Zapala weather in August

In August, Zapala sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 33 mm of precipitation across 6.1 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 54 min at the start of August to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Zapala's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zapala's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: -1°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 33 mm; 6.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 8:30 AM – 6:58 PM
Cloud cover: 52%; 9th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 3.39 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.6; out of 10

Zapala is city in Argentina.

Density: 70/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1913

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 9°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical August day in Zapala reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to -1°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°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)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	8	-2
2	9	-2
3	9	-2
4	9	-2
5	9	-1
6	9	-1
7	9	-1
8	9	-1
9	9	-1
10	9	-1
11	10	-1
12	10	-1
13	10	-1
14	10	-1
15	10	-1
16	10	0
17	10	0
18	10	0
19	11	0
20	11	0
21	11	0
22	11	0
23	11	0
24	11	0
25	11	0
26	11	0
27	11	0
28	11	0
29	12	0
30	12	0
31	12	0

How August really feels in Zapala

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 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

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

Zapala weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 11°	11	2.3	0	14.4	8.2
Feb	26° / 11°	14	3	0	13.5	8.3
Mar	23° / 8°	20	3	0	12.3	8.3
Apr	17° / 4°	32	4.6	0	11	6.5
May	12° / 2°	45	6.9	0.7	9.9	3.6
Jun	8° / -1°	59	8.8	2.2	9.3	1.5
Jul	8° / -2°	44	6.9	2.7	9.6	1.4
Aug	10° / -1°	33	6.1	1.6	10.5	2.6
Sep	14° / 1°	24	4.7	1	11.7	4.5
Oct	18° / 4°	32	5	0.6	13	6.6
Nov	22° / 7°	19	3.1	0.1	14.1	8.1
Dec	25° / 9°	14	2.6	0	14.7	8.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% 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 44%.

	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 (%)	57	58	58	57	57	57	58	58	57	57	57	57	58	57	57	56	56	55	56	56	55	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	55	55
Cloudier (%)	43	42	42	43	43	43	42	42	43	43	43	43	42	43	43	44	44	45	44	44	45	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	45	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	58	42
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	55	45
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	55	45
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	55	45
31	55	45

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitationSnow

Zapala gets around 33 mm of rain and snow over 6.1 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 19% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring 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 (%)	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20
Snow chance (%)	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

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 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 54 min at the start of August to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 8:48 AM to 8:08 AM, and sunset from 6:45 PM to 7:12 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)	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	8:48	8:47	8:46	8:45	8:44	8:43	8:42	8:40	8:39	8:38	8:37	8:36	8:34	8:33	8:32	8:30	8:29	8:28	8:26	8:25	8:23	8:22	8:20	8:19	8:17	8:16	8:14	8:13	8:11	8:10	8:08
Sunset (PM)	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.9	8:48	6:45
2	10.0	8:47	6:46
3	10.0	8:46	6:46
4	10.0	8:45	6:47
5	10.1	8:44	6:48
6	10.1	8:43	6:49
7	10.1	8:42	6:50
8	10.2	8:40	6:51
9	10.2	8:39	6:52
10	10.2	8:38	6:53
11	10.3	8:37	6:54
12	10.3	8:36	6:55
13	10.4	8:34	6:56
14	10.4	8:33	6:57
15	10.4	8:32	6:57
16	10.5	8:30	6:58
17	10.5	8:29	6:59
18	10.5	8:28	7:00
19	10.6	8:26	7:01
20	10.6	8:25	7:02
21	10.7	8:23	7:03
22	10.7	8:22	7:04
23	10.7	8:20	7:05
24	10.8	8:19	7:06
25	10.8	8:17	7:07
26	10.9	8:16	7:08
27	10.9	8:14	7:09
28	10.9	8:13	7:10
29	11.0	8:11	7:11
30	11.0	8:10	7:11
31	11.1	8:08	7:12

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.08 kWh/m² to a high of 8.77 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 3.39 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)	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0
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	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.9	Moderate
2	2.9	Moderate
3	3.0	Moderate
4	3.0	Moderate
5	3.0	Moderate
6	3.0	Moderate
7	3.1	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.2	Moderate
11	3.2	Moderate
12	3.3	Moderate
13	3.3	Moderate
14	3.3	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.4	Moderate
17	3.4	Moderate
18	3.5	Moderate
19	3.5	Moderate
20	3.5	Moderate
21	3.6	Moderate
22	3.6	Moderate
23	3.6	Moderate
24	3.7	Moderate
25	3.7	Moderate
26	3.8	Moderate
27	3.8	Moderate
28	3.9	Moderate
29	3.9	Moderate
30	4.0	Moderate
31	4.0	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Zapala?

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

2.6

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Zapala.

What to pack for Zapala in August

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

In August, Zapala sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near -1°C. Pack a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Zapala in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Zapala peaks around December 21 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	12	9	5	3	2	2	3	5	9	10	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	5	High
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Zapala?

Zapala sits at 38.9°S, 70.1°W, 1,019 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Cutral-Có, 72 km away.

Topography around Zapala

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zapala has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 122 m around an average of 1,023 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 502 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,343 m.

The land around Zapala is covered by grassland (56%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, grassland (79%) within 16 km, and grassland (66%) and bare terrain (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

122 m

grassland 56%

16 km

502 m

grassland 79%

80 km

2,343 m

grassland 66%

treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

August weather nearby: Cutral-Có 72 km · Plottier 159 km · Centenario 168 km · Pucon 168 km · Cunco 170 km · Cinco Saltos 174 km · Neuquén 174 km · San Martín de los Andes 178 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 Zapala (-38.9006°, -70.0667°, elevation 1,019 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	8	-2
2	9	-2
3	9	-2
4	9	-2
5	9	-1
6	9	-1
7	9	-1
8	9	-1
9	9	-1
10	9	-1
11	10	-1
12	10	-1
13	10	-1
14	10	-1
15	10	-1
16	10	0
17	10	0
18	10	0
19	11	0
20	11	0
21	11	0
22	11	0
23	11	0
24	11	0
25	11	0
26	11	0
27	11	0
28	11	0
29	12	0
30	12	0
31	12	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	58	42
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	55	45
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	55	45
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	55	45
31	55	45

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

	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	8	-2
2	9	-2
3	9	-2
4	9	-2
5	9	-1
6	9	-1
7	9	-1
8	9	-1
9	9	-1
10	9	-1
11	10	-1
12	10	-1
13	10	-1
14	10	-1
15	10	-1
16	10	0
17	10	0
18	10	0
19	11	0
20	11	0
21	11	0
22	11	0
23	11	0
24	11	0
25	11	0
26	11	0
27	11	0
28	11	0
29	12	0
30	12	0
31	12	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	58	42
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	55	45
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	55	45
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	55	45
31	55	45

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

	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	8	-2
2	9	-2
3	9	-2
4	9	-2
5	9	-1
6	9	-1
7	9	-1
8	9	-1
9	9	-1
10	9	-1
11	10	-1
12	10	-1
13	10	-1
14	10	-1
15	10	-1
16	10	0
17	10	0
18	10	0
19	11	0
20	11	0
21	11	0
22	11	0
23	11	0
24	11	0
25	11	0
26	11	0
27	11	0
28	11	0
29	12	0
30	12	0
31	12	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	58	42
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	55	45
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	55	45
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	55	45
31	55	45

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

	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