Salamanca weather in August

In August, Salamanca sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 13 mm of rain across 3.1 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 29°C in the first days to 27°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% 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 Salamanca's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Salamanca's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
14°
11th coldest
Rainfall
13 mm
3.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 36 min
6:37 AM – 8:16 PM
Cloud cover
28%
2nd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.3
out of 10

Salamanca is Spanish city, capital of the homonymous municipality in Castilla y León, 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 29°C in the first days to 27°C by the end.

A typical August day in Salamanca reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 5°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Salamanca

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Salamanca 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
Jan / 448.119.41.6
Feb11° / 357.11.210.42.6
Mar14° / 418.40.411.74.2
Apr16° / 5110.50.213.14.9
May20° / 479.7014.36.4
Jun25° / 12°235.4014.97.8
Jul29° / 15°122.9014.67.2
Aug28° / 14°133.1013.67.3
Sep24° / 12°275012.37.9
Oct18° / 629010.95.9
Nov12° / 529.20.19.73.2
Dec / 487.40.59.11.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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28713
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58713
68614
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Salamanca gets around 13 mm of rain over 3.1 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 10% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
19
29
39
49
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69
79
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109
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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 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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29010
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5919
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14919
15928
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22928
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24928
25928
26937
27937
28937
29937
30937
31937

Wind in August

Winds average 10 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
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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 6:22 AM to 6:53 AM, and sunset from 8:35 PM to 7:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.26:228:35
214.26:238:34
314.16:248:33
414.16:258:32
514.16:268:31
614.06:278:29
714.06:288:28
814.06:298:27
913.96:308:26
1013.96:318:24
1113.86:328:23
1213.86:338:22
1313.86:348:20
1413.76:358:19
1513.76:368:18
1613.66:378:16
1713.66:388:15
1813.66:398:13
1913.56:408:12
2013.56:418:10
2113.46:428:09
2213.46:438:07
2313.46:448:06
2413.36:458:04
2513.36:468:03
2613.26:478:01
2713.26:497:59
2813.16:507:58
2913.16:517:56
3013.06:527:54
3113.06:537:53

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.69 kWh/m² to a high of 7.67 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 6.8 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.4Intense
27.3Intense
37.3Intense
47.3Intense
57.2Intense
67.2Intense
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87.1Intense
97.1Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Salamanca?

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

7.3
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
8.5
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Salamanca for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Salamanca in August

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

In August, Salamanca sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 14°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Salamanca 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 Salamanca peaks around July 16 at about 10 (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 16UV 10Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar6High
Apr6High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct5Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Salamanca?

Salamanca sits at 41.0°N, 5.7°W, 815 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Zamora, 60 km away.

Valladolid

Topography around Salamanca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Salamanca has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m around an average of 807 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 236 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,090 m.

The land around Salamanca is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (65%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (45%) and cropland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
106 m
16 km
236 m
80 km
2,090 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Zamora 60 km · Béjar 65 km · Medina del Campo 73 km · Arevalo 80 km · Ávila 88 km · Arenas de San Pedro 97 km · Laguna de Duero 104 km · Valladolid 110 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 Salamanca (40.9688°, -5.6639°, elevation 815 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).