Linares weather in August

In August, Linares sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 58 mm of rain across 7.4 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 36°C in the first days to 34°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Linares's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Linares's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
1st warmest
Overnight low
23°
12th coldest
Rainfall
58 mm
7.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
6:16 AM – 7:09 PM
Cloud cover
45%
7th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Linares is municipal seat of Linares, State of Nuevo León, Mexico.

Founded
1712

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 36°C in the first days to 34°C by the end.

A typical August day in Linares reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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

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.

Linares weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 10°265.210.67.4
Feb24° / 12°275.511.17.7
Mar27° / 15°436.511.87.1
Apr30° / 18°667.312.65.4
May33° / 21°658.613.24.0
Jun34° / 23°587.713.53.1
Jul35° / 23°585.413.42.8
Aug35° / 23°587.412.92.6
Sep32° / 21°16713.312.24.0
Oct29° / 18°757.911.46.3
Nov25° / 14°294.910.87.9
Dec22° / 11°254.210.57.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17426
27426
37426
47525
57525
67525
77426
87426
97426
107426
117426
127228
137228
147228
157129
167129
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236634
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256436
266337
276238
286139
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305941
315842

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Linares gets around 58 mm of rain over 7.4 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 25% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
116
217
317
418
519
619
720
820
920
1021
1121
1221
1321
1421
1522
1622
1723
1823
1924
2024
2125
2226
2327
2429
2530
2632
2734
2836
2938
3039
3141

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 61% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 84% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11196218
21196218
31196119
41196119
51196119
61186219
71186219
81186219
91186120
101176220
111176220
121166320
131166320
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150156520
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210146323
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230136225
240136027
250135928
260135730
270135532
281135333
291125235
301125037
311124838

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:09 AM to 6:22 AM, and sunset from 7:19 PM to 6:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.26:097:19
213.26:107:19
313.16:107:18
413.16:117:18
513.16:117:17
613.16:127:16
713.16:127:16
813.06:137:15
913.06:137:14
1013.06:137:13
1113.06:147:13
1213.06:147:12
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2012.86:187:05
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2912.66:226:56
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3112.56:226:54

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.65 kWh/m² to a high of 6.77 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 6.53 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.8Intense
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36.8Intense
46.8Intense
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136.7Intense
146.6Intense
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176.5Intense
186.5Intense
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206.4Intense
216.4Intense
226.3Intense
236.3Intense
246.2Intense
256.2Intense
266.1Intense
276.1Intense
286.0Intense
296.0Bright
305.9Bright
315.9Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Linares

In seasonPeak

None of Linares's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Linares's rainy season runs September–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is August a good time to visit Linares?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Linares.

What to pack for Linares in August

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

In August, Linares sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Linares 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 Linares peaks around June 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighJun 19UV 12Dec 18UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb8Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct9Very high
Nov6High
Dec5High

Air quality in Linares 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 Linares is worst in May — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (January, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMay 1816 µg/m³Jan 17 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb7Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr12Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct8Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Linares?

Linares sits at 24.9°N, 99.6°W, 357 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Montemorelos, 45 km away.

Topography around Linares

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Linares has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m around an average of 355 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 310 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,619 m.

The land around Linares is covered by trees (31%), artificial surfaces (30%) and shrubs (29%) within 3 km, shrubs (39%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and shrubs (44%) within 80 km.

3 km
100 m
16 km
310 m
80 km
3,619 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Montemorelos 45 km · Ciudad de Allende 65 km · Santiago 86 km · Cadereyta 91 km · Cadereyta Jiménez 92 km · Ciudad Benito Juárez 102 km · Jardines de la Silla 106 km · Guadalupe 115 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 Linares (24.858°, -99.5677°, elevation 357 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).