Sanlúcar de Barrameda weather in August

In August, Sanlúcar de Barrameda sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.5 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 87% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Sanlúcar de Barrameda's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sanlúcar de Barrameda's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
1st warmest
Overnight low
21°
12th coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.5 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
6:47 AM – 8:12 PM
Cloud cover
14%
2nd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
7.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Sanlúcar de Barrameda is human settlement in Cadiz, 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 32°C by the end.

A typical August day in Sanlúcar de Barrameda reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 12°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 3°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Sanlúcar de Barrameda

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 24 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
24
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.

Sanlúcar de Barrameda weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan16° / 567.49.85.7
Feb18° / 535.710.66.4
Mar20° / 11°567.311.77.0
Apr22° / 13°496.712.97.4
May25° / 16°304.913.97.9
Jun29° / 19°71.314.57.0
Jul32° / 21°10.314.35.2
Aug33° / 21°30.513.45.1
Sep29° / 19°263.612.26.7
Oct25° / 16°747.7117.4
Nov20° / 12°687.1106.9
Dec17° / 797.59.56.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 87% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 7%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Sanlúcar de Barrameda gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.5 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 2% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 48% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 18% of them.

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

Winds average 11 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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

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Daylight runs from about 13 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:34 AM to 7:00 AM, and sunset from 8:28 PM to 7:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.96:348:28
213.96:358:28
313.86:368:27
413.86:378:26
513.86:388:25
613.76:398:24
713.76:398:22
813.76:408:21
913.76:418:20
1013.66:428:19
1113.66:438:18
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2713.06:567:57
2813.06:577:56
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3112.97:007:51

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.36 kWh/m² to a high of 7.92 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 7.09 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.6Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Sanlúcar de Barrameda?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
8.4
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Sanlúcar de Barrameda in August

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

In August, Sanlúcar de Barrameda sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Sanlúcar de Barrameda in August

The nearest coast averages about 23°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 17 km away) is warmest in August at about 23°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 8 to Oct 21 — about 4.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan16Cool
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Mar16Cool
Apr17Cool
May18Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul23Refreshing
Aug23Refreshing
Sep22Refreshing
Oct20Refreshing
Nov18Cool
Dec17Cool

UV index in Sanlúcar de Barrameda in August

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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 Sanlúcar de Barrameda peaks around July 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (moderate).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar7High
Apr8Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Sanlúcar de Barrameda?

Sanlúcar de Barrameda sits at 36.8°N, 6.4°W, 12 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Chipiona, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Sanlúcar de Barrameda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sanlúcar de Barrameda has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 20 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,103 m.

The land around Sanlúcar de Barrameda is covered by artificial surfaces (31%), grassland (26%) and water (21%) within 3 km, cropland (33%) and water (33%) within 16 km, and water (31%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
68 m
16 km
109 m
80 km
1,103 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Chipiona 9.0 km · Rota 17 km · Jerez de la Frontera 22 km · El Puerto de Santa María 23 km · Cadiz 29 km · Lebrija 29 km · Puerto Real 31 km · San Fernando 36 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 Sanlúcar de Barrameda (36.7781°, -6.3515°, elevation 12 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).