Puruándiro weather in August

In August, Puruándiro sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 188 mm of rain across 23.6 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 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% 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 Puruándiro's 10th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Puruándiro's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
7th warmest
Overnight low
14°
9th coldest
Rainfall
188 mm
23.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
6:29 AM – 7:11 PM
Cloud cover
73%
10th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Puruándiro is municipal seat of Puruándiro, State of Michoacán, 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 24°C through the month.

A typical August day in Puruándiro reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Puruándiro 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° / 162.810.98.2
Feb25° / 152.711.38.4
Mar27° / 10°14311.98.0
Apr29° / 12°123.312.46.6
May29° / 14°489.112.95.7
Jun27° / 15°16118.713.25.0
Jul25° / 14°22725.513.14.5
Aug24° / 14°18823.612.74.7
Sep24° / 14°16920.712.15.1
Oct24° / 12°6310.111.56.9
Nov24° / 204.1118.2
Dec23° / 82.110.88.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23169
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Puruándiro gets around 188 mm of rain over 23.6 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 77% and peaks near 80% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 84% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
18875
29865
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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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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 6:24 AM to 6:33 AM, and sunset from 7:20 PM to 6:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.96:247:20
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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 5.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.81 kWh/m² to a high of 7.32 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.73 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Puruándiro

In seasonPeak

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

Puruándiro'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 Puruándiro?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Puruándiro for sightseeing.

What to pack for Puruándiro in August

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

In August, Puruándiro sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Puruándiro 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 Puruándiro peaks around June 13 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 13UV 14Dec 15UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Puruándiro 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 Puruándiro is worst in May — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1226 µg/m³Oct 1517 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan24Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar20Moderate
Apr24Moderate
May27Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec26Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Puruándiro?

Puruándiro sits at 20.1°N, 101.5°W, 1,891 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Moroleón, 34 km away.

Topography around Puruándiro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Puruándiro has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 315 m around an average of 1,920 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,080 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,203 m.

The land around Puruándiro is covered by cropland (42%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (28%), cropland (28%) and shrubs (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (34%) and trees (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
315 m
16 km
1,080 m
80 km
2,203 m
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August weather nearby: Moroleón 34 km · Uriangato 36 km · Abasolo 40 km · Zacapu 42 km · Yuriria 42 km · Pénjamo 44 km · Valle de Santiago 48 km · Purépero de Echáiz 55 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 Puruándiro (20.0888°, -101.5156°, elevation 1,891 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).