Heroica Caborca weather in August

In August, Heroica Caborca sees average daytime highs of 39°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 36 mm of rain across 8.5 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 39°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Heroica Caborca's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Heroica Caborca's year-round climate.

Daytime high
39°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
28°
11th coldest
Rainfall
36 mm
8.5 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
5:59 AM – 7:06 PM
Cloud cover
36%
10th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
6.74 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.7
out of 10

Heroica Caborca is municipal seat of Caborca, State of Sonora, Mexico.

Founded
1688

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 39°C through the month.

A typical August day in Heroica Caborca reaches about 39°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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

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.

Heroica Caborca 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
Jan22° / 162.110.28.5
Feb24° / 182.810.98.5
Mar27° / 12°111.811.88.3
Apr30° / 15°30.612.76.5
May34° / 19°10.313.54.0
Jun38° / 24°20.613.91.1
Jul39° / 28°23613.80.4
Aug39° / 28°368.513.10.7
Sep37° / 25°294.812.21.8
Oct33° / 19°131.511.24.9
Nov27° / 12°101.410.48.3
Dec22° / 203108.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% 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 19%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Heroica Caborca gets around 36 mm of rain over 8.5 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 27% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 33% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 62% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
112122135191
212122034201
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Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 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 5:50 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 7:20 PM to 6:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.55:507:20
213.55:507:19
313.55:517:18
413.45:517:18
513.45:527:17
613.45:537:16
713.45:537:15
813.35:547:14
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2912.76:076:52
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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 6.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.58 kWh/m² to a high of 8.38 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 6.74 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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276.5Intense
286.5Intense
296.4Intense
306.4Intense
316.4Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Heroica Caborca?

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

0.7
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.5
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Heroica Caborca.

What to pack for Heroica Caborca in August

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

In August, Heroica Caborca sees daytime highs around 39°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Heroica Caborca 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 Heroica Caborca peaks around June 22 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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 22UV 11Dec 19UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar6High
Apr9Very high
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov5Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Heroica Caborca 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 Heroica Caborca is worst in January — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.9× the cleanest month (September, 8 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateJan 1522 µg/m³Sep 198 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan24Moderate
Feb11Good
Mar9Good
Apr10Good
May9Good
Jun10Good
Jul10Good
Aug9Good
Sep8Good
Oct8Good
Nov10Good
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Heroica Caborca?

Heroica Caborca sits at 30.7°N, 112.2°W, 288 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Magdalena de Kino, 115 km away.

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Topography around Heroica Caborca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Heroica Caborca has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 105 m around an average of 289 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 469 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,615 m.

The land around Heroica Caborca is covered by artificial surfaces (46%) and bare terrain (44%) within 3 km, bare terrain (50%) and shrubs (41%) within 16 km, and shrubs (68%) and bare terrain (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
105 m
16 km
469 m
80 km
1,615 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Magdalena de Kino 115 km · Nogales 133 km · Nogales 136 km · Rio Rico 140 km · Puerto Peñasco 147 km · Green Valley 168 km · Sahuarita 179 km · Cananea 180 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 Heroica Caborca (30.7183°, -112.1584°, elevation 288 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).