Purísima de Bustos weather in August

In August, Purísima de Bustos sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 125 mm of rain across 17.7 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 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

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

Daytime high
26°
6th warmest
Overnight low
15°
9th coldest
Rainfall
125 mm
17.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
6:30 AM – 7:13 PM
Cloud cover
59%
10th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
6.22 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Purísima de Bustos is municipal seat of Purísima, State of Guanajuato, Mexico.

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 26°C through the month.

A typical August day in Purísima de Bustos reaches about 26°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 24°C and 28°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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Purísima de Bustos 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
Jan23° / 172.610.98.3
Feb25° / 132.311.38.5
Mar27° / 11°111.811.98.0
Apr30° / 14°81.812.56.4
May31° / 16°336.1135.4
Jun28° / 16°12314.413.35.1
Jul26° / 15°14919.313.15.3
Aug26° / 15°12517.712.75.5
Sep26° / 15°11315.312.15.8
Oct26° / 13°447.211.57.3
Nov25° / 10°143118.5
Dec23° / 71.510.78.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15842
25842
35842
45842
55842
65842
75743
85743
95644
105446
115446
125347
135149
145149
155050
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194852
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224753
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254654
264555
274555
284555
294357
304357
314357

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Purísima de Bustos gets around 125 mm of rain over 17.7 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 58% and peaks near 60% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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2159
2260
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2760
2860
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3060
3160

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 60% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
1325810
2325810
3335710
4335710
5335710
6345610
7345610
8335710
9335710
10325810
11325810
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25256114
26256114
27246214
28246214
29246214
30246214
31246115

Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 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)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
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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 6:24 AM to 6:34 AM, and sunset from 7:23 PM to 7:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.06:247:23
213.06:257:22
312.96:257:22
412.96:267:21
512.96:267:21
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712.96:277:19
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1012.86:287:18
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1312.86:297:16
1412.86:297:15
1512.76:307:14
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1812.76:307:12
1912.76:317:11
2012.76:317:10
2112.66:317:10
2212.66:327:09
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2512.66:337:06
2612.56:337:05
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2912.56:347:03
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3112.46:347:01

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.83 kWh/m² to a high of 7.61 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 6.22 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
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36.5Intense
46.5Intense
56.4Intense
66.4Intense
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96.4Intense
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116.3Intense
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246.0Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Purísima de Bustos

In seasonPeak

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

Purísima de Bustos's rainy season runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
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Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Purísima de Bustos?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Purísima de Bustos for sightseeing.

What to pack for Purísima de Bustos in August

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

In August, Purísima de Bustos sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 18 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Purísima de Bustos 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 Purísima de Bustos peaks around April 23 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 highApr 23UV 14Dec 15UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Purísima de Bustos 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 Purísima de Bustos is worst in May — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1420 µg/m³Oct 1814 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan18Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec20Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Purísima de Bustos?

Purísima de Bustos sits at 21.0°N, 101.9°W, 1,779 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is San Francisco del Rincón, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Purísima de Bustos

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Purísima de Bustos has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 414 m around an average of 1,796 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 471 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,399 m.

The land around Purísima de Bustos is covered by artificial surfaces (42%) and shrubs (21%) within 3 km, shrubs (35%) and cropland (35%) within 16 km, and shrubs (34%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
414 m
16 km
471 m
80 km
1,399 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: San Francisco del Rincón 2.0 km · Centro Familiar la Soledad 18 km · La Ermita 20 km · León de los Aldama 23 km · Medina 30 km · Lagos de Moreno 37 km · Romita 41 km · Silao de la Victoria 48 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 Purísima de Bustos (21.0297°, -101.8778°, elevation 1,779 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).