Calama climate

Calama Weather in August

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Calama, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 20°C on August 1 to 22°C on August 31, and lows from 3°C to 4°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 0 mm over about 0 wet days.

August day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Calama, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
21°C
Average low
3°C
Precipitation
0 mm
Reanalysis high
29°CAug 30, 1995
Reanalysis low
-4°CAug 29, 2016
Daylight
11 h 06 min to 11 h 39 min
Cloud cover
30%
Humidity
14%
Dew point
-17°C
Wind
15.1 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Aug 120°C3°C25°C 2001-2°C 20110%
Aug 220°C3°C26°C 20200°C 19940%
Aug 320°C3°C25°C 2020-1°C 19920%
Aug 420°C3°C27°C 2014-1°C 20030%
Aug 520°C3°C26°C 1993-2°C 20030%
Aug 620°C3°C25°C 20200°C 20070%
Aug 720°C3°C25°C 2020-1°C 20070%
Aug 821°C3°C25°C 2010-2°C 19940%
Aug 921°C3°C25°C 2011-3°C 19940%
Aug 1021°C3°C25°C 2005-2°C 20150%
Aug 1121°C3°C25°C 2002-2°C 19910%
Aug 1221°C3°C24°C 2002-2°C 20170%
Aug 1321°C3°C25°C 2019-2°C 20170%
Aug 1421°C3°C24°C 1991-3°C 19980%
Aug 1521°C3°C25°C 19910°C 19920%
Aug 1621°C3°C26°C 19910°C 20090%
Aug 1721°C3°C24°C 1991-1°C 20120%
Aug 1821°C3°C25°C 1991-1°C 20200%
Aug 1921°C3°C24°C 2003-2°C 20200%
Aug 2021°C3°C24°C 2019-1°C 20200%
Aug 2121°C3°C27°C 2016-1°C 19920%
Aug 2221°C3°C26°C 2019-1°C 20111%
Aug 2321°C3°C27°C 1994-1°C 20091%
Aug 2421°C3°C24°C 1995-1°C 20031%
Aug 2521°C3°C25°C 1997-2°C 20131%
Aug 2621°C3°C26°C 1995-2°C 20131%
Aug 2721°C3°C27°C 2019-2°C 20041%
Aug 2821°C4°C28°C 2015-2°C 20071%
Aug 2921°C4°C28°C 2015-4°C 20161%
Aug 3022°C4°C29°C 1995-3°C 19921%
Aug 3122°C4°C29°C 2015-3°C 19961%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Calama, in percent.00.20.40.60.811102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-4).

August 1
sunrise 7:09 AM, sunset 6:15 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:47 AM, sunset 6:26 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.