Ixtlán del Río weather in August

In August, Ixtlán del Río sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 238 mm of rain across 27.2 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ixtlán del Río's 10th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ixtlán del Río's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 238 mm; 27.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 42 min; 5:40 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover: 75%; 10th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.67 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Ixtlán del Río is municipal seat of Ixtlán, State of Nayarit, 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 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ixtlán del Río reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 31°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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

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

How August really feels in Ixtlán del Río

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.

Ixtlán del Río weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 9°	19	2	10.9	8.4
Feb	27° / 10°	15	1.7	11.3	8.1
Mar	29° / 11°	6	0.9	11.9	7.0
Apr	31° / 13°	4	0.8	12.5	5.7
May	32° / 15°	11	3	13	4.6
Jun	31° / 18°	158	17.6	13.3	3.7
Jul	29° / 18°	246	26.1	13.2	3.5
Aug	28° / 18°	238	27.2	12.7	3.5
Sep	28° / 18°	203	23.2	12.1	4.0
Oct	28° / 16°	76	10.7	11.5	6.1
Nov	27° / 13°	14	2.3	11	8.1
Dec	26° / 10°	13	1.8	10.7	8.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% 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 76%.

	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 (%)	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	26	26	24	24	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19
Cloudier (%)	74	74	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	75	74	74	76	76	77	77	78	78	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	81	81

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	19	81

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ixtlán del Río gets around 238 mm of rain over 27.2 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 87% and peaks near 88% 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 (%)	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	87
3	87
4	88
5	88
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	87
10	87
11	87
12	87
13	87
14	87
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	87
20	87
21	87
22	87
23	88
24	88
25	88
26	88
27	88
28	88
29	88
30	88
31	88

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 53% of them.

	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
Humid (%)	49	48	48	47	47	46	46	46	46	47	47	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	47	47	47	46	46	46	46	46	46
Muggy (%)	51	52	52	53	53	54	54	54	54	53	53	52	52	51	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	53	53	53	54	54	54	54	54	54

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	49	51
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	47	53
24	47	53
25	47	53
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	46	54

Wind in August

Winds average 4 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
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6	4	calm
7	4	calm
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10	4	calm
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31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours 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 36 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:34 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:11 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)	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44
Sunset (PM)	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.0	5:34	6:33
2	13.0	5:35	6:32
3	12.9	5:35	6:32
4	12.9	5:36	6:31
5	12.9	5:36	6:31
6	12.9	5:36	6:30
7	12.9	5:37	6:29
8	12.9	5:37	6:29
9	12.8	5:37	6:28
10	12.8	5:38	6:28
11	12.8	5:38	6:27
12	12.8	5:38	6:26
13	12.8	5:39	6:25
14	12.8	5:39	6:25
15	12.7	5:39	6:24
16	12.7	5:40	6:23
17	12.7	5:40	6:23
18	12.7	5:40	6:22
19	12.7	5:41	6:21
20	12.7	5:41	6:20
21	12.6	5:41	6:19
22	12.6	5:42	6:19
23	12.6	5:42	6:18
24	12.6	5:42	6:17
25	12.6	5:43	6:16
26	12.5	5:43	6:15
27	12.5	5:43	6:14
28	12.5	5:43	6:14
29	12.5	5:44	6:13
30	12.5	5:44	6:12
31	12.4	5:44	6:11

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.63 kWh/m² to a high of 7.54 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 5.67 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)	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	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	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	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	5.9	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.9	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	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.6	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ixtlán del Río

In seasonPeak

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

Ixtlán del Río's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Is August a good time to visit Ixtlán del Río?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

4.2

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ixtlán del Río.

What to pack for Ixtlán del Río in August

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

In August, Ixtlán del Río sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ixtlán del Río in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ixtlán del Río peaks around May 10 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	7	7
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High

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

Air quality in Ixtlán del Río 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 Ixtlán del Río is worst in May — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 6.2× the cleanest month (January, 7 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	7	7	10	17	40	18	10	10	10	8	7	7
Level	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	7	Good
Feb	7	Good
Mar	10	Good
Apr	17	Moderate
May	40	Poor
Jun	18	Moderate
Jul	10	Good
Aug	10	Good
Sep	10	Good
Oct	8	Good
Nov	7	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Ixtlán del Río?

Ixtlán del Río sits at 21.0°N, 104.4°W, 1,081 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Magdalena, 43 km away.

Topography around Ixtlán del Río

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ixtlán del Río has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 505 m around an average of 1,142 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,879 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,878 m.

The land around Ixtlán del Río is covered by grassland (28%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, trees (60%) within 16 km, and trees (63%) within 80 km.

3 km

505 m

grassland 28%

16 km

1,879 m

trees 60%

80 km

2,878 m

trees 63%

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← July Ixtlán del Río year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Magdalena 43 km · Ahualulco de Mercado 55 km · Tequila 58 km · Compostela 60 km · Ameca 64 km · Xalisco 71 km · Tepic 76 km · El Salto 79 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 Ixtlán del Río (21.0351°, -104.3688°, elevation 1,081 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	87
3	87
4	88
5	88
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	87
10	87
11	87
12	87
13	87
14	87
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	87
20	87
21	87
22	87
23	88
24	88
25	88
26	88
27	88
28	88
29	88
30	88
31	88

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	49	51
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	47	53
24	47	53
25	47	53
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	46	54

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	87
3	87
4	88
5	88
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	87
10	87
11	87
12	87
13	87
14	87
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	87
20	87
21	87
22	87
23	88
24	88
25	88
26	88
27	88
28	88
29	88
30	88
31	88

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	49	51
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	47	53
24	47	53
25	47	53
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	46	54

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	87
3	87
4	88
5	88
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	87
10	87
11	87
12	87
13	87
14	87
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	87
20	87
21	87
22	87
23	88
24	88
25	88
26	88
27	88
28	88
29	88
30	88
31	88

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	49	51
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	47	53
24	47	53
25	47	53
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	46	54