Zamora weather in August

In August, Zamora sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 108 mm of rain across 22.8 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-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 8% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Zamora's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zamora's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 108 mm; 22.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:24 AM – 6:16 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 1st clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.88 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

Zamora is city in Ecuador, capital of the Zamora Chinchipe Province.

Density: 3,425/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1549

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 Zamora reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 7°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 about 1°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)	17	17	17	17	17	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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Zamora weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 13°	173	26.1	12.2	3.9
Feb	21° / 13°	191	24.9	12.1	3.7
Mar	21° / 13°	177	28.2	12	3.6
Apr	20° / 13°	162	26.7	11.9	3.7
May	20° / 13°	140	25.5	11.8	3.9
Jun	18° / 12°	156	24	11.8	3.9
Jul	17° / 11°	149	24.9	11.8	3.7
Aug	18° / 11°	108	22.8	11.9	4.1
Sep	19° / 12°	97	23.1	12	4.2
Oct	20° / 13°	122	25.1	12.1	4.1
Nov	21° / 13°	139	22.3	12.2	4.3
Dec	21° / 13°	162	25.9	12.2	4.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

	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 (%)	30	31	32	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	32	32
Cloudier (%)	70	69	68	67	67	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	66	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	68	68

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

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Zamora gets around 108 mm of rain over 22.8 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 74% and peaks near 79% 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 (%)	79	79	78	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	75	75	75	75	75	74	74	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	73	73	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	78
4	77
5	77
6	76
7	76
8	76
9	76
10	76
11	75
12	75
13	75
14	75
15	75
16	74
17	74
18	73
19	73
20	73
21	72
22	72
23	72
24	72
25	72
26	72
27	72
28	72
29	73
30	73
31	73

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 71% 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 (%)	71	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	71	71	70	70	69	68	68	67	66	65	64	63
Comfortable (%)	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	32	32	33	34	35	36	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	71	29
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	69	31
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	67	33
28	66	34
29	65	35
30	64	36
31	63	37

Wind in August

Winds average 6 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	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
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8	7	calm
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27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:27 AM to 6:18 AM, and sunset from 6:16 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)	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18
Sunset (PM)	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:13

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	6:27	6:16
2	11.8	6:27	6:17
3	11.8	6:27	6:17
4	11.8	6:27	6:17
5	11.8	6:27	6:17
6	11.8	6:26	6:17
7	11.8	6:26	6:16
8	11.8	6:26	6:16
9	11.8	6:26	6:16
10	11.8	6:26	6:16
11	11.9	6:25	6:16
12	11.9	6:25	6:16
13	11.9	6:25	6:16
14	11.9	6:25	6:16
15	11.9	6:24	6:16
16	11.9	6:24	6:16
17	11.9	6:24	6:16
18	11.9	6:23	6:16
19	11.9	6:23	6:16
20	11.9	6:23	6:15
21	11.9	6:22	6:15
22	11.9	6:22	6:15
23	11.9	6:22	6:15
24	11.9	6:21	6:15
25	11.9	6:21	6:15
26	11.9	6:20	6:14
27	11.9	6:20	6:14
28	11.9	6:20	6:14
29	11.9	6:19	6:14
30	11.9	6:19	6:14
31	11.9	6:18	6:13

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.9 kWh/m² to a high of 5.3 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 4.88 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)	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
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	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Zamora?

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

4.1

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

1.3

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Zamora for sightseeing.

What to pack for Zamora in August

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

In August, Zamora sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Zamora in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Zamora peaks around February 17 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 11 (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	16	14	14	11	11	11	13	15	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	17	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Zamora?

Zamora sits at 4.1°S, 79.0°W, 979 m above sea level, in Ecuador. The nearest listed city is Loja, 29 km away.

Topography around Zamora

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zamora has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 833 m around an average of 1,102 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,702 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,531 m.

The land around Zamora is covered by trees (83%) within 3 km, trees (93%) within 16 km, and trees (76%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

833 m

trees 83%

16 km

2,702 m

trees 93%

80 km

3,531 m

trees 76%

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

August weather nearby: Loja 29 km · Vilcabamba 37 km · Catamayo 46 km · Cariamanga 73 km · Piñas 92 km · Pasaje 126 km · Cuenca 130 km · Santa Rosa 131 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 Zamora (-4.0645°, -78.9512°, elevation 979 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	17	11
2	17	11
3	17	11
4	17	11
5	17	11
6	18	11
7	18	11
8	18	11
9	18	11
10	18	11
11	18	11
12	18	11
13	18	11
14	18	11
15	18	11
16	18	11
17	18	11
18	18	11
19	18	11
20	18	11
21	18	11
22	18	11
23	18	11
24	18	11
25	18	11
26	18	11
27	18	11
28	18	11
29	18	11
30	18	11
31	18	11

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	78
4	77
5	77
6	76
7	76
8	76
9	76
10	76
11	75
12	75
13	75
14	75
15	75
16	74
17	74
18	73
19	73
20	73
21	72
22	72
23	72
24	72
25	72
26	72
27	72
28	72
29	73
30	73
31	73

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	71	29
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	69	31
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	67	33
28	66	34
29	65	35
30	64	36
31	63	37

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	78
4	77
5	77
6	76
7	76
8	76
9	76
10	76
11	75
12	75
13	75
14	75
15	75
16	74
17	74
18	73
19	73
20	73
21	72
22	72
23	72
24	72
25	72
26	72
27	72
28	72
29	73
30	73
31	73

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	71	29
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	69	31
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	67	33
28	66	34
29	65	35
30	64	36
31	63	37

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	78
4	77
5	77
6	76
7	76
8	76
9	76
10	76
11	75
12	75
13	75
14	75
15	75
16	74
17	74
18	73
19	73
20	73
21	72
22	72
23	72
24	72
25	72
26	72
27	72
28	72
29	73
30	73
31	73

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	71	29
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	69	31
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	67	33
28	66	34
29	65	35
30	64	36
31	63	37