Las Heras weather in August

In August, Las Heras sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 20 mm of precipitation across 5.1 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 18 min at the start of August to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Las Heras's 7th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Las Heras's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10°
10th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
20 mm
5.1 wet days
Daylight
10 hours
8:40 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover
51%
7th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
2.52 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Las Heras is city in Santa Cruz, Argentina.

Density
194/km²
people per km²
Founded
1914

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical August day in Las Heras reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°C warmer than July and about 4°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
191
291
391
491
591
691
791
8101
9101
10101
11101
12101
13101
14101
15101
16101
17101
18101
19101
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22112
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27112
28112
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31122

How August really feels in Las Heras

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Las Heras weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 12°82.5015.28.3
Feb24° / 12°142.60148.3
Mar21° / 10°173.1012.47.7
Apr16° / 173.90.110.76.1
May11° / 244.819.23.4
Jun / 275.82.58.41.2
Jul / -0°184.52.38.81.2
Aug10° / 205.11.6102.7
Sep14° / 194.70.811.64.6
Oct18° / 153.80.313.36.7
Nov21° / 162.9014.87.6
Dec23° / 11°133.2015.68.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% 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 44%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15941
25941
35842
45842
55842
65743
75743
85743
95842
105743
115743
125644
135644
145644
155644
165743
175644
185644
195644
205644
215545
225545
235545
245545
255545
265545
275545
285545
295644
305644
315644

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitationSnow

Las Heras gets around 20 mm of rain and snow over 5.1 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 16% and peaks near 19% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1145
2145
3145
4145
5155
6155
7155
8155
9155
10155
11165
12155
13155
14155
15155
16155
17165
18165
19165
20165
21175
22175
23175
24175
25175
26175
27185
28185
29185
30195
31195

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.

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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in August

Winds average 19 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
218light breeze
318light breeze
419light breeze
519light breeze
619light breeze
719light breeze
819light breeze
919light breeze
1019light breeze
1119light breeze
1219light breeze
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3019light breeze
3119light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 18 min at the start of August to 10 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 9:03 AM to 8:12 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:59 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.39:036:20
29.39:026:22
39.49:006:23
49.48:596:24
59.58:586:25
69.58:566:27
79.68:556:28
89.68:536:29
99.68:526:30
109.78:506:32
119.78:486:33
129.88:476:34
139.88:456:36
149.98:446:37
159.98:426:38
1610.08:406:39
1710.08:386:41
1810.18:376:42
1910.18:356:43
2010.28:336:45
2110.28:316:46
2210.38:306:47
2310.38:286:49
2410.48:266:50
2510.58:246:51
2610.58:226:53
2710.68:206:54
2810.68:186:55
2910.78:166:57
3010.78:146:58
3110.88:126:59

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 2.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.36 kWh/m² to a high of 8.04 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 2.52 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.0Moderate
22.0Moderate
32.1Moderate
42.1Moderate
52.1Moderate
62.2Moderate
72.2Moderate
82.2Moderate
92.3Moderate
102.3Moderate
112.3Moderate
122.4Moderate
132.4Moderate
142.4Moderate
152.5Moderate
162.5Moderate
172.5Moderate
182.6Moderate
192.6Moderate
202.7Moderate
212.7Moderate
222.8Moderate
232.8Moderate
242.8Moderate
252.9Moderate
262.9Moderate
273.0Moderate
283.0Moderate
293.1Moderate
303.1Moderate
313.2Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Las Heras?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Las Heras.

What to pack for Las Heras in August

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

In August, Las Heras sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Las Heras in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Las Heras peaks around December 24 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateLowModerateHighVery highDec 24UV 11Jun 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb10Very high
Mar6High
Apr3Moderate
May2Low
Jun1Low
Jul1Low
Aug2Low
Sep3Moderate
Oct6High
Nov8Very high
Dec11Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Las Heras?

Las Heras sits at 46.5°S, 68.9°W, 324 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Pico Truncado, 80 km away.

CoyhaiquePuerto DeseadoPuerto AysénEl ChaltenEsquel

Topography around Las Heras

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Las Heras has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 334 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 462 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,258 m.

The land around Las Heras is covered by grassland (44%), bare terrain (30%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, grassland (65%) and bare terrain (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (69%) and bare terrain (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
38 m
16 km
462 m
80 km
1,258 m
shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Pico Truncado 80 km · Caleta Olivia 108 km · Comodoro Rivadavia 134 km · Coyhaique 265 km · Puerto Deseado 266 km · Puerto Aysén 317 km · El Chalten 428 km · Esquel 445 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 Las Heras (-46.5413°, -68.9323°, elevation 324 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).