General Alvear weather in August

In August, General Alvear sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 18 mm of precipitation across 3.1 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 12 min at the start of August to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is General Alvear's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see General Alvear's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 18 mm; 3.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 8:15 AM – 6:55 PM
Cloud cover: 37%; 6th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.85 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.3; out of 10

General Alvear is city in Mendoza Province, Argentina.

Founded: 1914

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 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical August day in General Alvear 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 12°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°C warmer than July and about 3°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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7

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

How August really feels in General Alvear

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.

General Alvear 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 19°	47	8.9	14.1	3.9
Feb	31° / 18°	52	7.1	13.3	4.9
Mar	28° / 16°	53	6.7	12.3	6.8
Apr	23° / 11°	39	5.1	11.1	7.9
May	19° / 8°	25	3.8	10.2	6.9
Jun	16° / 4°	13	2.7	9.7	5.8
Jul	15° / 3°	13	2.4	9.9	5.8
Aug	18° / 5°	18	3.1	10.7	7.3
Sep	21° / 9°	28	4.2	11.8	7.7
Oct	25° / 12°	57	7.3	12.9	7.6
Nov	29° / 15°	49	7.2	13.8	6.5
Dec	32° / 18°	57	8.1	14.3	4.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%.

	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 (%)	71	71	71	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	74	73	74	73	73	73	72	72	72	71	70	70	69	68	68
Cloudier (%)	29	29	29	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	27	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	30	30	31	32	32

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	72	28
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	73	27
19	74	26
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	72	28
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	71	29
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	69	31
30	68	32
31	68	32

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

General Alvear gets around 18 mm of rain and snow over 3.1 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 10% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12

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

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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in August

Winds average 13 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 12 min at the start of August to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 8:30 AM to 7:55 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 7:07 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)	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	8:30	8:29	8:28	8:27	8:26	8:26	8:25	8:24	8:22	8:21	8:20	8:19	8:18	8:17	8:16	8:15	8:13	8:12	8:11	8:10	8:08	8:07	8:06	8:05	8:03	8:02	8:01	7:59	7:58	7:56	7:55
Sunset (PM)	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.2	8:30	6:44
2	10.3	8:29	6:44
3	10.3	8:28	6:45
4	10.3	8:27	6:46
5	10.3	8:26	6:47
6	10.4	8:26	6:47
7	10.4	8:25	6:48
8	10.4	8:24	6:49
9	10.5	8:22	6:50
10	10.5	8:21	6:50
11	10.5	8:20	6:51
12	10.5	8:19	6:52
13	10.6	8:18	6:53
14	10.6	8:17	6:54
15	10.6	8:16	6:54
16	10.7	8:15	6:55
17	10.7	8:13	6:56
18	10.7	8:12	6:57
19	10.8	8:11	6:57
20	10.8	8:10	6:58
21	10.8	8:08	6:59
22	10.9	8:07	7:00
23	10.9	8:06	7:01
24	10.9	8:05	7:01
25	11.0	8:03	7:02
26	11.0	8:02	7:03
27	11.1	8:01	7:04
28	11.1	7:59	7:04
29	11.1	7:58	7:05
30	11.2	7:56	7:06
31	11.2	7:55	7:07

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.59 kWh/m² to a high of 8.07 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 3.85 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)	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.3	Moderate
2	3.3	Moderate
3	3.4	Moderate
4	3.4	Moderate
5	3.4	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.7	Moderate
12	3.7	Moderate
13	3.7	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	3.9	Moderate
19	4.0	Moderate
20	4.0	Bright
21	4.0	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.4	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit General Alvear?

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

7.3

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

2.6

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit General Alvear for general sightseeing.

What to pack for General Alvear in August

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

In August, General Alvear sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 3 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in General Alvear in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in General Alvear peaks around January 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	13	10	5	4	3	3	4	6	9	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	5	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is General Alvear?

General Alvear sits at 35.0°S, 67.7°W, 471 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is San Rafael, 71 km away.

Topography around General Alvear

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around General Alvear has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 471 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,336 m.

The land around General Alvear is covered by grassland (49%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, shrubs (47%) and grassland (41%) within 16 km, and shrubs (85%) within 80 km.

3 km

15 m

grassland 49%

16 km

62 m

shrubs 47%

80 km

1,336 m

shrubs 85%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

August weather nearby: San Rafael 71 km · Malargüe 180 km · Tunuyán 197 km · Rivadavia 211 km · San Martín 222 km · Tupungato 223 km · San Luis 226 km · Perdriel 238 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 General Alvear (-34.9775°, -67.6962°, elevation 471 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	72	28
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	73	27
19	74	26
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	72	28
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	71	29
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	69	31
30	68	32
31	68	32

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	72	28
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	73	27
19	74	26
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	72	28
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	71	29
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	69	31
30	68	32
31	68	32

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	72	28
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	73	27
19	74	26
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	72	28
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	71	29
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	69	31
30	68	32
31	68	32

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100