Jacona de Plancarte weather in August

In August, Jacona de Plancarte sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 263 mm of rain across 26.2 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Jacona de Plancarte's 10th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jacona de Plancarte's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
7th warmest
Overnight low
15°
11th coldest
Rainfall
263 mm
26.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
6:33 AM – 7:14 PM
Cloud cover
75%
10th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Jacona de Plancarte is municipal seat of Jacona, State of Michoacán, Mexico.

Founded
1555

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 25°C through the month.

A typical August day in Jacona de Plancarte reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Jacona de Plancarte weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 192.810.98.4
Feb25° / 152.411.38.5
Mar27° / 10°14211.98.0
Apr29° / 12°72.212.46.5
May30° / 14°418.512.95.3
Jun28° / 15°19120.613.24.5
Jul25° / 15°28527.313.14.1
Aug25° / 15°26326.212.74.2
Sep25° / 14°22322.912.14.6
Oct25° / 13°9012.111.56.5
Nov25° / 10°244.211.18.2
Dec24° / 91.810.88.6

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 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
22674
32674
42674
52674
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Jacona de Plancarte gets around 263 mm of rain over 26.2 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 85% and peaks near 86% on the wettest days.

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3086
3186

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the comfortable band about 72% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
147818
247818
347818
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547719
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2746531
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2946432
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Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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 12 h 54 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 30 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:28 AM to 6:37 AM, and sunset from 7:23 PM to 7:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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2712.56:367:05
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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 5.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.79 kWh/m² to a high of 7.41 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.59 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Jacona de Plancarte

In seasonPeak

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

Jacona de Plancarte's monsoon runs June–September, 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 Jacona de Plancarte?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Jacona de Plancarte for sightseeing.

What to pack for Jacona de Plancarte in August

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

In August, Jacona de Plancarte sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Jacona de Plancarte 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 Jacona de Plancarte peaks around June 9 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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 highExtremeVery highJun 9UV 14Dec 15UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Jacona de Plancarte 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 Jacona de Plancarte is worst in May — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (August, 16 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1031 µg/m³Aug 1316 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan23Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar21Moderate
Apr31Moderate
May31Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec28Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Jacona de Plancarte?

Jacona de Plancarte sits at 20.0°N, 102.3°W, 1,599 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Zamora de Hidalgo, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Jacona de Plancarte

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jacona de Plancarte has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 194 m around an average of 1,595 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,225 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,387 m.

The land around Jacona de Plancarte is covered by artificial surfaces (30%) and cropland (29%) within 3 km, cropland (30%), shrubs (27%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and trees (39%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
194 m
16 km
1,225 m
80 km
3,387 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Zamora de Hidalgo 4.0 km · Tangancícuaro de Arista 13 km · Purépero de Echáiz 32 km · Yurécuaro 43 km · Jiquilpan de Juárez 43 km · Paracho de Verduzco 44 km · Sahuayo de Morelos 44 km · Los Reyes de Salgado 45 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 Jacona de Plancarte (19.9563°, -102.3056°, elevation 1,599 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).