Isla weather in August

In August, Isla sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 297 mm of rain across 26.5 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Isla's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Isla's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
4th warmest
Overnight low
24°
9th coldest
Rainfall
297 mm
26.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
6:08 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover
74%
11th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.28 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.5
out of 10

Isla is municipal seat of Isla, State of Veracruz, Mexico.

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 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Isla reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Isla

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
heat index over the day's high
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.

Isla 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 18°519.1116.7
Feb28° / 19°30611.46.4
Mar32° / 21°234.911.94.9
Apr34° / 23°315.212.43.3
May35° / 25°7911.412.82.5
Jun33° / 24°24322.613.12.3
Jul32° / 24°29426.4132.5
Aug32° / 24°29726.512.62.5
Sep32° / 24°31524.912.12.7
Oct30° / 23°20819.211.63.9
Nov28° / 21°9312.811.25.6
Dec27° / 19°489.510.96.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23565
33466
43367
53367
63268
73169
83070
93070
102971
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Isla gets around 297 mm of rain over 26.5 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 85% and peaks near 87% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 56% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
14258
24258
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54258
64258
74357
84357
94456
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114456
124555
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144654
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284357
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314159

Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August, the calmest month.

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
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:04 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 6:53 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.86:046:53
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512.86:056:51
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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 5.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.38 kWh/m² to a high of 6.41 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 5.28 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Isla

In seasonPeak

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

Isla's monsoon runs June–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is August a good time to visit Isla?

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

2.5
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Isla.

What to pack for Isla in August

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

In August, Isla sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Isla 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 Isla peaks around August 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeExtremeVery highAug 17UV 12Dec 18UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May9Very high
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Isla 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 Isla is worst in May — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.0× the cleanest month (January, 14 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMay 1739 µg/m³Jan 1814 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May41Poor
Jun30Moderate
Jul34Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep23Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Isla?

Isla sits at 18.0°N, 95.5°W, 67 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Loma Bonita, 38 km away.

Topography around Isla

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Isla has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m around an average of 52 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 155 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,657 m.

The land around Isla is covered by grassland (52%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, grassland (60%) and trees (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (46%) and trees (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
56 m
16 km
155 m
80 km
1,657 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
August weather nearby: Loma Bonita 38 km · Carlos A. Carrillo 45 km · Cosamaloapan 47 km · Santiago Tuxtla 54 km · San Andrés Tuxtla 57 km · Catemaco 62 km · Tuxtepec 63 km · Acayucan 66 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 Isla (18.0278°, -95.5295°, elevation 67 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).