Embalse weather in August

In August, Embalse sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 20 mm of precipitation across 3.8 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of August to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Embalse's 1st-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Embalse's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
10th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
20 mm
3.8 wet days
Daylight
10 h 48 min
7:57 AM – 6:46 PM
Cloud cover
34%
1st clearest
Wind
9 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
4.07 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.9
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical August day in Embalse reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°C warmer than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1163
2163
3164
4164
5164
6174
7174
8174
9174
10174
11174
12174
13174
14174
15185
16185
17185
18185
19185
20185
21185
22185
23196
24196
25196
26196
27196
28196
29196
30196
31196

Embalse weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 17°13014.113.96.1
Feb26° / 16°12112.313.26.4
Mar24° / 14°10612.112.26.8
Apr21° / 11°779.511.26.9
May18° / 387.510.46.3
Jun16° / 183.59.95.8
Jul15° / 163.610.15.5
Aug18° / 203.810.86.9
Sep20° / 416.211.87.2
Oct23° / 11°9011.812.86.7
Nov25° / 13°1191413.66.4
Dec27° / 16°13114.214.16.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 25%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17426
27525
37525
47624
57624
67723
77723
87723
97624
107624
117624
127624
137624
147525
157525
167525
177426
187426
197426
207426
217426
227426
237426
247426
257327
267327
277327
287327
297228
307228
317228

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Embalse gets around 20 mm of rain and snow over 3.8 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 13% and peaks near 16% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
112
212
312
412
512
612
712
812
912
1012
1112
1212
1312
1412
1512
1612
1712
1812
1912
2012
2112
2212
2313
2413
2513
2614
2714
2815
2915
3015
3116

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 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
2991
3991
4991
5991
6991
7991
8991
9991
10991
11991
12991
13991
14991
15991
16982
17982
18982
19982
20982
21973
22973
23973
24973
25973
26973
27973
28964
29964
30964
31964

Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
209calm
219calm
229calm
239calm
249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 min at the start of August to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 8:12 AM to 7:39 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 6:56 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.48:126:36
210.48:116:36
310.58:106:37
410.58:096:38
510.58:086:38
610.58:076:39
710.68:066:40
810.68:066:41
910.68:056:41
1010.68:046:42
1110.78:036:43
1210.78:026:43
1310.78:016:44
1410.78:006:45
1510.87:596:45
1610.87:576:46
1710.87:566:47
1810.97:556:47
1910.97:546:48
2010.97:536:49
2111.07:526:49
2211.07:516:50
2311.07:496:51
2411.17:486:51
2511.17:476:52
2611.17:466:53
2711.17:456:53
2811.27:436:54
2911.27:426:55
3011.27:416:55
3111.37:396:56

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.85 kWh/m² to a high of 7.12 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 4.07 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.6Moderate
23.6Moderate
33.6Moderate
43.7Moderate
53.7Moderate
63.8Moderate
73.8Moderate
83.8Moderate
93.9Moderate
103.9Moderate
113.9Moderate
124.0Moderate
134.0Moderate
144.0Bright
154.0Bright
164.1Bright
174.1Bright
184.1Bright
194.2Bright
204.2Bright
214.2Bright
224.3Bright
234.3Bright
244.3Bright
254.3Bright
264.4Bright
274.4Bright
284.4Bright
294.4Bright
304.5Bright
314.5Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Embalse

In seasonPeak

None of Embalse's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Embalse's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Embalse?

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

6.9
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
2.1
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Embalse for sightseeing.

What to pack for Embalse in August

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

In August, Embalse sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Embalse in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Embalse peaks around January 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 18UV 14Jun 21UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr6High
May4Moderate
Jun3Moderate
Jul3Moderate
Aug5Moderate
Sep7High
Oct10Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Embalse?

Embalse sits at 32.2°S, 64.4°W, 623 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Río Tercero, 27 km away.

Topography around Embalse

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Embalse has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 199 m around an average of 542 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 477 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,514 m.

The land around Embalse is covered by trees (26%), shrubs (25%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (34%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (55%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
199 m
16 km
477 m
80 km
2,514 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Río Tercero 27 km · Alta Gracia 62 km · Pilar 76 km · Río Segundo 77 km · Villa Dolores 80 km · Villa Carlos Paz 88 km · Cordoba 91 km · La Calera 96 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
Roman Catholic 63%none 19%Evangelical 15%Jehovah's Witness and Church of Jesus Christ 1%

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 Embalse (-32.2068°, -64.4006°, elevation 623 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. 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).