General Pico weather in August

In August, General Pico sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 31 mm of rain across 4.1 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 15°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% 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 Pico's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see General Pico's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 31 mm; 4.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 36 min; 8:00 AM – 6:38 PM
Cloud cover: 45%; 6th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 3.52 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.4; out of 10

General Pico is city in the northeast of La Pampa Province, Argentina.

Founded: 1905

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 15°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical August day in General Pico reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 23°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)	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7

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

General Pico 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	30° / 18°	92	8.9	14.1	5.7
Feb	28° / 17°	82	7.6	13.3	6.5
Mar	26° / 15°	96	7.8	12.3	7.3
Apr	22° / 12°	78	7.1	11.1	7.3
May	18° / 8°	34	4.6	10.1	6.4
Jun	15° / 5°	18	3	9.6	5.1
Jul	14° / 4°	17	3	9.8	4.9
Aug	17° / 5°	31	4.1	10.7	6.4
Sep	20° / 8°	55	5.8	11.8	7.0
Oct	22° / 11°	91	9.5	12.9	7.0
Nov	26° / 14°	90	8.8	13.9	7.2
Dec	29° / 17°	85	8.4	14.4	6.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 39%.

	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 (%)	58	58	58	60	60	60	60	60	61	61	62	62	63	63	63	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	62	62	61	60	60	59	59
Cloudier (%)	42	42	42	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	39	40	40	41	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	61	39
10	61	39
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	62	38
26	62	38
27	61	39
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	59	41
31	59	41

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

General Pico gets around 31 mm of rain over 4.1 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 13% and peaks near 17% 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 (%)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	17

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

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.

	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	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	98	2	0
2	98	2	0
3	98	2	0
4	98	2	0
5	98	2	0
6	98	2	0
7	98	2	0
8	99	1	0
9	99	1	0
10	99	1	0
11	99	1	0
12	99	1	0
13	99	1	0
14	98	2	0
15	98	2	0
16	98	2	0
17	97	2	1
18	97	2	1
19	97	2	1
20	97	2	1
21	97	2	1
22	97	2	1
23	97	2	1
24	97	2	1
25	97	2	1
26	97	2	1
27	97	2	1
28	97	2	1
29	97	2	1
30	96	3	1
31	96	3	1

Wind in August

Winds average 12 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	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	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	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	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 8:16 AM to 7:40 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 6:50 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	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	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	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	8:16	8:15	8:14	8:13	8:12	8:11	8:10	8:09	8:08	8:07	8:06	8:05	8:03	8:02	8:01	8:00	7:59	7:57	7:56	7:55	7:54	7:52	7:51	7:50	7:48	7:47	7:46	7:44	7:43	7:41	7:40
Sunset (PM)	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.2	8:16	6:26
2	10.2	8:15	6:27
3	10.2	8:14	6:28
4	10.3	8:13	6:29
5	10.3	8:12	6:30
6	10.3	8:11	6:30
7	10.4	8:10	6:31
8	10.4	8:09	6:32
9	10.4	8:08	6:33
10	10.4	8:07	6:34
11	10.5	8:06	6:34
12	10.5	8:05	6:35
13	10.5	8:03	6:36
14	10.6	8:02	6:37
15	10.6	8:01	6:38
16	10.6	8:00	6:38
17	10.7	7:59	6:39
18	10.7	7:57	6:40
19	10.7	7:56	6:41
20	10.8	7:55	6:42
21	10.8	7:54	6:42
22	10.8	7:52	6:43
23	10.9	7:51	6:44
24	10.9	7:50	6:45
25	11.0	7:48	6:46
26	11.0	7:47	6:46
27	11.0	7:46	6:47
28	11.1	7:44	6:48
29	11.1	7:43	6:49
30	11.1	7:41	6:49
31	11.2	7:40	6:50

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.3 kWh/m² to a high of 7.7 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 3.52 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)	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0
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	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.0	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	3.1	Moderate
4	3.1	Moderate
5	3.1	Moderate
6	3.2	Moderate
7	3.2	Moderate
8	3.3	Moderate
9	3.3	Moderate
10	3.3	Moderate
11	3.4	Moderate
12	3.4	Moderate
13	3.4	Moderate
14	3.5	Moderate
15	3.5	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.6	Moderate
18	3.6	Moderate
19	3.6	Moderate
20	3.7	Moderate
21	3.7	Moderate
22	3.7	Moderate
23	3.8	Moderate
24	3.8	Moderate
25	3.8	Moderate
26	3.9	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	3.9	Moderate
29	3.9	Moderate
30	4.0	Moderate
31	4.0	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit General Pico?

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

6.4

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

1.5

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit General Pico for sightseeing.

What to pack for General Pico in August

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

In August, General Pico sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in General Pico 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 Pico peaks around January 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 2 (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)	13	12	9	6	3	2	3	4	6	9	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is General Pico?

General Pico sits at 35.7°S, 63.8°W, 112 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is General Villegas, 97 km away.

Topography around General Pico

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around General Pico has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 141 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 41 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m.

The land around General Pico is covered by artificial surfaces (46%), cropland (22%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (84%) within 16 km, and cropland (91%) within 80 km.

3 km

19 m

artificial surfaces 46%

16 km

41 m

cropland 84%

80 km

150 m

cropland 91%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

August weather nearby: General Villegas 97 km · Trenque Lauquen 99 km · Santa Rosa 117 km · Toay 126 km · Pehuajó 169 km · Laboulaye 174 km · Rufino 182 km · General Acha 206 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 Pico (-35.6593°, -63.7579°, elevation 112 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	15	4
2	15	4
3	15	4
4	15	4
5	16	4
6	16	4
7	16	4
8	16	4
9	16	4
10	16	5
11	16	5
12	17	5
13	17	5
14	17	5
15	17	5
16	17	5
17	17	5
18	17	6
19	17	6
20	18	6
21	18	6
22	18	6
23	18	6
24	18	6
25	18	6
26	18	6
27	18	7
28	18	7
29	18	7
30	18	7
31	18	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	61	39
10	61	39
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	62	38
26	62	38
27	61	39
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	59	41
31	59	41

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	98	2	0
2	98	2	0
3	98	2	0
4	98	2	0
5	98	2	0
6	98	2	0
7	98	2	0
8	99	1	0
9	99	1	0
10	99	1	0
11	99	1	0
12	99	1	0
13	99	1	0
14	98	2	0
15	98	2	0
16	98	2	0
17	97	2	1
18	97	2	1
19	97	2	1
20	97	2	1
21	97	2	1
22	97	2	1
23	97	2	1
24	97	2	1
25	97	2	1
26	97	2	1
27	97	2	1
28	97	2	1
29	97	2	1
30	96	3	1
31	96	3	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	61	39
10	61	39
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	62	38
26	62	38
27	61	39
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	59	41
31	59	41

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	98	2	0
2	98	2	0
3	98	2	0
4	98	2	0
5	98	2	0
6	98	2	0
7	98	2	0
8	99	1	0
9	99	1	0
10	99	1	0
11	99	1	0
12	99	1	0
13	99	1	0
14	98	2	0
15	98	2	0
16	98	2	0
17	97	2	1
18	97	2	1
19	97	2	1
20	97	2	1
21	97	2	1
22	97	2	1
23	97	2	1
24	97	2	1
25	97	2	1
26	97	2	1
27	97	2	1
28	97	2	1
29	97	2	1
30	96	3	1
31	96	3	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	61	39
10	61	39
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	62	38
26	62	38
27	61	39
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	59	41
31	59	41

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	98	2	0
2	98	2	0
3	98	2	0
4	98	2	0
5	98	2	0
6	98	2	0
7	98	2	0
8	99	1	0
9	99	1	0
10	99	1	0
11	99	1	0
12	99	1	0
13	99	1	0
14	98	2	0
15	98	2	0
16	98	2	0
17	97	2	1
18	97	2	1
19	97	2	1
20	97	2	1
21	97	2	1
22	97	2	1
23	97	2	1
24	97	2	1
25	97	2	1
26	97	2	1
27	97	2	1
28	97	2	1
29	97	2	1
30	96	3	1
31	96	3	1