Plasencia weather in August

In August, Plasencia sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 8 mm of rain across 1.5 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 33°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 79% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 06 min at the start of August to 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Plasencia's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Plasencia's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
19°
11th coldest
Rainfall
8 mm
1.5 wet days
Daylight
13 h 36 min
6:41 AM – 8:16 PM
Cloud cover
21%
2nd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.9 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.9
out of 10

Plasencia is innhabited place in Plasencia, 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 33°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical August day in Plasencia reaches about 32°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 5°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Plasencia

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 22 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
22
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.

Plasencia 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 daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 969.39.53.1
Feb14° / 697.110.44.2
Mar17° / 757.911.75.8
Apr19° / 688.8136.4
May23° / 12°517.114.27.4
Jun29° / 16°132.414.86.9
Jul33° / 19°40.914.64.7
Aug32° / 19°81.513.64.9
Sep28° / 16°444.412.37.2
Oct21° / 12°1229.110.96.8
Nov15° / 1059.69.84.7
Dec12° / 1159.49.23.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 79% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% 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
2937
3928
4928
5919
6919
7919
8919
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Plasencia gets around 8 mm of rain over 1.5 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 5% and peaks near 7% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 78% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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48calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 06 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 66 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:26 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 8:35 PM to 7:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.16:268:35
214.16:278:34
314.16:288:33
414.06:298:31
514.06:308:30
614.06:318:29
713.96:328:28
813.96:338:27
913.96:348:26
1013.86:358:24
1113.86:368:23
1213.86:378:22
1313.76:388:20
1413.76:398:19
1513.66:408:18
1613.66:418:16
1713.66:428:15
1813.56:438:13
1913.56:448:12
2013.46:458:11
2113.46:468:09
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2313.36:478:06
2413.36:488:05
2513.26:498:03
2613.26:508:01
2713.16:518:00
2813.16:527:58
2913.16:537:57
3013.06:547:55
3113.06:557:53

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.86 kWh/m² to a high of 7.82 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 6.9 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
57.3Intense
67.3Intense
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286.4Intense
296.3Intense
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316.2Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Plasencia

In seasonPeak

None of Plasencia's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Plasencia's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Plasencia?

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

4.9
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
8.2
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Plasencia in August

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

In August, Plasencia sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Plasencia 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 Plasencia peaks around July 17 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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 17UV 9Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct5Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Plasencia?

Plasencia sits at 40.0°N, 6.1°W, 368 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Béjar, 48 km away.

Talavera de la ReinaSequeiraGuarda

Topography around Plasencia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Plasencia has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 364 m around an average of 398 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,112 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,402 m.

The land around Plasencia is covered by grassland (45%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, grassland (63%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (59%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
364 m
16 km
1,112 m
80 km
2,402 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Béjar 48 km · Navalmoral de la Mata 49 km · Cáceres 66 km · Arenas de San Pedro 87 km · Talavera de la Reina 107 km · Salamanca 110 km · Sequeira 113 km · Guarda 115 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 Plasencia (40.0312°, -6.0884°, elevation 368 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).