Rawson weather in August

In August, Rawson sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 15 mm of rain across 3.7 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 36 min at the start of August to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Rawson's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rawson's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 15 mm; 3.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 12 min; 8:18 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 11th clearest
Wind: 20 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 2.75 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Rawson is capital of Chubut, Argentina.

Founded: 1865

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month.

A typical August day in Rawson reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C warmer than July and about 2°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)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

How August really feels in Rawson

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.

Rawson 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	25° / 16°	13	2.7	14.8	8.6
Feb	24° / 16°	22	3.1	13.8	8.5
Mar	22° / 14°	22	3.5	12.4	8.1
Apr	19° / 11°	20	3.2	10.8	7.3
May	15° / 8°	26	4.6	9.5	5.3
Jun	12° / 5°	25	4.5	8.9	3.6
Jul	11° / 4°	17	3.9	9.1	3.4
Aug	13° / 5°	15	3.7	10.2	4.3
Sep	15° / 7°	17	3.6	11.7	5.3
Oct	18° / 10°	16	3.5	13.2	6.9
Nov	21° / 12°	15	2.8	14.5	7.7
Dec	23° / 14°	16	2.8	15.2	8.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%.

	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 (%)	60	60	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	60	60	59	59	59	58	58	58	57	57	57	57	57	57	58	58	59	60	60	61	61	62
Cloudier (%)	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	41	40	40	39	39	38

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	59	41
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	61	39
30	61	39
31	62	38

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Rawson gets around 15 mm of rain over 3.7 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 12% and peaks near 12% 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	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 21 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)	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 36 min at the start of August to 10 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 8:39 AM to 7:53 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:48 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)	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	8:39	8:38	8:36	8:35	8:34	8:33	8:31	8:30	8:29	8:27	8:26	8:24	8:23	8:21	8:20	8:18	8:17	8:15	8:14	8:12	8:10	8:09	8:07	8:05	8:04	8:02	8:00	7:58	7:57	7:55	7:53
Sunset (PM)	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:46	6:47	6:48

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.6	8:39	6:14
2	9.6	8:38	6:15
3	9.7	8:36	6:16
4	9.7	8:35	6:17
5	9.7	8:34	6:18
6	9.8	8:33	6:20
7	9.8	8:31	6:21
8	9.9	8:30	6:22
9	9.9	8:29	6:23
10	9.9	8:27	6:24
11	10.0	8:26	6:25
12	10.0	8:24	6:26
13	10.1	8:23	6:27
14	10.1	8:21	6:28
15	10.2	8:20	6:30
16	10.2	8:18	6:31
17	10.3	8:17	6:32
18	10.3	8:15	6:33
19	10.3	8:14	6:34
20	10.4	8:12	6:35
21	10.4	8:10	6:36
22	10.5	8:09	6:38
23	10.5	8:07	6:39
24	10.6	8:05	6:40
25	10.6	8:04	6:41
26	10.7	8:02	6:42
27	10.7	8:00	6:43
28	10.8	7:58	6:44
29	10.8	7:57	6:46
30	10.9	7:55	6:47
31	10.9	7:53	6:48

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 2.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.59 kWh/m² to a high of 8.11 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 2.75 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)	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4
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	2.3	Moderate
2	2.3	Moderate
3	2.3	Moderate
4	2.4	Moderate
5	2.4	Moderate
6	2.4	Moderate
7	2.5	Moderate
8	2.5	Moderate
9	2.5	Moderate
10	2.5	Moderate
11	2.6	Moderate
12	2.6	Moderate
13	2.6	Moderate
14	2.7	Moderate
15	2.7	Moderate
16	2.8	Moderate
17	2.8	Moderate
18	2.8	Moderate
19	2.9	Moderate
20	2.9	Moderate
21	2.9	Moderate
22	3.0	Moderate
23	3.0	Moderate
24	3.1	Moderate
25	3.1	Moderate
26	3.2	Moderate
27	3.2	Moderate
28	3.3	Moderate
29	3.3	Moderate
30	3.4	Moderate
31	3.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Rawson?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Rawson for sightseeing.

What to pack for Rawson in August

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

In August, Rawson sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and a windbreaker. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layera windbreaker

Sea temperature near Rawson in August

The nearest coast averages about 9°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 20 km away) is warmest in February at about 17°C and coldest in August near 9°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	17	17	17	15	13	12	10	9	9	11	13	15
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	17	Cool
Feb	17	Cool
Mar	17	Cool
Apr	15	Cool
May	13	Bracing
Jun	12	Bracing
Jul	10	Bracing
Aug	9	Bracing
Sep	9	Bracing
Oct	11	Bracing
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	15	Bracing

UV index in Rawson 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 Rawson peaks around December 22 at about 12 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	10	7	4	2	1	2	2	4	7	9	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	7	High
Apr	4	Moderate
May	2	Moderate
Jun	1	Low
Jul	2	Low
Aug	2	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	7	High
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Rawson?

Rawson sits at 43.3°S, 65.1°W, 3 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Trelew, 17 km away.

Topography around Rawson

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rawson has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 189 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 336 m.

The land around Rawson is covered by shrubs (32%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, shrubs (45%), water (25%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and shrubs (57%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

19 m

shrubs 32%

16 km

189 m

shrubs 45%

80 km

336 m

shrubs 57%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

August weather nearby: Trelew 17 km · Puerto Madryn 59 km · San Antonio Oeste 286 km · Viedma 326 km · Carmen de Patagones 328 km · Comodoro Rivadavia 342 km · Caleta Olivia 398 km · Pico Truncado 449 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 Rawson (-43.3003°, -65.1056°, elevation 3 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	12	5
2	12	5
3	12	5
4	12	5
5	12	5
6	13	5
7	13	5
8	13	5
9	13	5
10	13	5
11	13	5
12	13	5
13	13	5
14	13	5
15	13	5
16	13	5
17	13	6
18	13	6
19	13	6
20	13	6
21	13	6
22	13	6
23	13	6
24	13	6
25	14	6
26	14	6
27	14	6
28	14	6
29	14	6
30	14	6
31	14	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	59	41
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	61	39
30	61	39
31	62	38

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	59	41
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	61	39
30	61	39
31	62	38

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	59	41
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	61	39
30	61	39
31	62	38

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