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Lima in August

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Lima is warm: highs near 73°F, lows near 59°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 16 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Lima is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 15°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 16 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
73°F23°Caverage
Low
59°F15°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 1% of days
Daylight
11h 44mon average

Is August a good time to visit Lima?

A good month, just outside Lima's best months, which run from September to December.

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 73°F in August, against 73°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in August, against 23°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

1% of days in August, against 1% to 36% through the year.

Cloud cover

32% cover in August, against 32% to 77% through the year.

Daylight

11h 44m in August, against 11h 26m to 12h 49m 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.

Either side

  1. July73°23°low 59°low 15°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. August73°23°low 59°low 15°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. September73°23°low 59°low 15°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Lima sits, in August

America/Lima
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:22 AMsets 6:04 PM
Above the sea
150 mlow-lying
Latitude
12.0°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Sacred Valley (Urubamba)548 km east

The land around Lima, 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 Peru in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Lima

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Lima. 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 (150 m) against the climate model's (308 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 (150 m) against the climate model's (308 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.