Guasave weather in August

In August, Guasave sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 114 mm of rain across 15.5 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Guasave's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Guasave's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
27°
12th coldest
Rainfall
114 mm
15.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
5:51 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover
64%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.2
out of 10

Guasave is municipal seat of Guasave, State of Sinaloa, Mexico.

Founded
1595

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month.

A typical August day in Guasave reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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

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
31 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.

Guasave weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 13°151.610.68.2
Feb27° / 13°141.611.18.1
Mar29° / 14°30.411.87.4
Apr31° / 16°10.312.66.1
May33° / 19°10.113.24.9
Jun34° / 24°6113.63.8
Jul35° / 27°701013.42.5
Aug35° / 27°11415.512.92.2
Sep34° / 26°11313.112.22.7
Oct34° / 23°333.411.43.5
Nov31° / 17°312.210.85.6
Dec27° / 13°151.910.47.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
24159
34159
44159
54159
64258
74159
84159
94159
104159
114159
124159
134159
144060
154159
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304159
314159

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Guasave gets around 114 mm of rain over 15.5 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 50% and peaks near 57% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
140
241
341
441
542
642
743
844
945
1046
1147
1248
1349
1450
1551
1652
1753
1854
1954
2055
2156
2256
2356
2457
2557
2657
2757
2857
2957
3057
3156

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 96% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1892
2793
3793
4793
5694
6694
7694
8595
9595
10595
11496
12496
13496
14496
15397
16397
17397
18397
19397
20397
21397
22397
23397
24397
25397
26397
27397
28397
29298
30298
31298

Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 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
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 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 36 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:44 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 6:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.25:446:56
213.25:446:56
313.25:456:55
413.25:456:54
513.15:466:54
613.15:466:53
713.15:476:52
813.15:476:52
913.15:486:51
1013.05:486:50
1113.05:496:49
1213.05:496:48
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2012.85:536:41
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2212.85:546:40
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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 5.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.09 kWh/m² to a high of 7.93 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 5.76 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Intense
26.0Intense
36.0Intense
46.0Bright
56.0Bright
66.0Bright
75.9Bright
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95.9Bright
105.9Bright
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315.4Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Guasave

In seasonPeak

In August, Guasave sits inside its pacific hurricane season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Guasave sits in the eastern Pacific hurricane zone; the season peaks August–September.

Pacific hurricane
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Guasave?

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

2.2
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Guasave.

What to pack for Guasave in August

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

In August, Guasave sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Guasave in August

The nearest coast averages about 30°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 27 km away) is warmest in August at about 30°C and coldest in February near 20°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Mar 17 to Jan 13 — about 10 months when the water holds above 20°C.

20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan20Cool
Feb20Cool
Mar20Cool
Apr22Refreshing
May25Warm
Jun28Warm
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov25Warm
Dec22Refreshing

UV index in Guasave 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 Guasave peaks around July 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 5 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighJul 17UV 12Dec 19UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5High
Feb7High
Mar9Very high
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Guasave?

Guasave sits at 25.6°N, 108.5°W, 19 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Gabriel Leyva Solano, 20 km away.

Topography around Guasave

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Guasave has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 17 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,603 m.

The land around Guasave is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) and cropland (28%) within 3 km, cropland (82%) within 16 km, and cropland (30%), water (26%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
19 m
16 km
34 m
80 km
1,603 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves
August weather nearby: Gabriel Leyva Solano 20 km · Guamúchil 41 km · Juan José Ríos 41 km · Los Mochis 59 km · Navolato 118 km · Licenciado Benito Juárez 138 km · Culiacán 138 km · Costa Rica 154 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 Guasave (25.5679°, -108.4695°, elevation 19 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).