San Martín weather in August

In August, San Martín sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 10 mm of precipitation across 1.9 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 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% 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 San Martín's 1st-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Martín's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 10 mm; 1.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 8:15 AM – 7:01 PM
Cloud cover: 28%; 1st clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.18 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.6; out of 10

San Martín is city in the Mendoza Province, Argentina.

Density: 55/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1816

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 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical August day in San Martín reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°C warmer than July and about 4°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	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8

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

How August really feels in San Martín

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.

San Martín 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	33° / 21°	48	7.8	13.9	4.0
Feb	31° / 19°	37	6.3	13.2	5.0
Mar	28° / 17°	43	6.2	12.3	6.9
Apr	23° / 12°	20	4.3	11.2	8.2
May	19° / 8°	13	2.6	10.3	7.2
Jun	15° / 4°	6	1.3	9.9	5.9
Jul	15° / 3°	6	1.6	10	5.9
Aug	18° / 6°	10	1.9	10.8	7.6
Sep	22° / 10°	12	2.3	11.8	8.4
Oct	26° / 14°	20	3.9	12.8	8.1
Nov	30° / 17°	27	5.1	13.7	6.1
Dec	32° / 19°	38	6.7	14.1	4.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% 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 19%.

	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 (%)	81	80	80	81	81	80	80	81	81	81	80	80	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	81	81	82	82	82	81	80	80	80	79	78
Cloudier (%)	19	20	20	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	19	20	20	20	21	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	79	21
31	78	22

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

San Martín gets around 10 mm of rain and snow over 1.9 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 6% and peaks near 6% 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 (%)	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6

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

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 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

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 8:29 AM to 7:56 AM, and sunset from 6:50 PM to 7:11 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	10.5	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	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	8:29	8:29	8:28	8:27	8:26	8:25	8:24	8:23	8:22	8:21	8:20	8:19	8:18	8:17	8:16	8:15	8:14	8:13	8:12	8:10	8:09	8:08	8:07	8:06	8:04	8:03	8:02	8:00	7:59	7:58	7:56
Sunset (PM)	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	8:29	6:50
2	10.4	8:29	6:51
3	10.4	8:28	6:52
4	10.4	8:27	6:52
5	10.5	8:26	6:53
6	10.5	8:25	6:54
7	10.5	8:24	6:55
8	10.5	8:23	6:55
9	10.6	8:22	6:56
10	10.6	8:21	6:57
11	10.6	8:20	6:57
12	10.6	8:19	6:58
13	10.7	8:18	6:59
14	10.7	8:17	7:00
15	10.7	8:16	7:00
16	10.8	8:15	7:01
17	10.8	8:14	7:02
18	10.8	8:13	7:02
19	10.9	8:12	7:03
20	10.9	8:10	7:04
21	10.9	8:09	7:04
22	11.0	8:08	7:05
23	11.0	8:07	7:06
24	11.0	8:06	7:07
25	11.1	8:04	7:07
26	11.1	8:03	7:08
27	11.1	8:02	7:09
28	11.1	8:00	7:09
29	11.2	7:59	7:10
30	11.2	7:58	7:11
31	11.2	7:56	7:11

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.86 kWh/m² to a high of 7.86 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 4.18 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)	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.7	Moderate
2	3.7	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.8	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	4.0	Moderate
11	4.0	Moderate
12	4.0	Bright
13	4.1	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit San Martín?

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

7.6

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

2.7

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit San Martín for general sightseeing.

What to pack for San Martín in August

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

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

a warm layer

UV index in San Martín 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 San Martín peaks around January 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months 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	6	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	6	High
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is San Martín?

San Martín sits at 33.1°S, 68.5°W, 656 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Rivadavia, 12 km away.

Topography around San Martín

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Martín has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 18 m around an average of 658 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,924 m.

The land around San Martín is covered by artificial surfaces (44%) within 3 km, cropland (38%), shrubs (25%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and shrubs (69%) within 80 km.

3 km

18 m

artificial surfaces 44%

16 km

67 m

cropland 38%

80 km

2,924 m

shrubs 69%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

August weather nearby: Rivadavia 12 km · Rodeo del Medio 22 km · Perdriel 39 km · Mendoza 41 km · Tupungato 70 km · Tunuyán 75 km · Pocito 156 km · Caucete 160 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 San Martín (-33.0834°, -68.4731°, elevation 656 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	4
2	16	4
3	17	4
4	17	4
5	17	4
6	17	4
7	17	4
8	17	5
9	17	5
10	17	5
11	18	5
12	18	5
13	18	5
14	18	5
15	18	5
16	18	6
17	18	6
18	19	6
19	19	6
20	19	6
21	19	6
22	19	7
23	19	7
24	19	7
25	20	7
26	20	7
27	20	7
28	20	7
29	20	7
30	20	8
31	20	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	79	21
31	78	22

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	79	21
31	78	22

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	79	21
31	78	22

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

	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