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Galápagos (Puerto Ayora) in August

Warm and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Galápagos (Puerto Ayora) is warm: highs near 83°F, lows near 69°F. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 5 minutes.August in Galápagos (Puerto Ayora) is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 21°C. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 5 minutes.

High
83°F28°Caverage
Low
69°F21°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 4% of days
Daylight
12h 05mon average

Is August a good time to visit Galápagos (Puerto Ayora)?

Yes. August is one of Galápagos (Puerto Ayora)'s best months (August to November).

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 83°F in August, against 82°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in August, against 28°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

4% of days in August, against 2% to 64% through the year.

Cloud cover

62% cover in August, against 54% to 66% through the year.

Daylight

12h 05m in August, against 12h 05m to 12h 10m through the year.

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

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  1. July84°29°low 71°low 22°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. August83°28°low 69°low 21°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. September82°28°low 69°low 21°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Galápagos (Puerto Ayora) sits, in August

Pacific/Galapagos
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:03 AMsets 6:09 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
0.7°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Mashpi Reserve1276 km east

The land around Galápagos (Puerto Ayora), 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 Ecuador in August

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See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Galápagos (Puerto Ayora)

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Galápagos (Puerto Ayora). 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (170 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (170 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.