19.8 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 62% and peaks near 64% 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 (%)	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	61	61	61	61	61	61	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	62
2	62
3	62
4	62
5	63
6	63
7	63
8	64
9	64
10	64
11	64
12	64
13	63
14	63
15	63
16	62
17	62
18	62
19	62
20	62
21	62
22	62
23	62
24	62
25	61
26	61
27	61
28	61
29	61
30	61
31	61

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 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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)	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	14	14
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	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 48 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 72 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 9:05 AM to 8:22 AM, and sunset from 6:51 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)	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	11.0
Sunrise (AM)	9:05	9:04	9:03	9:02	9:01	9:00	8:58	8:57	8:56	8:54	8:53	8:52	8:50	8:49	8:48	8:46	8:45	8:43	8:42	8:40	8:39	8:37	8:36	8:34	8:32	8:31	8:29	8:27	8:26	8:24	8:22
Sunset (PM)	6:51	6:52	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	7:20	7:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	9:05	6:51
2	9.8	9:04	6:52
3	9.8	9:03	6:53
4	9.9	9:02	6:54
5	9.9	9:01	6:55
6	9.9	9:00	6:56
7	10.0	8:58	6:57
8	10.0	8:57	6:58
9	10.0	8:56	6:59
10	10.1	8:54	7:00
11	10.1	8:53	7:01
12	10.2	8:52	7:02
13	10.2	8:50	7:03
14	10.2	8:49	7:04
15	10.3	8:48	7:05
16	10.3	8:46	7:06
17	10.4	8:45	7:07
18	10.4	8:43	7:08
19	10.5	8:42	7:09
20	10.5	8:40	7:10
21	10.5	8:39	7:11
22	10.6	8:37	7:12
23	10.6	8:36	7:13
24	10.7	8:34	7:14
25	10.7	8:32	7:15
26	10.8	8:31	7:16
27	10.8	8:29	7:17
28	10.8	8:27	7:18
29	10.9	8:26	7:19
30	10.9	8:24	7:20
31	11.0	8:22	7:22

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 2.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.22 kWh/m² to a high of 6.75 kWh/m² in January across the year — August's 2.13 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)	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.7
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.8	Dim
2	1.8	Dim
3	1.8	Dim
4	1.8	Dim
5	1.9	Dim
6	1.9	Dim
7	1.9	Dim
8	1.9	Dim
9	1.9	Dim
10	2.0	Dim
11	2.0	Moderate
12	2.0	Moderate
13	2.0	Moderate
14	2.1	Moderate
15	2.1	Moderate
16	2.1	Moderate
17	2.2	Moderate
18	2.2	Moderate
19	2.2	Moderate
20	2.2	Moderate
21	2.3	Moderate
22	2.3	Moderate
23	2.3	Moderate
24	2.4	Moderate
25	2.4	Moderate
26	2.5	Moderate
27	2.5	Moderate
28	2.5	Moderate
29	2.6	Moderate
30	2.6	Moderate
31	2.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Puerto Varas

In seasonPeak

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

Puerto Varas's rainy season runs April–October, 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 Puerto Varas?

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

2.1

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Puerto Varas.

What to pack for Puerto Varas in August

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

In August, Puerto Varas sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. About 20 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Puerto Varas in August

The nearest coast averages about 10°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 35 km away) is warmest in January at about 16°C and coldest in August near 10°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	15	13	11	11	11	10	11	12	13	15
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	16	Cool
Mar	15	Bracing
Apr	13	Bracing
May	11	Bracing
Jun	11	Bracing
Jul	11	Bracing
Aug	10	Bracing
Sep	11	Bracing
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	15	Bracing

UV index in Puerto Varas in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Puerto Varas peaks around December 23 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 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	2	4	7	9	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	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	2	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	7	High
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Puerto Varas?

Puerto Varas sits at 41.3°S, 73.0°W, 60 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Llanquihue, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Puerto Varas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Puerto Varas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m around an average of 95 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 202 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,668 m.

The land around Puerto Varas is covered by grassland (33%), trees (28%) and water (23%) within 3 km, trees (36%), grassland (35%) and water (22%) within 16 km, and trees (49%), water (23%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

115 m

grassland 33%

16 km

202 m

trees 36%

80 km

2,668 m

trees 49%

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

August weather nearby: Llanquihue 7.0 km · Puerto Montt 17 km · Frutillar 23 km · Purranque 47 km · Calbuco 52 km · Maullín 61 km · Osorno 84 km · Ancud 92 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 Puerto Varas (-41.3195°, -72.9854°, elevation 60 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	5
2	10	5
3	10	5
4	10	5
5	10	5
6	10	5
7	10	5
8	11	5
9	11	5
10	11	5
11	11	5
12	11	5
13	11	5
14	11	5
15	11	5
16	11	5
17	11	5
18	11	5
19	11	5
20	11	5
21	11	5
22	11	5
23	11	5
24	11	5
25	11	5
26	11	5
27	12	5
28	12	5
29	12	5
30	12	5
31	12	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	23	77
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	21	79
10	20	80
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	22	78
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	22	78
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	62
2	62
3	62
4	62
5	63
6	63
7	63
8	64
9	64
10	64
11	64
12	64
13	63
14	63
15	63
16	62
17	62
18	62
19	62
20	62
21	62
22	62
23	62
24	62
25	61
26	61
27	61
28	61
29	61
30	61
31	61

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	23	77
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	21	79
10	20	80
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	22	78
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	22	78
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	62
2	62
3	62
4	62
5	63
6	63
7	63
8	64
9	64
10	64
11	64
12	64
13	63
14	63
15	63
16	62
17	62
18	62
19	62
20	62
21	62
22	62
23	62
24	62
25	61
26	61
27	61
28	61
29	61
30	61
31	61

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	23	77
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	21	79
10	20	80
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	22	78
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	22	78
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	62
2	62
3	62
4	62
5	63
6	63
7	63
8	64
9	64
10	64
11	64
12	64
13	63
14	63
15	63
16	62
17	62
18	62
19	62
20	62
21	62
22	62
23	62
24	62
25	61
26	61
27	61
28	61
29	61
30	61
31	61

	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