Río Cuarto weather in August

In August, Río Cuarto sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 20 mm of rain across 2.7 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of August to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Río Cuarto's 1st-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Río Cuarto's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 20 mm; 2.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 7:59 AM – 6:44 PM
Cloud cover: 37%; 1st clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 3.88 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.2; out of 10

Río Cuarto is city in Cordoba, Argentina.

Density: 2,444/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1786

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 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical August day in Río Cuarto reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°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 25°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)	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

Río Cuarto 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	29° / 19°	97	10.3	13.9	5.5
Feb	28° / 18°	89	8.6	13.2	6.5
Mar	26° / 16°	88	9.4	12.3	7.0
Apr	23° / 13°	67	7.1	11.2	7.5
May	19° / 9°	34	4.8	10.3	6.9
Jun	16° / 6°	14	2.5	9.9	6.1
Jul	15° / 5°	11	2.4	10	5.8
Aug	18° / 6°	20	2.7	10.8	7.2
Sep	21° / 9°	39	4.9	11.8	7.5
Oct	24° / 13°	84	9.4	12.8	7.3
Nov	27° / 15°	88	10.3	13.7	6.7
Dec	29° / 18°	107	10.7	14.1	5.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%.

	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 (%)	70	70	71	71	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	73	73	73	73	72	72	71	71	70	70	69	69	69	67	67	67
Cloudier (%)	30	30	29	29	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	27	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	31	31	33	33	33

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	72	28
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Río Cuarto gets around 20 mm of rain over 2.7 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 9% and peaks near 13% 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 (%)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	13

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

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 96% 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 (%)	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	95	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93
Comfortable (%)	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	97	3	0
2	97	3	0
3	97	3	0
4	98	2	0
5	98	2	0
6	98	2	0
7	98	2	0
8	98	2	0
9	98	2	0
10	98	2	0
11	98	2	0
12	98	2	0
13	97	3	0
14	97	3	0
15	97	3	0
16	97	3	0
17	97	3	0
18	96	4	0
19	96	4	0
20	96	4	0
21	96	4	0
22	95	4	1
23	94	5	1
24	94	5	1
25	94	5	1
26	94	5	1
27	94	5	1
28	94	5	1
29	93	6	1
30	93	6	1
31	93	6	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	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	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	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	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
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	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 10 h 18 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 54 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 8:13 AM to 7:40 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 6:55 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)	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	8:13	8:12	8:11	8:11	8:10	8:09	8:08	8:07	8:06	8:05	8:04	8:03	8:02	8:01	8:00	7:59	7:57	7:56	7:55	7:54	7:53	7:52	7:50	7:49	7:48	7:47	7:45	7:44	7:43	7:41	7:40
Sunset (PM)	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:55

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	8:13	6:34
2	10.4	8:12	6:35
3	10.4	8:11	6:35
4	10.4	8:11	6:36
5	10.4	8:10	6:37
6	10.5	8:09	6:37
7	10.5	8:08	6:38
8	10.5	8:07	6:39
9	10.6	8:06	6:39
10	10.6	8:05	6:40
11	10.6	8:04	6:41
12	10.6	8:03	6:42
13	10.7	8:02	6:42
14	10.7	8:01	6:43
15	10.7	8:00	6:44
16	10.8	7:59	6:44
17	10.8	7:57	6:45
18	10.8	7:56	6:46
19	10.9	7:55	6:47
20	10.9	7:54	6:47
21	10.9	7:53	6:48
22	11.0	7:52	6:49
23	11.0	7:50	6:49
24	11.0	7:49	6:50
25	11.0	7:48	6:51
26	11.1	7:47	6:51
27	11.1	7:45	6:52
28	11.1	7:44	6:53
29	11.2	7:43	6:53
30	11.2	7:41	6:54
31	11.2	7:40	6:55

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.65 kWh/m² to a high of 7.28 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 3.88 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)	3.4	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	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.4	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.7	Moderate
10	3.7	Moderate
11	3.7	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.9	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	4.0	Moderate
19	4.0	Moderate
20	4.0	Bright
21	4.0	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Río Cuarto

In seasonPeak

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

Río Cuarto's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Río Cuarto?

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

7.2

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

2.5

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Río Cuarto for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Río Cuarto in August

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

In August, Río Cuarto sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Río Cuarto 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 Río Cuarto peaks around January 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 3 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	13	10	6	4	3	3	4	7	10	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	10	Extreme
Apr	6	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	7	High
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Río Cuarto?

Río Cuarto sits at 33.1°S, 64.4°W, 429 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Embalse, 103 km away.

Topography around Río Cuarto

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Río Cuarto has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m around an average of 440 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 165 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,788 m.

The land around Río Cuarto is covered by artificial surfaces (75%) within 3 km, cropland (86%) within 16 km, and cropland (84%) within 80 km.

3 km

48 m

artificial surfaces 75%

16 km

165 m

cropland 86%

80 km

1,788 m

cropland 84%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

August weather nearby: Embalse 103 km · Río Tercero 108 km · Villa Mercedes 119 km · Villa Nueva 129 km · Villa María 131 km · Laboulaye 142 km · Villa Dolores 153 km · Alta Gracia 165 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 Río Cuarto (-33.1304°, -64.3527°, elevation 429 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	16	5
2	17	5
3	17	5
4	17	5
5	17	5
6	17	5
7	17	5
8	17	6
9	17	6
10	17	6
11	18	6
12	18	6
13	18	6
14	18	6
15	18	6
16	18	6
17	18	6
18	19	7
19	19	7
20	19	7
21	19	7
22	19	7
23	19	7
24	19	7
25	19	7
26	19	8
27	19	8
28	19	8
29	19	8
30	20	8
31	20	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	72	28
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	97	3	0
2	97	3	0
3	97	3	0
4	98	2	0
5	98	2	0
6	98	2	0
7	98	2	0
8	98	2	0
9	98	2	0
10	98	2	0
11	98	2	0
12	98	2	0
13	97	3	0
14	97	3	0
15	97	3	0
16	97	3	0
17	97	3	0
18	96	4	0
19	96	4	0
20	96	4	0
21	96	4	0
22	95	4	1
23	94	5	1
24	94	5	1
25	94	5	1
26	94	5	1
27	94	5	1
28	94	5	1
29	93	6	1
30	93	6	1
31	93	6	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	72	28
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	97	3	0
2	97	3	0
3	97	3	0
4	98	2	0
5	98	2	0
6	98	2	0
7	98	2	0
8	98	2	0
9	98	2	0
10	98	2	0
11	98	2	0
12	98	2	0
13	97	3	0
14	97	3	0
15	97	3	0
16	97	3	0
17	97	3	0
18	96	4	0
19	96	4	0
20	96	4	0
21	96	4	0
22	95	4	1
23	94	5	1
24	94	5	1
25	94	5	1
26	94	5	1
27	94	5	1
28	94	5	1
29	93	6	1
30	93	6	1
31	93	6	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	72	28
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	97	3	0
2	97	3	0
3	97	3	0
4	98	2	0
5	98	2	0
6	98	2	0
7	98	2	0
8	98	2	0
9	98	2	0
10	98	2	0
11	98	2	0
12	98	2	0
13	97	3	0
14	97	3	0
15	97	3	0
16	97	3	0
17	97	3	0
18	96	4	0
19	96	4	0
20	96	4	0
21	96	4	0
22	95	4	1
23	94	5	1
24	94	5	1
25	94	5	1
26	94	5	1
27	94	5	1
28	94	5	1
29	93	6	1
30	93	6	1
31	93	6	1