Magdalena weather in August

In August, Magdalena sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 133 mm of rain across 22.4 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 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Magdalena's 10th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Magdalena's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
6th warmest
Overnight low
18°
12th coldest
Rainfall
133 mm
22.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
6:38 AM – 7:22 PM
Cloud cover
70%
10th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.79 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Magdalena is municipal seat of Magdalena, State of Jalisco, Mexico.

Density
2,702/km²
people per km²
Founded
1604

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 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Magdalena reaches about 29°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.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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292818
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312818

How August really feels in Magdalena

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Magdalena 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 202.310.98.4
Feb27° / 10°151.811.38.1
Mar29° / 11°6111.96.9
Apr31° / 13°41.212.55.4
May33° / 15°113.4134.4
Jun31° / 18°9915.513.23.7
Jul29° / 18°15723.613.13.8
Aug29° / 18°13322.412.73.9
Sep28° / 18°12318.912.14.5
Oct28° / 16°588.811.56.0
Nov27° / 12°142.4117.9
Dec26° / 10°13210.88.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
23961
33961
44060
54159
64060
74060
83961
93862
103763
113763
123664
133664
143664
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213367
223268
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302971
312971

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Magdalena gets around 133 mm of rain over 22.4 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 73% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
173
273
372
472
571
671
770
870
970
1070
1171
1271
1371
1471
1571
1671
1772
1872
1973
2074
2174
2275
2375
2475
2575
2675
2775
2875
2974
3074
3173

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 77% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 20% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
137819
237720
337720
437720
537720
637720
737720
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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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
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134calm
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314calm

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 6:33 AM to 6:43 AM, and sunset from 7:31 PM to 7:09 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.06:337:31
212.96:337:30
312.96:347:30
412.96:347:29
512.96:357:29
612.96:357:28
712.96:357:28
812.96:367:27
912.86:367:26
1012.86:367:26
1112.86:377:25
1212.86:377:24
1312.86:377:24
1412.86:387:23
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3112.46:437:09

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.67 kWh/m² to a high of 7.58 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.79 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Bright
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36.0Bright
46.0Bright
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66.0Bright
75.9Bright
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275.5Bright
285.5Bright
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305.5Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Magdalena

In seasonPeak

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

Magdalena's rainy season runs June–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 Magdalena?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Magdalena.

What to pack for Magdalena in August

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

In August, Magdalena sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Magdalena 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 Magdalena peaks around April 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighApr 22UV 13Dec 16UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Magdalena 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 Magdalena 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).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodMay 1737 µg/m³Jan 187 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb7Good
Mar10Good
Apr17Moderate
May40Poor
Jun18Moderate
Jul10Good
Aug10Good
Sep10Good
Oct8Good
Nov7Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Magdalena?

Magdalena sits at 20.9°N, 104.0°W, 1,352 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Tequila, 15 km away.

Topography around Magdalena

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Magdalena has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 373 m around an average of 1,433 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,754 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,695 m.

The land around Magdalena is covered by grassland (26%) and shrubs (24%) within 3 km, trees (39%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (49%) within 80 km.

3 km
373 m
16 km
1,754 m
80 km
2,695 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Tequila 15 km · Ahualulco de Mercado 23 km · Tala 40 km · Ameca 41 km · Ixtlán del Río 43 km · San Francisco Tesistán 53 km · Nuevo México 58 km · Cocula 62 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 Magdalena (20.9069°, -103.9769°, elevation 1,352 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).