Quevedo weather in August

In August, Quevedo sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 187 mm of rain across 25.1 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Quevedo's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Quevedo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
11th warmest
Overnight low
20°
1st coldest
Rainfall
187 mm
25.1 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:23 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
90%
2nd clearest
Wind
4 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
2.81 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Quevedo is city of Los Ríos Province, Ecuador.

Density
4,027/km²
people per km²
Founded
1838

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical August day in Quevedo reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Quevedo weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 22°81930.212.13.3
Feb28° / 22°87627.5123.2
Mar28° / 23°90230.1123.1
Apr28° / 23°83928.7123.1
May28° / 22°62528.8123.4
Jun26° / 21°3592711.93.7
Jul26° / 20°2902711.93.9
Aug26° / 20°18725.1124.1
Sep26° / 20°21225124.0
Oct27° / 21°23225.4123.9
Nov27° / 21°21721.3124.3
Dec27° / 22°48427.212.13.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 1% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 99%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1199
2199
3199
4199
5199
6199
7199
8199
9199
10199
11199
12199
13199
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Quevedo gets around 187 mm of rain over 25.1 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 81% and peaks near 85% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
184
284
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584
684
784
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1583
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1881
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2578
2677
2777
2877
2977
3077
3177

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
15446
25446
35545
45545
55644
65644
75644
85644
95644
105644
115644
125644
135644
145644
155644
165743
175743
185743
195842
205842
215941
226040
236040
246139
256238
266337
276436
286436
296535
306535
316535

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 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
24calm
34calm
44calm
54calm
64calm
74calm
84calm
94calm
104calm
114calm
124calm
134calm
144calm
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264calm
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314calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

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 6:25 AM to 6:19 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 6:17 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:256:23
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1812.06:226:21
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2012.06:226:20
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2212.06:216:20
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2612.06:206:19
2712.06:206:18
2812.06:206:18
2912.06:196:18
3012.06:196:18
3112.06:196:17

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 2.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.45 kWh/m² to a high of 3.18 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 2.81 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.7Moderate
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32.7Moderate
42.7Moderate
52.7Moderate
62.7Moderate
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82.8Moderate
92.8Moderate
102.8Moderate
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Quevedo

In seasonPeak

None of Quevedo's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Quevedo's rainy season runs December–May, 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 Quevedo?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Quevedo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Quevedo in August

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

In August, Quevedo sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 20°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 25 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Quevedo in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Quevedo peaks around March 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 17 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeMar 10UV 15Jul 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Quevedo 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 Quevedo is worst in November — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.5× the cleanest month (July, 16 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateNov 1738 µg/m³Jul 2016 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar20Moderate
Apr20Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov40Poor
Dec25Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Quevedo?

Quevedo sits at 1.0°S, 79.5°W, 51 m above sea level, in Ecuador. The nearest listed city is Valencia, 15 km away.

Topography around Quevedo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Quevedo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 64 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 149 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,522 m.

The land around Quevedo is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) and trees (38%) within 3 km, trees (80%) within 16 km, and trees (63%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
64 m
16 km
149 m
80 km
4,522 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Valencia 15 km · El Empalme 20 km · La Maná 28 km · Ventanas 46 km · Balzar 62 km · Vinces 67 km · Chone 79 km · Calceta 81 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
Roman Catholic 68%Protestant 19%none 8%other 2%

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 Quevedo (-1.0288°, -79.4626°, elevation 51 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).