Balcarce weather in August

In August, Balcarce sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 52 mm of rain across 6.2 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 hours at the start of August to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Balcarce's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Balcarce's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 52 mm; 6.2 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 7:41 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 7th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 3.04 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.5; out of 10

Balcarce is city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

Founded: 1876

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical August day in Balcarce reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C warmer than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	13	4
8	14	4
9	14	4
10	14	4
11	14	4
12	14	5
13	14	5
14	14	5
15	14	5
16	14	5
17	14	5
18	14	5
19	14	5
20	15	5
21	15	5
22	15	5
23	15	5
24	15	5
25	15	5
26	15	5
27	15	5
28	15	5
29	15	5
30	15	5
31	15	5

How August really feels in Balcarce

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Balcarce weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 15°	83	9.8	14.3	6.9
Feb	26° / 15°	73	8	13.5	7.1
Mar	23° / 13°	76	8.3	12.3	7.3
Apr	20° / 10°	74	7.9	11.1	6.6
May	16° / 7°	43	6.1	10	5.4
Jun	13° / 5°	47	5.4	9.4	3.9
Jul	12° / 4°	45	6.2	9.6	3.5
Aug	14° / 5°	52	6.2	10.5	4.5
Sep	16° / 6°	57	7.2	11.7	5.2
Oct	19° / 8°	80	10.2	13	6.0
Nov	22° / 10°	92	9.8	14	6.8
Dec	25° / 13°	78	8.9	14.6	7.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	45	45	45	46	45	46	45	46	46	47	47	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	47	47	46	46	46
Cloudier (%)	55	55	55	54	55	54	55	54	54	53	53	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	53	53	54	54	54

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	46	54
7	45	55
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	49	51
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	46	54

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Balcarce gets around 52 mm of rain over 6.2 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 20% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	18	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	18
2	17
3	18
4	18
5	18
6	18
7	19
8	19
9	19
10	20
11	20
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	21
18	22
19	22
20	22
21	22
22	21
23	21
24	21
25	21
26	21
27	21
28	21
29	21
30	21
31	22

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

Wind in August

Winds average 15 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
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11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
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16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze
31	15	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 hours at the start of August to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:58 AM to 7:20 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 6:26 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:58	7:57	7:56	7:55	7:54	7:53	7:52	7:51	7:50	7:49	7:48	7:46	7:45	7:44	7:43	7:41	7:40	7:39	7:37	7:36	7:35	7:33	7:32	7:30	7:29	7:27	7:26	7:24	7:23	7:21	7:20
Sunset (PM)	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.0	7:58	6:00
2	10.1	7:57	6:01
3	10.1	7:56	6:01
4	10.1	7:55	6:02
5	10.1	7:54	6:03
6	10.2	7:53	6:04
7	10.2	7:52	6:05
8	10.2	7:51	6:06
9	10.3	7:50	6:07
10	10.3	7:49	6:08
11	10.3	7:48	6:08
12	10.4	7:46	6:09
13	10.4	7:45	6:10
14	10.5	7:44	6:11
15	10.5	7:43	6:12
16	10.5	7:41	6:13
17	10.6	7:40	6:14
18	10.6	7:39	6:15
19	10.6	7:37	6:16
20	10.7	7:36	6:16
21	10.7	7:35	6:17
22	10.8	7:33	6:18
23	10.8	7:32	6:19
24	10.8	7:30	6:20
25	10.9	7:29	6:21
26	10.9	7:27	6:22
27	10.9	7:26	6:23
28	11.0	7:24	6:24
29	11.0	7:23	6:24
30	11.1	7:21	6:25
31	11.1	7:20	6:26

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.94 kWh/m² to a high of 7.51 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 3.04 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.5	Moderate
2	2.5	Moderate
3	2.6	Moderate
4	2.6	Moderate
5	2.6	Moderate
6	2.7	Moderate
7	2.7	Moderate
8	2.8	Moderate
9	2.8	Moderate
10	2.8	Moderate
11	2.9	Moderate
12	2.9	Moderate
13	2.9	Moderate
14	3.0	Moderate
15	3.0	Moderate
16	3.0	Moderate
17	3.1	Moderate
18	3.1	Moderate
19	3.1	Moderate
20	3.2	Moderate
21	3.2	Moderate
22	3.2	Moderate
23	3.3	Moderate
24	3.3	Moderate
25	3.3	Moderate
26	3.4	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.4	Moderate
29	3.5	Moderate
30	3.5	Moderate
31	3.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Balcarce?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.5

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Balcarce for sightseeing.

What to pack for Balcarce in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Balcarce sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Balcarce in August

The nearest coast averages about 10°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 60 km away) is warmest in February at about 20°C and coldest in August near 10°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Feb 3 to Mar 4 — about 1 month when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	20	20	20	18	16	13	11	10	11	12	15	17
Comfort	Cool	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	20	Cool
Feb	20	Refreshing
Mar	20	Cool
Apr	18	Cool
May	16	Cool
Jun	13	Bracing
Jul	11	Bracing
Aug	10	Bracing
Sep	11	Bracing
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	15	Bracing
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Balcarce in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Balcarce peaks around December 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	11	8	5	3	2	2	3	5	7	10	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	5	High
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Balcarce?

Balcarce sits at 37.8°S, 58.3°W, 97 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Miramar, 60 km away.

Topography around Balcarce

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Balcarce.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Balcarce has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m around an average of 116 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 310 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 436 m.

The land around Balcarce is covered by grassland (49%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, cropland (65%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and cropland (51%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

193 m

grassland 49%

16 km

310 m

cropland 65%

80 km

436 m

cropland 51%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← July Balcarce year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Miramar 60 km · Mar del Plata 64 km · Santa Clara del Mar 66 km · Ayacucho 80 km · Necochea 89 km · Tandil 97 km · Villa Gesell 130 km · General Juan Madariaga 136 km

Argentina travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / I; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 46% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $14,898; 2025
Happiness: 6.4 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 4.5; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 14.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 575
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Balcarce (-37.8464°, -58.2555°, elevation 97 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	13	4
8	14	4
9	14	4
10	14	4
11	14	4
12	14	5
13	14	5
14	14	5
15	14	5
16	14	5
17	14	5
18	14	5
19	14	5
20	15	5
21	15	5
22	15	5
23	15	5
24	15	5
25	15	5
26	15	5
27	15	5
28	15	5
29	15	5
30	15	5
31	15	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	46	54
7	45	55
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	49	51
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	18
2	17
3	18
4	18
5	18
6	18
7	19
8	19
9	19
10	20
11	20
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	21
18	22
19	22
20	22
21	22
22	21
23	21
24	21
25	21
26	21
27	21
28	21
29	21
30	21
31	22

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	13	4
8	14	4
9	14	4
10	14	4
11	14	4
12	14	5
13	14	5
14	14	5
15	14	5
16	14	5
17	14	5
18	14	5
19	14	5
20	15	5
21	15	5
22	15	5
23	15	5
24	15	5
25	15	5
26	15	5
27	15	5
28	15	5
29	15	5
30	15	5
31	15	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	46	54
7	45	55
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	49	51
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	18
2	17
3	18
4	18
5	18
6	18
7	19
8	19
9	19
10	20
11	20
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	21
18	22
19	22
20	22
21	22
22	21
23	21
24	21
25	21
26	21
27	21
28	21
29	21
30	21
31	22

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	13	4
8	14	4
9	14	4
10	14	4
11	14	4
12	14	5
13	14	5
14	14	5
15	14	5
16	14	5
17	14	5
18	14	5
19	14	5
20	15	5
21	15	5
22	15	5
23	15	5
24	15	5
25	15	5
26	15	5
27	15	5
28	15	5
29	15	5
30	15	5
31	15	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	46	54
7	45	55
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	49	51
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	18
2	17
3	18
4	18
5	18
6	18
7	19
8	19
9	19
10	20
11	20
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	21
18	22
19	22
20	22
21	22
22	21
23	21
24	21
25	21
26	21
27	21
28	21
29	21
30	21
31	22

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3