Salta Weather in August
Salta in August
The short of it: Salta in August averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 5 °C (42 °F), with 3.0 mm (0.12 in) of rain and about 11 h 16 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 5° · rain 3.0 mm · daylight 11 h 16 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & August
August in Salta brings afternoons near 22° and nights around 5°, with about 3.0 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 22°, nights near 5°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 3.0 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 16 min in mid-August, 31 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates August 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and August.
Against its neighbours, Salta runs about middling and about as wet in August. San Lorenzo, 10 km to the NW, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Salta, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 3° warmer, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 17°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 16 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San LorenzoSalta | 10 km NW | 21° | 5° | 3.0 mm |
| San José de los CerrillosSalta | 12 km SSW | 22° | 5° | 3.0 mm |
| VaquerosSalta | 12 km N | 21° | 6° | 4.0 mm |
| La MercedSalta | 19 km SSW | 23° | 5° | 2.0 mm |
| La CalderaSalta | 23 km N | 21° | 5° | 4.0 mm |
| Campo QuijanoSalta | 25 km WSW | 21° | 5° | 2.0 mm |
| Rosario de LermaSalta | 26 km SW | 22° | 5° | 2.0 mm |
| El CarrilSalta | 30 km SSW | 23° | 6° | 2.0 mm |