Toluca weather in August

In August, Toluca sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 242 mm of rain across 26.3 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

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

Daytime high: 19°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 242 mm; 26.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 42 min; 6:23 AM – 7:03 PM
Cloud cover: 80%; 11th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.41 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

Toluca is capital of the State of Mexico, Mexico.

Air quality: High; PM2.5 33.3 µg/m³ · 2011
Density: 16,426/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1527

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 19°C through the month.

A typical August day in Toluca reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

	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
Avg high (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

Toluca weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	17° / 4°	27	4.9	11	6.5
Feb	19° / 5°	25	5.1	11.3	7.2
Mar	20° / 6°	29	6.6	11.9	7.3
Apr	22° / 8°	47	8.5	12.4	7.0
May	22° / 9°	113	16.2	12.9	5.8
Jun	21° / 9°	204	21.6	13.1	4.5
Jul	19° / 9°	257	27.1	13	3.7
Aug	19° / 9°	242	26.3	12.7	3.7
Sep	19° / 9°	204	23	12.1	4.1
Oct	19° / 8°	95	14.2	11.6	5.4
Nov	19° / 5°	35	6.4	11.1	6.7
Dec	18° / 4°	15	3.1	10.9	6.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%.

	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 (%)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Cloudier (%)	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	84	85	85	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	88

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	16	84
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	12	88
31	12	88

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Toluca gets around 242 mm of rain over 26.3 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 85% and peaks near 86% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	85	85	85	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	84	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	85
3	85
4	84
5	84
6	84
7	84
8	85
9	85
10	85
11	85
12	85
13	85
14	85
15	85
16	85
17	86
18	86
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	85
23	85
24	85
25	85
26	85
27	85
28	85
29	85
30	84
31	84

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	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
Wind speed (km/h)	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
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30	5	calm
31	5	calm

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 6:18 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 7:11 PM to 6:51 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)	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:27
Sunset (PM)	7:11	7:11	7:10	7:10	7:09	7:09	7:08	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:06	7:05	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.9	6:18	7:11
2	12.9	6:19	7:11
3	12.9	6:19	7:10
4	12.8	6:19	7:10
5	12.8	6:20	7:09
6	12.8	6:20	7:09
7	12.8	6:20	7:08
8	12.8	6:21	7:08
9	12.8	6:21	7:07
10	12.8	6:21	7:06
11	12.7	6:21	7:06
12	12.7	6:22	7:05
13	12.7	6:22	7:05
14	12.7	6:22	7:04
15	12.7	6:23	7:03
16	12.7	6:23	7:03
17	12.6	6:23	7:02
18	12.6	6:23	7:01
19	12.6	6:24	7:00
20	12.6	6:24	7:00
21	12.6	6:24	6:59
22	12.6	6:24	6:58
23	12.5	6:25	6:57
24	12.5	6:25	6:57
25	12.5	6:25	6:56
26	12.5	6:25	6:55
27	12.5	6:26	6:54
28	12.5	6:26	6:53
29	12.4	6:26	6:52
30	12.4	6:26	6:52
31	12.4	6:27	6:51

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.96 kWh/m² to a high of 7.27 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.41 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)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Toluca

In seasonPeak

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

Toluca'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 Toluca?

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

3.7

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

1.7

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Toluca.

What to pack for Toluca in August

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

In August, Toluca sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Toluca 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 Toluca peaks around March 23 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 8 (very high).

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)	10	12	15	14	12	15	12	13	11	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Very high
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	15	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Toluca 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 Toluca is worst in December — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Toluca's WHO annual average of 33.3 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	34	32	28	27	29	30	35	33	36	34	40	40
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	34	Moderate
Feb	32	Moderate
Mar	28	Moderate
Apr	27	Moderate
May	29	Moderate
Jun	30	Moderate
Jul	35	Poor
Aug	33	Moderate
Sep	36	Poor
Oct	34	Moderate
Nov	40	Poor
Dec	40	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Toluca?

Toluca sits at 19.3°N, 99.7°W, 2,671 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is San Francisco Cuaxusco, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Toluca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Toluca has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 408 m around an average of 2,678 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 862 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,883 m.

The land around Toluca is covered by artificial surfaces (84%) within 3 km, cropland (42%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) within 80 km.

3 km

408 m

artificial surfaces 84%

16 km

862 m

cropland 42%

80 km

3,883 m

trees 45%

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

August weather nearby: San Francisco Cuaxusco 4.0 km · San Jorge Pueblo Nuevo 5.0 km · Metepec 6.0 km · San Jerónimo 6.0 km · Santa María Totoltepec 7.0 km · Santiago Tlacotepec 7.0 km · San Mateo Otzacatipan 7.0 km · San Salvador Tizatlalli 7.0 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

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 Toluca (19.2879°, -99.6532°, elevation 2,671 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	16	84
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	12	88
31	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	85
3	85
4	84
5	84
6	84
7	84
8	85
9	85
10	85
11	85
12	85
13	85
14	85
15	85
16	85
17	86
18	86
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	85
23	85
24	85
25	85
26	85
27	85
28	85
29	85
30	84
31	84

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	16	84
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	12	88
31	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	85
3	85
4	84
5	84
6	84
7	84
8	85
9	85
10	85
11	85
12	85
13	85
14	85
15	85
16	85
17	86
18	86
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	85
23	85
24	85
25	85
26	85
27	85
28	85
29	85
30	84
31	84

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	16	84
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	12	88
31	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	85
3	85
4	84
5	84
6	84
7	84
8	85
9	85
10	85
11	85
12	85
13	85
14	85
15	85
16	85
17	86
18	86
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	85
23	85
24	85
25	85
26	85
27	85
28	85
29	85
30	84
31	84

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100