San Felipe weather in August

In August, San Felipe sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 30°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.6 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 86% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 San Felipe's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Felipe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
1st warmest
Overnight low
30°
12th coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
0.6 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
5:09 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover
16%
5th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
7.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

San Felipe is municipal seat of San Felipe, State of Baja California, Mexico.

Founded
1916

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 35°C through the month.

A typical August day in San Felipe reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 30°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in San Felipe

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
27 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

San Felipe weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan19° / 14°81.610.27.9
Feb20° / 14°9210.97.9
Mar22° / 16°71.511.88.7
Apr25° / 19°30.712.79.2
May28° / 22°10.313.68.2
Jun32° / 26°00145.8
Jul34° / 29°10.313.83.9
Aug35° / 30°40.613.13.5
Sep33° / 28°131.212.24.5
Oct29° / 23°130.611.27.5
Nov23° / 18°6110.48.9
Dec19° / 14°101.8107.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 86% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 7%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1919
2919
3919
4919
5928
6928
7928
8937
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

San Felipe gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.6 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 2% and peaks near 5% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
11
21
31
41
51
61
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 62% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 94% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10525628
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30524638
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70523639
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100423649
1104226410
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Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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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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 5:00 AM to 5:19 AM, and sunset from 6:31 PM to 6:00 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.55:006:31
213.55:006:30
313.55:016:30
413.55:026:29
513.45:026:28
613.45:036:27
713.45:046:26
813.45:046:25
913.35:056:24
1013.35:056:24
1113.35:066:23
1213.25:076:22
1313.25:076:21
1413.25:086:20
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1713.15:106:17
1813.15:116:15
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2013.05:126:13
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2213.05:136:11
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2812.85:176:04
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3012.75:186:01
3112.75:196:00

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.56 kWh/m² to a high of 8.41 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.21 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.5Intense
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266.9Intense
276.9Intense
286.8Intense
296.8Intense
306.8Intense
316.8Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit San Felipe?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
7.4
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in San Felipe. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for San Felipe in August

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

In August, San Felipe sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 30°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near San Felipe in August

The nearest coast averages about 31°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 31°C and coldest in January near 16°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Apr 5 to Dec 4 — about 8 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan16Cool
Feb16Cool
Mar18Cool
Apr21Refreshing
May24Refreshing
Jun26Warm
Jul29Tropical
Aug31Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct27Warm
Nov23Refreshing
Dec18Cool

UV index in San Felipe in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in San Felipe peaks around June 23 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 23UV 10Dec 18UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar5High
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is San Felipe?

San Felipe sits at 31.0°N, 114.8°W, 21 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Lázaro Cárdenas, 118 km away.

Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada

Topography around San Felipe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Felipe has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 307 m around an average of 29 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,256 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,027 m.

The land around San Felipe is covered by bare terrain (58%) and water (26%) within 3 km, bare terrain (56%) and water (42%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (40%), water (35%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
307 m
16 km
1,256 m
80 km
3,027 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Lázaro Cárdenas 118 km · Puerto Peñasco 128 km · Ciudad Guadalupe Victoria 143 km · San Luis Río Colorado 159 km · San Luis 163 km · Somerton 175 km · Puebla 178 km · Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada 182 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 San Felipe (31.0253°, -114.8417°, elevation 21 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).