Buenos Aires Weather in August
Buenos Aires in August
The short of it: Buenos Aires in August averages a high of 23 °C (73 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 262 mm (10.3 in) of rain and about 12 h 44 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 12° · rain 262 mm · daylight 12 h 44 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: February & March
Thirty years of records give Buenos Aires an average August high of 23°, a low of 12° and some 262 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 23°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 262 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 44 min in mid-August, 23 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are February and March.
Against its neighbours, Buenos Aires runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Santos Reyes Pápalo, 16 km to the S, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Buenos Aires, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 6.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 44 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santos Reyes PápaloOaxaca | 16 km S | 22° | 11° | 214 mm |
| Huautla de JiménezPuebla | 20 km N | 29° | 16° | 437 mm |
| CuicatlanOaxaca | 20 km SW | 34° | 20° | 110 mm |
| San Bartolomé AyautlaOaxaca | 21 km ENE | 32° | 19° | 524 mm |
| San Mateo YoloxochitlánOaxaca | 21 km N | 29° | 16° | 437 mm |
| Teotitlán de Flores MagónOaxaca | 31 km NW | 33° | 17° | 194 mm |
| San Felipe UsilaOaxaca | 35 km ESE | 32° | 21° | 494 mm |
| San Felipe Jalapa de DíazOaxaca | 36 km ENE | 33° | 23° | 544 mm |