Neuquén weather in August

In August, Neuquén sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 13 mm of precipitation across 2.9 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 54 min at the start of August to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Neuquén's 9th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Neuquén's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 13 mm; 2.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 8:22 AM – 6:50 PM
Cloud cover: 50%; 9th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.34 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.2; out of 10

Neuquén is capital of Neuquen province, Argentina.

Density: 3,670/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1904

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 16°C by the end.

A typical August day in Neuquén reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 20°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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

How August really feels in Neuquén

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 12 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

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

Neuquén weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 17°	12	2.6	0	14.4	5.8
Feb	30° / 17°	17	2.7	0	13.5	6.6
Mar	26° / 14°	19	2.9	0	12.3	8.2
Apr	21° / 9°	22	3.4	0	11	7.7
May	16° / 6°	26	5.1	0.2	9.9	5.5
Jun	12° / 3°	21	4.5	0.6	9.3	3.7
Jul	12° / 2°	18	3.6	0.2	9.5	3.7
Aug	15° / 4°	13	2.9	0.1	10.5	5.2
Sep	18° / 6°	19	3.5	0.1	11.7	6.9
Oct	22° / 10°	30	3.7	0	13	7.9
Nov	26° / 13°	18	2.8	0	14.1	8.2
Dec	29° / 16°	14	2.5	0	14.7	6.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% 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 42%.

	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	58	58	59	58	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	58	58	58	58	57	57	57	56	55	55	55	54	54
Cloudier (%)	42	42	42	42	42	41	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	44	45	45	45	46	46

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	59	41
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	56	44
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	54	46
31	54	46

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Neuquén gets around 13 mm of rain and snow over 2.9 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 (%)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12

	Rain chance (%)
1	10
2	10
3	10
4	10
5	10
6	10
7	10
8	10
9	10
10	10
11	10
12	10
13	9
14	9
15	9
16	9
17	9
18	9
19	9
20	9
21	9
22	10
23	10
24	10
25	10
26	10
27	11
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	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	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	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	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 9 h 54 min 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 72 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 8:40 AM to 8:00 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 7:04 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)	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	8:40	8:39	8:38	8:37	8:36	8:35	8:34	8:32	8:31	8:30	8:29	8:28	8:26	8:25	8:24	8:22	8:21	8:20	8:18	8:17	8:15	8:14	8:12	8:11	8:10	8:08	8:06	8:05	8:03	8:02	8:00
Sunset (PM)	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.9	8:40	6:37
2	10.0	8:39	6:37
3	10.0	8:38	6:38
4	10.0	8:37	6:39
5	10.1	8:36	6:40
6	10.1	8:35	6:41
7	10.1	8:34	6:42
8	10.2	8:32	6:43
9	10.2	8:31	6:44
10	10.2	8:30	6:45
11	10.3	8:29	6:46
12	10.3	8:28	6:47
13	10.4	8:26	6:48
14	10.4	8:25	6:48
15	10.4	8:24	6:49
16	10.5	8:22	6:50
17	10.5	8:21	6:51
18	10.5	8:20	6:52
19	10.6	8:18	6:53
20	10.6	8:17	6:54
21	10.7	8:15	6:55
22	10.7	8:14	6:56
23	10.7	8:12	6:57
24	10.8	8:11	6:58
25	10.8	8:10	6:59
26	10.9	8:08	7:00
27	10.9	8:06	7:01
28	10.9	8:05	7:01
29	11.0	8:03	7:02
30	11.0	8:02	7:03
31	11.1	8:00	7:04

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.02 kWh/m² to a high of 8.63 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 3.34 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)	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9
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	2.8	Moderate
2	2.8	Moderate
3	2.9	Moderate
4	2.9	Moderate
5	2.9	Moderate
6	3.0	Moderate
7	3.0	Moderate
8	3.0	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.1	Moderate
11	3.2	Moderate
12	3.2	Moderate
13	3.2	Moderate
14	3.3	Moderate
15	3.3	Moderate
16	3.3	Moderate
17	3.4	Moderate
18	3.4	Moderate
19	3.5	Moderate
20	3.5	Moderate
21	3.5	Moderate
22	3.6	Moderate
23	3.6	Moderate
24	3.6	Moderate
25	3.7	Moderate
26	3.7	Moderate
27	3.8	Moderate
28	3.8	Moderate
29	3.9	Moderate
30	3.9	Moderate
31	3.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Neuquén?

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

5.2

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.3

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Neuquén for sightseeing.

What to pack for Neuquén in August

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

In August, Neuquén sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Neuquén 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 Neuquén peaks around December 20 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 2 (low).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	12	8	5	3	2	2	3	5	8	10	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	5	High
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Low
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Neuquén?

Neuquén sits at 39.0°S, 68.1°W, 281 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Cipolletti, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Neuquén

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Neuquén has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 117 m around an average of 282 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 251 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 753 m.

The land around Neuquén is covered by artificial surfaces (67%) within 3 km, shrubs (53%) within 16 km, and shrubs (82%) within 80 km.

3 km

117 m

artificial surfaces 67%

16 km

251 m

shrubs 53%

80 km

753 m

shrubs 82%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

August weather nearby: Cipolletti 6.0 km · Cinco Saltos 14 km · Centenario 15 km · Plottier 15 km · Allen 20 km · General Roca 42 km · Villa Regina 86 km · Cutral-Có 101 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 Neuquén (-38.9508°, -68.0592°, elevation 281 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	13	2
2	13	2
3	13	3
4	13	3
5	13	3
6	13	3
7	14	3
8	14	3
9	14	3
10	14	3
11	14	3
12	14	3
13	14	3
14	14	3
15	15	4
16	15	4
17	15	4
18	15	4
19	15	4
20	15	4
21	15	4
22	16	4
23	16	4
24	16	4
25	16	5
26	16	5
27	16	5
28	16	5
29	16	5
30	16	5
31	16	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	59	41
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	56	44
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	54	46
31	54	46

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	59	41
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	56	44
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	54	46
31	54	46

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	59	41
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	56	44
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	54	46
31	54	46

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