Asunción Mita weather in August

In August, Asunción Mita sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 70 mm of rain across 15.7 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Asunción Mita's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Asunción Mita's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
4th warmest
Overnight low
20°
11th coldest
Rainfall
70 mm
15.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:48 AM – 6:17 PM
Cloud cover
74%
10th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Asunción Mita reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
13120
23120
33120
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How August really feels in Asunción Mita

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Asunción Mita weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 16°10.111.27.7
Feb30° / 17°10.111.56.9
Mar31° / 18°41.111.95.9
Apr32° / 19°184.212.34.8
May31° / 20°8914.812.74.0
Jun29° / 20°11519.912.83.8
Jul30° / 20°6012.612.84.4
Aug31° / 20°7015.712.54.0
Sep29° / 20°12421.212.13.7
Oct29° / 19°10814.711.75.0
Nov29° / 18°172.611.36.8
Dec28° / 17°30.611.27.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23268
33169
43169
53169
63169
73169
83169
93070
103070
113070
123070
132971
142971
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312278

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Asunción Mita gets around 70 mm of rain over 15.7 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 51% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
140
241
341
442
543
643
744
845
945
1046
1147
1248
1349
1450
1550
1651
1752
1852
1953
2054
2155
2256
2357
2458
2559
2660
2761
2862
2962
3063
3164

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 61% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 39% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
117227
217128
317029
417029
516930
616930
716831
816831
916732
1016633
1116633
1216534
1316435
1416336
1516237
1616138
1716039
1806040
1905941
2005842
2105743
2205644
2305545
2415346
2515247
2615148
2715049
2815050
2914950
3014851
3114752

Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
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196calm
206calm
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286calm
296calm
306calm
315calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:46 AM to 5:50 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 6:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:466:24
212.65:466:24
312.65:466:23
412.65:466:23
512.65:466:23
612.65:476:22
712.65:476:22
812.65:476:21
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1012.65:476:21
1112.55:486:20
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.75 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 5.69 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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305.4Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Asunción Mita

In seasonPeak

In August, Asunción Mita sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Asunción Mita's rainy season runs May–October, 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 Asunción Mita?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Asunción Mita for sightseeing.

What to pack for Asunción Mita in August

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

In August, Asunción Mita sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Asunción Mita in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Asunción Mita peaks around April 12 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highApr 12UV 14Dec 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Asunción Mita in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Asunción Mita is worst in April — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (January, 16 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 2233 µg/m³Jan 1416 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar21Moderate
Apr34Moderate
May32Moderate
Jun23Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Asunción Mita?

Asunción Mita sits at 14.3°N, 89.7°W, 475 m above sea level, in Guatemala. The nearest listed city is Jutiapa, 20 km away.

MetapánSan Luis JilotepequeChalchuapaJalpataguaSanta AnaJalapaEsquipulas

Topography around Asunción Mita

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Asunción Mita has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 285 m around an average of 502 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,592 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,703 m.

The land around Asunción Mita is covered by grassland (32%) and trees (29%) within 3 km, grassland (35%), trees (31%) and shrubs (25%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
285 m
16 km
1,592 m
80 km
2,703 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Jutiapa 20 km · Metapán 28 km · San Luis Jilotepeque 35 km · Chalchuapa 39 km · Jalpatagua 39 km · Santa Ana 42 km · Jalapa 45 km · Esquipulas 46 km

Guatemala travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 43% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$6,598
2025
Happiness
6.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
49%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
23.4
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
22.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 510
Religion
Evangelical 46%Roman Catholic 42%none 11%

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 Asunción Mita (14.3337°, -89.7109°, elevation 475 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).