Yurimaguas weather in August

In August, Yurimaguas sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 120 mm of rain across 16.3 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Yurimaguas's 1st-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yurimaguas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
4th warmest
Overnight low
22°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
120 mm
16.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:14 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover
55%
1st clearest
Wind
4 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.01 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Yurimaguas is capital city of Alto Amazonas, Loreto, Peru.

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 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Yurimaguas reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Yurimaguas

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Yurimaguas weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 23°26824.612.32.9
Feb31° / 23°2812412.22.8
Mar30° / 23°36828.3122.7
Apr30° / 23°28724.511.93.0
May30° / 23°20022.811.73.4
Jun30° / 22°15419.911.73.8
Jul30° / 22°12417.411.74.2
Aug31° / 22°12016.311.84.0
Sep31° / 23°16718.9123.4
Oct31° / 23°23323.712.13.0
Nov31° / 23°26024.612.32.8
Dec31° / 23°27925.712.32.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 28% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16040
26139
36139
46238
56139
66139
76139
86139
96139
106139
116040
126040
136040
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315248

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Yurimaguas gets around 120 mm of rain over 16.3 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 53% and peaks near 59% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
150
250
349
449
549
649
749
849
949
1050
1150
1251
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3159

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 66% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1157024
2156925
3156925
4156826
5156826
6146827
7146827
8146827
9146728
10146728
11146728
12046828
13046828
14046828
15046828
16036928
17036829
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25036334
26036235
27036136
28026236
29026137
30026038
31026038

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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314calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 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 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:18 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 6:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:186:03
211.76:186:03
311.76:186:03
411.86:186:03
511.86:186:03
611.86:176:03
711.86:176:03
811.86:176:03
911.86:176:03
1011.86:166:03
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.01 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.14 kWh/m² to a high of 5.33 kWh/m² in September across the year — August's 5.01 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
24.8Bright
34.8Bright
44.8Bright
54.8Bright
64.8Bright
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84.9Bright
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245.2Bright
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265.2Bright
275.2Bright
285.2Bright
295.2Bright
305.2Bright
315.2Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Yurimaguas?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Yurimaguas for sightseeing.

What to pack for Yurimaguas in August

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

In August, Yurimaguas sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Yurimaguas 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 Yurimaguas peaks around February 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 11 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 15UV 16Aug 11UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb17Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Yurimaguas 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 Yurimaguas is worst in September — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (June, 10 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateSep 1126 µg/m³Jun 1110 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May10Good
Jun10Good
Jul12Good
Aug25Moderate
Sep26Moderate
Oct20Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Yurimaguas?

Yurimaguas sits at 5.9°S, 76.1°W, 143 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is La Banda, 70 km away.

RiojaBellavistaJuanjuíChachapoyasContamanaBagua Grande

Topography around Yurimaguas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yurimaguas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m around an average of 144 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 149 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,177 m.

The land around Yurimaguas is covered by trees (53%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (82%) within 16 km, and trees (97%) within 80 km.

3 km
46 m
16 km
149 m
80 km
2,177 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: La Banda 70 km · Moyobamba 95 km · Rioja 117 km · Bellavista 138 km · Juanjuí 157 km · Chachapoyas 197 km · Contamana 201 km · Bagua Grande 257 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
Catholic 76%Evangelical Christian 16%no religion 5%other religions 3%

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 Yurimaguas (-5.9018°, -76.1223°, elevation 143 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).