El Salto weather in August

In August, El Salto sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 193 mm of rain across 21.8 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is El Salto's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see El Salto's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 193 mm; 21.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 48 min; 6:41 AM – 7:30 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 11th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.64 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.9; out of 10

El Salto is municipal seat of Pueblo Nuevo, State of Durango, Mexico.

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical August day in El Salto reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with 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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

How August really feels in El Salto

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.

El Salto weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 1°	37	4.2	0.5	10.7	5.6
Feb	17° / 2°	28	3	0.3	11.2	6.6
Mar	19° / 3°	20	3	0.2	11.8	7.6
Apr	22° / 5°	15	3.3	0	12.5	7.9
May	24° / 8°	32	7.1	0	13.1	7.7
Jun	24° / 11°	117	15	0	13.4	6.1
Jul	23° / 11°	215	21.9	0	13.3	4.9
Aug	23° / 11°	193	21.8	0	12.8	4.9
Sep	22° / 10°	165	18.2	0	12.1	5.3
Oct	21° / 8°	58	7.8	0	11.4	7.1
Nov	19° / 4°	34	3.6	0	10.9	7.4
Dec	16° / 2°	32	3.5	0.2	10.6	6.0

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 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

	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 (%)	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	32	31	31	31	32	32	32	31	31	32	32	30	30	29	29	28	27	27	25	25	25	25	25	24
Cloudier (%)	70	70	69	69	69	68	68	68	69	69	69	68	68	68	69	69	68	68	70	70	71	71	72	73	73	75	75	75	75	75	76

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	28	72
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	25	75
27	25	75
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	24	76

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

El Salto gets around 193 mm of rain over 21.8 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 71% and peaks near 73% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	73	73	72	72	72	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	69
4	69
5	69
6	69
7	69
8	69
9	69
10	70
11	70
12	71
13	71
14	71
15	71
16	71
17	71
18	71
19	71
20	71
21	71
22	72
23	72
24	72
25	72
26	73
27	73
28	72
29	72
30	72
31	72

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 81% 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 (%)	81	81	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	81	81	81
Comfortable (%)	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19

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

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
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30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:34 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 7:41 PM to 7:17 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)	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:46
Sunset (PM)	7:41	7:40	7:40	7:39	7:38	7:38	7:37	7:37	7:36	7:35	7:34	7:34	7:33	7:32	7:31	7:30	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:27	7:26	7:25	7:24	7:23	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:18	7:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.1	6:34	7:41
2	13.1	6:35	7:40
3	13.1	6:35	7:40
4	13.1	6:35	7:39
5	13.0	6:36	7:38
6	13.0	6:36	7:38
7	13.0	6:37	7:37
8	13.0	6:37	7:37
9	13.0	6:38	7:36
10	13.0	6:38	7:35
11	12.9	6:39	7:34
12	12.9	6:39	7:34
13	12.9	6:39	7:33
14	12.9	6:40	7:32
15	12.9	6:40	7:31
16	12.8	6:41	7:30
17	12.8	6:41	7:30
18	12.8	6:41	7:29
19	12.8	6:42	7:28
20	12.7	6:42	7:27
21	12.7	6:43	7:26
22	12.7	6:43	7:25
23	12.7	6:43	7:24
24	12.7	6:44	7:23
25	12.6	6:44	7:23
26	12.6	6:44	7:22
27	12.6	6:45	7:21
28	12.6	6:45	7:20
29	12.6	6:46	7:19
30	12.5	6:46	7:18
31	12.5	6:46	7:17

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.56 kWh/m² to a high of 7.71 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.64 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)	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for El Salto

In seasonPeak

In August, El Salto sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

El Salto's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit El Salto?

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

4.9

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

3.7

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit El Salto for sightseeing.

What to pack for El Salto in August

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

In August, El Salto sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in El Salto in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in El Salto peaks around May 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 7 (high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	7	10	12	14	14	14	13	14	12	10	7	7
Level	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	7	High
Feb	10	Very high
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	7	Very high
Dec	7	High

Location & terrain

Where is El Salto?

El Salto sits at 23.8°N, 105.4°W, 2,520 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Pueblo Nuevo, 44 km away.

Topography around El Salto

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around El Salto has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 375 m around an average of 2,568 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,385 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,188 m.

The land around El Salto is covered by trees (61%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, trees (78%) within 16 km, and trees (83%) within 80 km.

3 km

375 m

trees 61%

16 km

1,385 m

trees 78%

80 km

3,188 m

trees 83%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

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

August weather nearby: Pueblo Nuevo 44 km · Victoria de Durango 76 km · El Rosario 101 km · Escuinapa de Hidalgo 113 km · Mazatlan 124 km · Vicente Guerrero 140 km · Santiago Papasquiaro 141 km · Acaponeta 143 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

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 El Salto (23.7785°, -105.3604°, elevation 2,520 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	23	11
2	23	11
3	23	11
4	23	11
5	23	11
6	23	11
7	23	11
8	23	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	23	11
12	23	11
13	23	11
14	23	11
15	23	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	11
23	23	11
24	23	11
25	23	11
26	22	11
27	22	11
28	22	11
29	22	11
30	22	11
31	22	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	28	72
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	25	75
27	25	75
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	69
4	69
5	69
6	69
7	69
8	69
9	69
10	70
11	70
12	71
13	71
14	71
15	71
16	71
17	71
18	71
19	71
20	71
21	71
22	72
23	72
24	72
25	72
26	73
27	73
28	72
29	72
30	72
31	72

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	28	72
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	25	75
27	25	75
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	69
4	69
5	69
6	69
7	69
8	69
9	69
10	70
11	70
12	71
13	71
14	71
15	71
16	71
17	71
18	71
19	71
20	71
21	71
22	72
23	72
24	72
25	72
26	73
27	73
28	72
29	72
30	72
31	72

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	28	72
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	25	75
27	25	75
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	69
4	69
5	69
6	69
7	69
8	69
9	69
10	70
11	70
12	71
13	71
14	71
15	71
16	71
17	71
18	71
19	71
20	71
21	71
22	72
23	72
24	72
25	72
26	73
27	73
28	72
29	72
30	72
31	72

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