Tarancón weather in August

In August, Tarancón sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 12 mm of rain across 2.7 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 76% 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 Tarancón's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tarancón's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
18°
11th coldest
Rainfall
12 mm
2.7 wet days
Daylight
13 h 36 min
6:28 AM – 8:04 PM
Cloud cover
24%
2nd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
6.94 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.9
out of 10

Tarancón is capital of Tarancón Municipality, 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 Tarancón reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°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 36°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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123319
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243218
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273117
283117
293117
303117
313017

How August really feels in Tarancón

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 20 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
20
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.

Tarancón 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° / 458.10.99.52.4
Feb12° / 407.2110.43.4
Mar16° / 488.10.411.75.1
Apr18° / 579.10.1136.0
May23° / 11°498.2014.27.1
Jun29° / 15°244.5014.86.7
Jul33° / 19°91.6014.54.7
Aug32° / 18°122.7013.64.9
Sep27° / 14°274.5012.37.5
Oct20° / 10°628.5010.96.7
Nov14° / 608.40.19.84.2
Dec11° / 558.30.89.22.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1937
2937
3928
4919
5919
6919
7919
8919
9919
10919
119010
128911
138911
148911
159010
169010
17919
18919
19919
209010
219010
229010
239010
248911
258812
268812
278812
288614
298614
308416
318416

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Tarancón gets around 12 mm of rain over 2.7 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 9% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
16
26
37
47
58
68
78
88
99
109
119
129
139
149
159
169
179
189
199
209
219
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259
269
279
289
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309
319

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 86% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19280
29190
39091
489101
589101
689101
788111
888111
988111
1087112
1186122
1286122
1386122
1485132
1585132
1685132
1785132
1886131
1986131
2085141
2185141
2285141
2385141
2485141
2584151
2684151
2784151
2884151
2984151
3084151
3185141

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

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
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
810calm
910calm
1010calm
1110calm
1210calm
1310calm
1410calm
1510calm
1610calm
1710calm
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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 6:14 AM to 6:43 AM, and sunset from 8:22 PM to 7:41 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.16:148:22
214.16:158:21
314.16:168:20
414.06:178:19
514.06:188:18
614.06:198:17
713.96:208:16
813.96:218:14
913.96:228:13
1013.86:228:12
1113.86:238:11
1213.76:248:09
1313.76:258:08
1413.76:268:07
1513.66:278:05
1613.66:288:04
1713.66:298:03
1813.56:308:01
1913.56:318:00
2013.46:327:58
2113.46:337:57
2213.46:347:55
2313.36:357:54
2413.36:367:52
2513.26:377:51
2613.26:387:49
2713.16:397:48
2813.16:407:46
2913.16:417:44
3013.06:427:43
3113.06:437:41

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.88 kWh/m² to a high of 7.86 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 6.94 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.5Intense
27.5Intense
37.5Intense
47.4Intense
57.4Intense
67.3Intense
77.3Intense
87.3Intense
97.2Intense
107.2Intense
117.1Intense
127.1Intense
137.0Intense
147.0Intense
157.0Intense
166.9Intense
176.9Intense
186.9Intense
196.8Intense
206.8Intense
216.7Intense
226.7Intense
236.7Intense
246.6Intense
256.6Intense
266.5Intense
276.5Intense
286.4Intense
296.4Intense
306.3Intense
316.3Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Tarancón?

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
8.1
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Tarancón in August

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

In August, Tarancón sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Tarancón 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 Tarancón peaks around July 15 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 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 highVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 10Dec 18UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct4Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Tarancón?

Tarancón sits at 40.0°N, 3.0°W, 817 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Arganda, 49 km away.

Topography around Tarancón

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tarancón has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m around an average of 786 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 428 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 921 m.

The land around Tarancón is covered by cropland (55%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, cropland (72%) within 16 km, and cropland (62%) within 80 km.

3 km
140 m
16 km
428 m
80 km
921 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Arganda 49 km · Aranjuez 51 km · San Martín de la Vega 53 km · Ciempozuelos 55 km · Rivas-Vaciamadrid 55 km · Mejorada del Campo 59 km · Seseña 60 km · Alcalá de Henares 61 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 Tarancón (40.0085°, -3.0073°, elevation 817 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).