Arganda weather in August

In August, Arganda sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 12 mm of rain across 2.9 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 12 min at the start of August to 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Arganda's 2nd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Arganda's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
19°
11th coldest
Rainfall
12 mm
2.9 wet days
Daylight
13 h 36 min
6:30 AM – 8:06 PM
Cloud cover
23%
2nd clearest
Wind
9 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.92 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Arganda is human settlement in Spain.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical August day in Arganda reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 6°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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283218
293118
303118
313118

How August really feels in Arganda

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 25 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
25
heat index over the day's high
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.

Arganda weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan10° / 407.20.69.52.6
Feb13° / 356.40.510.43.8
Mar16° / 427.50.311.75.6
Apr19° / 528.20136.4
May24° / 12°488.2014.27.2
Jun29° / 16°224.1014.86.3
Jul34° / 19°81.5014.64.2
Aug33° / 19°122.9013.64.5
Sep27° / 15°264.2012.37.2
Oct21° / 11°627.9010.96.9
Nov14° / 557.809.84.5
Dec11° / 487.40.49.22.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 11%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1937
2919
3919
4919
5919
6919
79010
89010
99010
109010
118911
128911
138911
149010
159010
169010
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189010
199010
209010
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239010
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288713
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308515
318515

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Arganda gets around 12 mm of rain over 2.9 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 9% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
16
26
37
47
57
68
78
88
98
109
119
129
139
149
159
169
179
189
1910
2010
2110
2210
2310
2410
2510
2610
2710
2810
2910
3010
3110

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 88% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19280
29280
39190
49091
589101
689101
788111
888111
988111
1087121
1187121
1287121
1386131
1486131
1586131
1686131
1786131
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2086131
2187121
2287121
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2687121
2786122
2886122
2986122
3086122
3186122

Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 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
110calm
210calm
310calm
410calm
510calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
209calm
219calm
229calm
239calm
249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 12 min at the start of August to 13 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 72 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:15 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 8:25 PM to 7:43 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.26:158:25
214.16:168:24
314.16:178:23
414.16:188:21
514.06:198:20
614.06:208:19
714.06:218:18
813.96:228:17
913.96:238:15
1013.86:248:14
1113.86:258:13
1213.86:268:12
1313.76:278:10
1413.76:288:09
1513.76:298:08
1613.66:308:06
1713.66:318:05
1813.56:328:03
1913.56:338:02
2013.46:348:00
2113.46:347:59
2213.46:357:57
2313.36:367:56
2413.36:377:54
2513.26:387:53
2613.26:397:51
2713.26:407:50
2813.16:417:48
2913.16:427:46
3013.06:437:45
3113.06:447:43

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.85 kWh/m² to a high of 7.84 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 6.92 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.5Intense
27.5Intense
37.4Intense
47.4Intense
57.4Intense
67.3Intense
77.3Intense
87.2Intense
97.2Intense
107.2Intense
117.1Intense
127.1Intense
137.0Intense
147.0Intense
157.0Intense
166.9Intense
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206.8Intense
216.7Intense
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236.6Intense
246.6Intense
256.5Intense
266.5Intense
276.5Intense
286.4Intense
296.3Intense
306.3Intense
316.3Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Arganda?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
7.9
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Arganda for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Arganda in August

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

In August, Arganda sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Arganda in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Arganda peaks around July 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 10Dec 19UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb2Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Arganda?

Arganda sits at 40.3°N, 3.4°W, 626 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Rivas-Vaciamadrid, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Arganda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Arganda has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 208 m around an average of 636 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 371 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,979 m.

The land around Arganda is covered by grassland (46%), artificial surfaces (23%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (39%) and cropland (35%) within 16 km, and cropland (46%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
208 m
16 km
371 m
80 km
1,979 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Rivas-Vaciamadrid 7.0 km · Mejorada del Campo 11 km · Casco Histórico de Vicálvaro 15 km · San Martín de la Vega 15 km · Villa de Vallecas 16 km · San Fernando de Henares 16 km · Casco Histórico de Vallecas 16 km · Coslada 17 km

Spain travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 65% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$38,627
2025
Happiness
6.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
99%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 540
Religion
Roman Catholic 58%atheist 16%agnostic 11%non-believer 11%

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 Arganda (40.3008°, -3.4372°, elevation 626 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).