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Torres del Paine in August

Cold and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Torres del Paine is cold: highs near 38°F, lows near 25°F. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 39 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Torres del Paine is cold: highs near 3°C, lows near -4°C. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 39 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
38°F3°Caverage
Low
25°F-4°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 57% of days
Daylight
9h 55mon average

Is August a good time to visit Torres del Paine?

A good month, just outside Torres del Paine's mildest months, which run from December to March.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 38°F in August, against 35°F to 58°F through the year.Highs near 3°C in August, against 2°C to 14°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

57% of days in August, against 57% to 71% through the year.

Cloud cover

67% cover in August, against 60% to 68% through the year.

Daylight

9h 55m in August, against 8h 00m to 16h 27m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the mildest months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July35°2°low 23°low -5°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. August38°3°low 25°low -4°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. September42°6°low 28°low -2°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Torres del Paine sits, in August

America/Punta Arenas
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
9:03 AMsets 6:48 PM
Above the sea
480 mlow-lying
Latitude
50.9°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Puerto Natales91 km south

The land around Torres del Paine, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Chile in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Torres del Paine

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Torres del Paine. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (480 m) against the climate model's (330 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (480 m) against the climate model's (330 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.