Tunuyán weather in August

In August, Tunuyán sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 56 mm of precipitation across 7.8 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 12°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% 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 Tunuyán's 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tunuyán's year-round climate.

Daytime high
14°
10th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
56 mm
7.8 wet days
Daylight
10 h 42 min
8:18 AM – 7:02 PM
Cloud cover
35%
3rd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.24 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Tunuyán is city in Mendoza, Argentina.

Founded
1880

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 12°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical August day in Tunuyán reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C warmer than July and about 3°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1120
2120
3120
4120
5120
6120
7131
8131
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11131
12131
13131
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27152
28153
29153
30153
31153

How August really feels in Tunuyán

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 22 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
22
wind chill below the day's low

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

Tunuyán 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 15°6810.20146.6
Feb26° / 14°6810013.26.8
Mar24° / 12°8511.7012.36.9
Apr19° / 80110.111.26.3
May15° / 6710.50.510.34.5
Jun12° / 547.91.49.83.3
Jul11° / -0°497.62.3103.1
Aug14° / 567.81.910.84.4
Sep17° / 629.10.911.85.8
Oct21° / 8310.40.112.86.9
Nov24° / 10°7910.8013.77.2
Dec27° / 13°759.9014.26.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17228
27228
37228
47327
57327
67327
77327
87327
97426
107426
117525
127525
137525
147525
157525
167525
177525
187525
197525
207525
217525
227525
237426
247426
257426
267228
277228
287228
297030
307030
316931

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitationSnow

Tunuyán gets around 56 mm of rain and snow over 7.8 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 25% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1255
2255
3255
4255
5255
6255
7255
8255
9256
10256
11256
12246
13246
14246
15246
16246
17256
18257
19257
20257
21267
22267
23266
24266
25266
26266
27276
28276
29286
30285
31295

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.

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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
176calm
186calm
196calm
206calm
216calm
226calm
236calm
246calm
256calm
266calm
277calm
287calm
297calm
307calm
317calm

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 8:33 AM to 7:59 AM, and sunset from 6:52 PM to 7:13 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.38:336:52
210.38:326:52
310.48:316:53
410.48:306:54
510.48:296:54
610.48:286:55
710.58:276:56
810.58:266:57
910.58:256:57
1010.68:246:58
1110.68:236:59
1210.68:227:00
1310.78:217:00
1410.78:207:01
1510.78:197:02
1610.78:187:02
1710.88:177:03
1810.88:167:04
1910.88:147:05
2010.98:137:05
2110.98:127:06
2210.98:117:07
2311.08:107:07
2411.08:087:08
2511.08:077:09
2611.18:067:10
2711.18:047:10
2811.18:037:11
2911.28:027:12
3011.28:007:12
3111.27:597:13

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.83 kWh/m² to a high of 8.35 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 4.24 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.7Moderate
23.7Moderate
33.7Moderate
43.8Moderate
53.8Moderate
63.8Moderate
73.9Moderate
83.9Moderate
94.0Moderate
104.0Bright
114.0Bright
124.1Bright
134.1Bright
144.2Bright
154.2Bright
164.3Bright
174.3Bright
184.3Bright
194.4Bright
204.4Bright
214.5Bright
224.5Bright
234.5Bright
244.6Bright
254.6Bright
264.6Bright
274.7Bright
284.7Bright
294.7Bright
304.8Bright
314.8Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Tunuyán?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Tunuyán for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tunuyán in August

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

In August, Tunuyán sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 1°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Tunuyán in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tunuyán peaks around January 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeHighModerateHighExtremeJan 17UV 15Jun 20UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr6High
May5High
Jun3Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug6High
Sep6High
Oct10Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Tunuyán?

Tunuyán sits at 33.6°S, 69.0°W, 864 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Tupungato, 27 km away.

Topography around Tunuyán

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tunuyán has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 92 m around an average of 885 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 203 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,950 m.

The land around Tunuyán is covered by grassland (29%), shrubs (23%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, shrubs (44%) and cropland (28%) within 16 km, and shrubs (44%), grassland (25%) and bare terrain (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
92 m
16 km
203 m
80 km
5,950 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewater
August weather nearby: Tupungato 27 km · Perdriel 58 km · Rivadavia 67 km · Rodeo del Medio 72 km · San Martín 75 km · Mendoza 79 km · San Rafael 131 km · Peñalolén 141 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 Tunuyán (-33.5812°, -69.0154°, elevation 864 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).