Pichanal weather in August

In August, Pichanal sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 8 mm of rain across 1.8 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of August to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Pichanal's 1st-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pichanal's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
8th warmest
Overnight low
12°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
8 mm
1.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
7:45 AM – 6:57 PM
Cloud cover
33%
1st clearest
Wind
5 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.1
out of 10

Pichanal is human settlement in Argentina.

Founded
1912

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 25°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical August day in Pichanal reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 4°C warmer than July and about 3°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Pichanal

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Pichanal weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 8th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 22°20616.213.33.1
Feb31° / 22°20215.212.83.6
Mar29° / 21°1851512.24.7
Apr26° / 18°9310.511.56.4
May23° / 15°315.910.97.5
Jun22° / 12°133.310.67.8
Jul23° / 10°92.610.78.4
Aug27° / 12°81.811.28.1
Sep30° / 16°163.311.96.0
Oct32° / 19°668.412.54.1
Nov33° / 21°11511.713.13.4
Dec33° / 22°19215.713.43.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 25%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17426
27327
37327
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57228
67228
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Pichanal gets around 8 mm of rain over 1.8 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 6% and peaks near 8% on the wettest days.

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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 81% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1841150
2841150
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4851140
5831241
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31771670

Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of August to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:56 AM to 7:32 AM, and sunset from 6:50 PM to 7:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.97:566:50
210.97:556:51
310.97:546:51
411.07:546:52
511.07:536:52
611.07:536:52
711.07:526:53
811.07:516:53
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1911.27:436:58
2011.37:426:58
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.86 kWh/m² to a high of 5.67 kWh/m² in January across the year — August's 4.51 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Pichanal

In seasonPeak

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

Pichanal's monsoon runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is August a good time to visit Pichanal?

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

8.1
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
8.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Pichanal for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Pichanal in August

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

In August, Pichanal sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Pichanal in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Pichanal peaks around January 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 18UV 15Jul 11UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr9Very high
May7High
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug8Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Pichanal in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Pichanal is worst in September — around 36 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 8.2× the cleanest month (May, 4 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateSep 2135 µg/m³May 135 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb8Good
Mar7Good
Apr5Good
May4Good
Jun7Good
Jul8Good
Aug15Moderate
Sep36Poor
Oct32Moderate
Nov27Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Pichanal?

Pichanal sits at 23.3°S, 64.2°W, 307 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Embarcación, 17 km away.

Topography around Pichanal

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pichanal has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 305 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 195 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,207 m.

The land around Pichanal is covered by cropland (48%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, cropland (49%) and trees (38%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
32 m
16 km
195 m
80 km
4,207 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Embarcación 17 km · San Ramón de la Nueva Orán 23 km · Santa Rosa 23 km · Bermejo 66 km · Libertador General San Martín 81 km · General Mosconi 90 km · Tartagal 98 km · San Pedro de Jujuy 121 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 Pichanal (-23.3164°, -64.2183°, elevation 307 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).