Ilave weather in August

In August, Ilave sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 24 mm of precipitation across 6.1 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ilave's 3rd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ilave's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 24 mm; 6.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 5:59 AM – 5:26 PM
Cloud cover: 31%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.44 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

Ilave is capital city of El Collao, Puno, Peru.

Founded: 1782

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 14°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ilave reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 16°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)	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	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3

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

How August really feels in Ilave

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 29 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Ilave weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 6th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 7°	222	27.8	0.3	12.9	2.4
Feb	14° / 7°	202	25.3	0.5	12.5	2.3
Mar	14° / 6°	164	25.6	0.3	12.1	2.6
Apr	14° / 5°	75	15.9	0.2	11.6	3.7
May	15° / 2°	22	6.3	0	11.3	5.0
Jun	14° / 1°	12	3.3	0.2	11.1	5.1
Jul	14° / 1°	12	3.2	0.5	11.1	5.1
Aug	14° / 2°	24	6.1	0.7	11.5	5.0
Sep	15° / 4°	50	10.8	0.7	11.9	4.7
Oct	16° / 6°	76	14.7	0.9	12.4	4.3
Nov	16° / 7°	77	16	0.2	12.8	4.2
Dec	15° / 7°	153	23.5	0.3	12.9	3.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%.

	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 (%)	86	86	85	85	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	84
Cloudier (%)	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	84	16

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitationSnow

Ilave gets around 24 mm of rain and snow over 6.1 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 23% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	12	13	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22
Snow chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2

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

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 9 km/h in August.

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:07 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 5:23 PM to 5:29 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)	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:49
Sunset (PM)	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:07	5:23
2	11.3	6:06	5:23
3	11.3	6:06	5:23
4	11.3	6:05	5:24
5	11.3	6:05	5:24
6	11.3	6:04	5:24
7	11.3	6:04	5:24
8	11.4	6:03	5:25
9	11.4	6:03	5:25
10	11.4	6:02	5:25
11	11.4	6:02	5:25
12	11.4	6:01	5:26
13	11.4	6:01	5:26
14	11.4	6:00	5:26
15	11.4	6:00	5:26
16	11.5	5:59	5:26
17	11.5	5:58	5:27
18	11.5	5:58	5:27
19	11.5	5:57	5:27
20	11.5	5:57	5:27
21	11.5	5:56	5:27
22	11.5	5:55	5:28
23	11.6	5:55	5:28
24	11.6	5:54	5:28
25	11.6	5:53	5:28
26	11.6	5:52	5:28
27	11.6	5:52	5:28
28	11.6	5:51	5:28
29	11.6	5:50	5:28
30	11.7	5:49	5:29
31	11.7	5:49	5:29

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.53 kWh/m² to a high of 8.13 kWh/m² in November across the year — August's 6.44 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)	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.1	Intense
2	6.1	Intense
3	6.1	Intense
4	6.1	Intense
5	6.1	Intense
6	6.2	Intense
7	6.2	Intense
8	6.2	Intense
9	6.2	Intense
10	6.3	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.3	Intense
15	6.4	Intense
16	6.4	Intense
17	6.4	Intense
18	6.5	Intense
19	6.5	Intense
20	6.5	Intense
21	6.6	Intense
22	6.6	Intense
23	6.6	Intense
24	6.7	Intense
25	6.7	Intense
26	6.7	Intense
27	6.8	Intense
28	6.8	Intense
29	6.8	Intense
30	6.9	Intense
31	6.9	Intense

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ilave

In seasonPeak

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

Ilave's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Ilave?

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

5.0

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

August is a reasonable time to visit Ilave for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ilave in August

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

In August, Ilave sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 2°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Ilave 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 Ilave peaks around February 9 at about 19 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 9 (very high).

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)	19	19	16	14	11	9	10	13	14	17	17	17
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	19	Extreme
Feb	19	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	17	Extreme
Nov	17	Extreme
Dec	17	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Ilave?

Ilave sits at 16.1°S, 69.7°W, 3,841 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Puno, 47 km away.

Topography around Ilave

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ilave has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 m around an average of 3,850 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 743 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,579 m.

The land around Ilave is covered by grassland (47%) and cropland (40%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and cropland (44%) within 16 km, and grassland (55%) and water (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

135 m

grassland 47%

16 km

743 m

grassland 50%

80 km

1,579 m

grassland 55%

grasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

August weather nearby: Puno 47 km · Isla del Sol 56 km · Copacabana 63 km · Juliaca 82 km · San Miguel 83 km · Sorata 114 km · Tiahuanaco 118 km · Laja 146 km

Peru travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B / C; 220 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 51% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $9,684; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 49%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 8.6; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 13.6; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 519
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 Ilave (-16.0833°, -69.6667°, elevation 3,841 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	14	1
2	14	1
3	14	1
4	14	1
5	14	1
6	14	1
7	14	1
8	14	2
9	14	2
10	14	2
11	14	2
12	14	2
13	14	2
14	14	2
15	14	2
16	14	2
17	14	2
18	14	2
19	14	2
20	14	2
21	14	2
22	14	2
23	14	2
24	14	2
25	14	2
26	14	2
27	15	3
28	15	3
29	15	3
30	15	3
31	15	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	84	16

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	84	16

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	84	16

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

	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