Nogales weather in August

In August, Nogales sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 92 mm of rain across 16.4 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Nogales's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nogales's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 92 mm; 16.4 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 12 min; 5:53 AM – 7:02 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 11th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 6.33 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

Nogales is municipal seat of Nogales, State of Sonora, Mexico.

Founded: 1841

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 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Nogales reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 1°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	20
2	31	20
3	31	20
4	31	20
5	31	20
6	31	20
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8	31	20
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22	31	19
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24	31	19
25	31	19
26	31	19
27	31	19
28	31	19
29	30	19
30	30	19
31	30	19

How August really feels in Nogales

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.

Nogales weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 3°	35	4	0.4	10.2	6.2
Feb	17° / 4°	37	4.5	0.5	10.9	6.6
Mar	20° / 6°	24	3.4	0.3	11.8	7.8
Apr	24° / 9°	8	1.6	0.2	12.7	8.8
May	29° / 13°	4	1.1	0	13.6	7.3
Jun	33° / 18°	10	2.4	0	14	4.2
Jul	32° / 20°	94	15.1	0	13.8	3.6
Aug	31° / 19°	92	16.4	0	13.1	4.1
Sep	30° / 17°	49	7.7	0	12.2	5.7
Oct	26° / 12°	22	3	0	11.2	8.3
Nov	21° / 7°	23	2.8	0	10.4	8.0
Dec	16° / 3°	36	4.6	0.5	10	6.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	59	60	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	70	71	71	71	73
Cloudier (%)	41	40	40	39	38	37	36	35	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	30	29	29	29	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	63	37
7	64	36
8	65	35
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	73	27

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Nogales gets around 92 mm of rain over 16.4 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 53% and peaks near 56% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	56	56	55	55	55	55	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	53	53	53	53	52	52	52	51	50	49	48	48	47	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	55
4	55
5	55
6	55
7	54
8	54
9	54
10	54
11	54
12	54
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14	54
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30	47
31	46

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 44% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 25% 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
Dry (%)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	12	13	13	14	15	16	17	17	18
Comfortable (%)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	19	19	20	21	21
Humid (%)	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	43
Muggy (%)	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	24	23	23	22	21	20	19	18	17

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	9	20	45	26
2	9	20	45	26
3	9	20	45	26
4	9	20	44	27
5	9	20	44	27
6	9	20	44	27
7	9	20	44	27
8	9	20	44	27
9	9	20	44	27
10	9	21	44	27
11	9	21	44	27
12	8	21	44	27
13	8	21	44	27
14	8	21	44	27
15	8	20	44	27
16	8	20	44	27
17	8	20	45	27
18	9	20	45	26
19	9	20	45	26
20	10	20	45	26
21	10	20	45	25
22	11	19	45	25
23	12	19	45	24
24	13	19	45	23
25	13	18	45	23
26	14	18	45	22
27	15	19	45	21
28	16	19	45	20
29	17	20	44	19
30	17	21	44	18
31	18	21	43	17

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:44 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 7:16 PM to 6:45 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)	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.0	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03
Sunset (PM)	7:16	7:15	7:14	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:47	6:46	6:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.5	5:44	7:16
2	13.5	5:44	7:15
3	13.5	5:45	7:14
4	13.5	5:46	7:14
5	13.4	5:46	7:13
6	13.4	5:47	7:12
7	13.4	5:48	7:11
8	13.4	5:48	7:10
9	13.3	5:49	7:09
10	13.3	5:49	7:08
11	13.3	5:50	7:07
12	13.3	5:51	7:06
13	13.2	5:51	7:05
14	13.2	5:52	7:04
15	13.2	5:53	7:03
16	13.2	5:53	7:02
17	13.1	5:54	7:01
18	13.1	5:55	7:00
19	13.1	5:55	6:59
20	13.0	5:56	6:58
21	13.0	5:57	6:57
22	13.0	5:57	6:56
23	12.9	5:58	6:55
24	12.9	5:58	6:53
25	12.9	5:59	6:52
26	12.9	6:00	6:51
27	12.8	6:00	6:50
28	12.8	6:01	6:49
29	12.8	6:02	6:47
30	12.7	6:02	6:46
31	12.7	6:03	6:45

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.52 kWh/m² to a high of 8.31 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 6.33 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)	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.4	Intense
2	6.4	Intense
3	6.4	Intense
4	6.4	Intense
5	6.4	Intense
6	6.4	Intense
7	6.4	Intense
8	6.4	Intense
9	6.4	Intense
10	6.4	Intense
11	6.4	Intense
12	6.4	Intense
13	6.4	Intense
14	6.4	Intense
15	6.3	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.3	Intense
18	6.3	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.1	Intense
29	6.1	Intense
30	6.1	Intense
31	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Nogales?

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

4.1

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

5.9

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Nogales for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nogales in August

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

In August, Nogales sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

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UV index in Nogales in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nogales peaks around June 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 4 (moderate).

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)	4	5	7	10	10	12	12	11	10	7	5	4
Level	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	7	High
Apr	10	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	5	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Nogales?

Nogales sits at 31.3°N, 110.9°W, 1,214 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Nogales, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Nogales

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nogales has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 231 m around an average of 1,263 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 710 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,297 m.

The land around Nogales is covered by artificial surfaces (62%) and shrubs (26%) within 3 km, shrubs (69%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (79%) within 80 km.

3 km

231 m

artificial surfaces 62%

16 km

710 m

shrubs 69%

80 km

2,297 m

shrubs 79%

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← July Nogales year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Nogales 4.0 km · Rio Rico 18 km · Green Valley 61 km · Sierra Vista 66 km · Cananea 71 km · Sahuarita 72 km · Magdalena de Kino 76 km · Vail 85 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
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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 Nogales (31.3086°, -110.9422°, elevation 1,214 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. 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	31	20
2	31	20
3	31	20
4	31	20
5	31	20
6	31	20
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29	30	19
30	30	19
31	30	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	63	37
7	64	36
8	65	35
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	73	27

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	55
4	55
5	55
6	55
7	54
8	54
9	54
10	54
11	54
12	54
13	54
14	54
15	54
16	54
17	54
18	53
19	53
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22	52
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27	49
28	48
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30	47
31	46

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	9	20	45	26
2	9	20	45	26
3	9	20	45	26
4	9	20	44	27
5	9	20	44	27
6	9	20	44	27
7	9	20	44	27
8	9	20	44	27
9	9	20	44	27
10	9	21	44	27
11	9	21	44	27
12	8	21	44	27
13	8	21	44	27
14	8	21	44	27
15	8	20	44	27
16	8	20	44	27
17	8	20	45	27
18	9	20	45	26
19	9	20	45	26
20	10	20	45	26
21	10	20	45	25
22	11	19	45	25
23	12	19	45	24
24	13	19	45	23
25	13	18	45	23
26	14	18	45	22
27	15	19	45	21
28	16	19	45	20
29	17	20	44	19
30	17	21	44	18
31	18	21	43	17

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	20
2	31	20
3	31	20
4	31	20
5	31	20
6	31	20
7	31	20
8	31	20
9	31	20
10	31	20
11	31	20
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23	31	19
24	31	19
25	31	19
26	31	19
27	31	19
28	31	19
29	30	19
30	30	19
31	30	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	63	37
7	64	36
8	65	35
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	73	27

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	55
4	55
5	55
6	55
7	54
8	54
9	54
10	54
11	54
12	54
13	54
14	54
15	54
16	54
17	54
18	53
19	53
20	53
21	53
22	52
23	52
24	52
25	51
26	50
27	49
28	48
29	48
30	47
31	46

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	9	20	45	26
2	9	20	45	26
3	9	20	45	26
4	9	20	44	27
5	9	20	44	27
6	9	20	44	27
7	9	20	44	27
8	9	20	44	27
9	9	20	44	27
10	9	21	44	27
11	9	21	44	27
12	8	21	44	27
13	8	21	44	27
14	8	21	44	27
15	8	20	44	27
16	8	20	44	27
17	8	20	45	27
18	9	20	45	26
19	9	20	45	26
20	10	20	45	26
21	10	20	45	25
22	11	19	45	25
23	12	19	45	24
24	13	19	45	23
25	13	18	45	23
26	14	18	45	22
27	15	19	45	21
28	16	19	45	20
29	17	20	44	19
30	17	21	44	18
31	18	21	43	17

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	63	37
7	64	36
8	65	35
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	73	27

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	55
4	55
5	55
6	55
7	54
8	54
9	54
10	54
11	54
12	54
13	54
14	54
15	54
16	54
17	54
18	53
19	53
20	53
21	53
22	52
23	52
24	52
25	51
26	50
27	49
28	48
29	48
30	47
31	46

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	9	20	45	26
2	9	20	45	26
3	9	20	45	26
4	9	20	44	27
5	9	20	44	27
6	9	20	44	27
7	9	20	44	27
8	9	20	44	27
9	9	20	44	27
10	9	21	44	27
11	9	21	44	27
12	8	21	44	27
13	8	21	44	27
14	8	21	44	27
15	8	20	44	27
16	8	20	44	27
17	8	20	45	27
18	9	20	45	26
19	9	20	45	26
20	10	20	45	26
21	10	20	45	25
22	11	19	45	25
23	12	19	45	24
24	13	19	45	23
25	13	18	45	23
26	14	18	45	22
27	15	19	45	21
28	16	19	45	20
29	17	20	44	19
30	17	21	44	18
31	18	21	43	17