Ciudad Acuña weather in August

In August, Ciudad Acuña sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 41 mm of rain across 4.7 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 37°C in the first days to 35°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ciudad Acuña's 2nd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ciudad Acuña's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
1st warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
41 mm
4.7 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
6:16 AM – 7:20 PM
Cloud cover
39%
2nd clearest
Wind
15 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.1
out of 10

Ciudad Acuña is municipal seat of Acuña, State of Coahuila, Mexico.

Founded
1877

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 37°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical August day in Ciudad Acuña reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 39°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Ciudad Acuña

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 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
31
15 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Ciudad Acuña weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan18° / 223.510.37.1
Feb21° / 23410.97.6
Mar25° / 13°385.211.87.7
Apr29° / 17°425.112.76.2
May33° / 21°647.613.43.9
Jun36° / 24°39613.82.5
Jul36° / 25°415.513.72.1
Aug36° / 25°414.713.12.1
Sep33° / 22°657.512.23.9
Oct28° / 17°55611.36.6
Nov23° / 11°304.410.57.9
Dec18° / 223.810.27.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% 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 23%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ciudad Acuña gets around 41 mm of rain over 4.7 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 16% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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213
312
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512
612
712
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1112
1212
1313
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1815
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2017
2117
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2722
2823
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3125

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 53% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 69% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1022758130
2022758130
3022759120
4022759120
5022858120
6022857130
7022956130
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9022956130
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27152450191
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Wind in August

Winds average 15 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:07 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 7:32 PM to 7:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.46:077:32
213.46:087:32
313.46:087:31
413.46:097:30
513.36:107:30
613.36:107:29
713.36:117:28
813.36:117:27
913.26:127:26
1013.26:137:25
1113.26:137:24
1213.26:147:24
1313.16:147:23
1413.16:157:22
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1613.16:167:20
1713.06:177:19
1813.06:177:18
1913.06:187:17
2013.06:187:16
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2612.86:227:09
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2812.76:237:07
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3012.76:247:04
3112.66:247:03

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.13 kWh/m² to a high of 6.87 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 6.59 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.9Intense
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56.9Intense
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106.8Intense
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156.6Intense
166.6Intense
176.6Intense
186.5Intense
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206.5Intense
216.4Intense
226.4Intense
236.3Intense
246.3Intense
256.3Intense
266.2Intense
276.2Intense
286.1Intense
296.1Intense
306.0Intense
316.0Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Ciudad Acuña?

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

2.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ciudad Acuña.

What to pack for Ciudad Acuña in August

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

In August, Ciudad Acuña sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ciudad Acuña in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ciudad Acuña peaks around June 23 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 23UV 11Dec 18UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5Moderate
Feb6High
Mar8Very high
Apr10Very high
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov5Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Ciudad Acuña 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 Ciudad Acuña is worst in July — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.9× the cleanest month (January, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1516 µg/m³Jan 166 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb6Good
Mar7Good
Apr8Good
May13Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct7Good
Nov7Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ciudad Acuña?

Ciudad Acuña sits at 29.3°N, 101.0°W, 283 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Del Rio, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Ciudad Acuña

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ciudad Acuña has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 287 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,150 m.

The land around Ciudad Acuña is covered by artificial surfaces (53%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, shrubs (76%) within 16 km, and shrubs (81%) within 80 km.

3 km
68 m
16 km
147 m
80 km
1,150 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Del Rio 7.0 km · Piedras Negras 81 km · Eagle Pass 81 km · Nava 102 km · Allende 110 km · Uvalde 114 km · Nueva Rosita 156 km · Sabinas 164 km

Mexico travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 / 127 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 54% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$13,889
2025
Happiness
7.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
43%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
24.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 440
Religion
Catholic 78%no religion 11%other Evangelical Churches 8%Jehovah Witness 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 Ciudad Acuña (29.3232°, -100.9522°, elevation 283 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).