Otavalo weather in August

In August, Otavalo sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 32 mm of rain across 8.7 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Otavalo's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Otavalo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 32 mm; 8.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:17 AM – 6:17 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 1st clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.3 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.8; out of 10

Otavalo is city of Imbabura Province, Ecuador.

Founded: 1534

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 18°C through the month.

A typical August day in Otavalo reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with 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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

Otavalo weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 9°	175	20.8	12	4.1
Feb	18° / 9°	170	20.6	12	3.9
Mar	18° / 9°	218	25.5	12	3.5
Apr	18° / 9°	241	26.1	12	3.4
May	18° / 9°	167	24.6	12	3.7
Jun	17° / 8°	84	17.7	12	4.4
Jul	17° / 8°	56	13.7	12	5.0
Aug	18° / 8°	32	8.7	12	5.8
Sep	19° / 8°	74	13.9	12	5.2
Oct	18° / 9°	161	22.5	12	4.1
Nov	18° / 9°	216	25.3	12	3.5
Dec	17° / 9°	202	23.4	12	3.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%.

	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 (%)	34	34	34	34	35	34	34	34	34	33	32	32	32	31	31	30	29	28	28	28	27	27	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Cloudier (%)	66	66	66	66	65	66	66	66	66	67	68	68	68	69	69	70	71	72	72	72	73	73	74	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	35	65
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	30	70
17	29	71
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	27	73
22	27	73
23	26	74
24	25	75
25	25	75
26	25	75
27	25	75
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Otavalo gets around 32 mm of rain over 8.7 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 30% and peaks near 34% 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 (%)	34	33	32	31	31	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	29	29	29	29	30	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	33
3	32
4	31
5	31
6	30
7	30
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	29
16	29
17	29
18	29
19	29
20	29
21	29
22	29
23	29
24	28
25	28
26	29
27	29
28	29
29	29
30	30
31	30

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 7 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:19 AM to 6:13 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 6:13 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)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13
Sunset (PM)	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:13

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:19	6:19
2	12.0	6:19	6:19
3	12.0	6:19	6:19
4	12.0	6:19	6:19
5	12.0	6:19	6:19
6	12.0	6:18	6:19
7	12.0	6:18	6:19
8	12.0	6:18	6:19
9	12.0	6:18	6:19
10	12.0	6:18	6:18
11	12.0	6:18	6:18
12	12.0	6:18	6:18
13	12.0	6:17	6:18
14	12.0	6:17	6:18
15	12.0	6:17	6:18
16	12.0	6:17	6:17
17	12.0	6:17	6:17
18	12.0	6:16	6:17
19	12.0	6:16	6:17
20	12.0	6:16	6:16
21	12.0	6:16	6:16
22	12.0	6:16	6:16
23	12.0	6:15	6:16
24	12.0	6:15	6:15
25	12.0	6:15	6:15
26	12.0	6:14	6:15
27	12.0	6:14	6:15
28	12.0	6:14	6:14
29	12.0	6:14	6:14
30	12.0	6:13	6:14
31	12.0	6:13	6:13

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.67 kWh/m² to a high of 5.45 kWh/m² in September across the year — August's 5.3 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Otavalo?

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

5.8

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

1.9

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Otavalo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Otavalo in August

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

In August, Otavalo sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

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UV index in Otavalo in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Otavalo peaks around March 11 at about 18 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 18 at about 13 (extreme).

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)	16	17	18	15	15	13	12	13	15	15	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	17	Extreme
Mar	18	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	15	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	15	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Otavalo?

Otavalo sits at 0.2°N, 78.3°W, 2,532 m above sea level, in Ecuador. The nearest listed city is Atuntaqui, 11 km away.

Topography around Otavalo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Otavalo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 386 m around an average of 2,617 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,572 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,569 m.

The land around Otavalo is covered by trees (26%), artificial surfaces (25%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, grassland (41%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

386 m

trees 26%

16 km

2,572 m

grassland 41%

80 km

5,569 m

trees 66%

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

August weather nearby: Atuntaqui 11 km · Ibarra 20 km · Cayambe 25 km · Pomasqui 39 km · Quito 59 km · Mindo 65 km · Tulcán 88 km · Machachi 90 km

Ecuador travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 43% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $7,125; 2025
Happiness: 6.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 70%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 45.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 20.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 466
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 Otavalo (0.2346°, -78.2625°, elevation 2,532 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. 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	18	8
2	18	8
3	18	8
4	18	8
5	18	8
6	18	8
7	18	8
8	18	8
9	18	8
10	18	8
11	18	8
12	18	8
13	18	8
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	18	8
18	18	8
19	18	8
20	18	8
21	18	8
22	18	8
23	18	8
24	18	8
25	18	8
26	18	8
27	18	8
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	18	8
31	18	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	35	65
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	30	70
17	29	71
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	27	73
22	27	73
23	26	74
24	25	75
25	25	75
26	25	75
27	25	75
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	33
3	32
4	31
5	31
6	30
7	30
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	29
16	29
17	29
18	29
19	29
20	29
21	29
22	29
23	29
24	28
25	28
26	29
27	29
28	29
29	29
30	30
31	30

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	35	65
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	30	70
17	29	71
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	27	73
22	27	73
23	26	74
24	25	75
25	25	75
26	25	75
27	25	75
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	33
3	32
4	31
5	31
6	30
7	30
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	29
16	29
17	29
18	29
19	29
20	29
21	29
22	29
23	29
24	28
25	28
26	29
27	29
28	29
29	29
30	30
31	30

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	35	65
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	30	70
17	29	71
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	27	73
22	27	73
23	26	74
24	25	75
25	25	75
26	25	75
27	25	75
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	33
3	32
4	31
5	31
6	30
7	30
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	29
16	29
17	29
18	29
19	29
20	29
21	29
22	29
23	29
24	28
25	28
26	29
27	29
28	29
29	29
30	30
31	30

	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