Valdepeñas weather in August

In August, Valdepeñas sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 10 mm of rain across 2.5 wet days and about 13.5 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 32°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 hours at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Valdepeñas's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Valdepeñas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
19°
11th coldest
Rainfall
10 mm
2.5 wet days
Daylight
13 h 30 min
6:32 AM – 8:03 PM
Cloud cover
21%
2nd clearest
Wind
9 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
7.05 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Valdepeñas is capital town of the municipality of Valdepeñas, 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 32°C by the end.

A typical August day in Valdepeñas 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 29°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Valdepeñas

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 28 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
28
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.

Valdepeñas 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
Jan11° / 417.70.79.63.0
Feb13° / 407.10.510.54.0
Mar17° / 477.90.211.75.6
Apr19° / 558.90.1136.3
May24° / 12°478.3014.17.2
Jun29° / 16°193.7014.76.5
Jul34° / 19°51.6014.44.3
Aug33° / 19°102.5013.54.4
Sep28° / 15°315.2012.36.9
Oct21° / 11°507.70117.1
Nov15° / 4980.19.94.9
Dec12° / 527.70.39.33.3

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 11% 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 (%)
1946
2946
3946
4928
5928
6928
7928
8928
9928
10928
11919
12919
13919
14919
15919
16919
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318416

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Valdepeñas gets around 10 mm of rain over 2.5 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 8% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
15
25
35
46
56
67
77
87
98
108
118
128
139
149
158
168
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188
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208
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228
239
249
259
269
2710
2810
2910
3011
3111

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 (%)
19190
290100
390100
489101
588111
688111
787121
887121
987121
1087121
1187121
1286131
1386131
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Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
178calm
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278calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours 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 66 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:18 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 8:21 PM to 7:41 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.06:188:21
214.06:198:20
314.06:208:19
413.96:218:18
513.96:228:17
613.96:238:16
713.86:248:15
813.86:258:13
913.86:258:12
1013.76:268:11
1113.76:278:10
1213.76:288:09
1313.66:298:07
1413.66:308:06
1513.66:318:05
1613.56:328:03
1713.56:338:02
1813.46:348:01
1913.46:357:59
2013.46:367:58
2113.36:377:56
2213.36:377:55
2313.36:387:54
2413.26:397:52
2513.26:407:51
2613.16:417:49
2713.16:427:48
2813.16:437:46
2913.06:447:44
3013.06:457:43
3112.96:467:41

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.06 kWh/m² to a high of 7.91 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 7.05 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.6Intense
27.6Intense
37.5Intense
47.5Intense
57.5Intense
67.4Intense
77.4Intense
87.4Intense
97.3Intense
107.3Intense
117.2Intense
127.2Intense
137.2Intense
147.1Intense
157.1Intense
167.0Intense
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196.9Intense
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266.6Intense
276.6Intense
286.5Intense
296.5Intense
306.4Intense
316.4Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Valdepeñas?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Valdepeñas in August

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

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

light clothessun protection

UV index in Valdepeñas 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 Valdepeñas peaks around July 17 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 highHighModerateJul 17UV 10Dec 18UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7Very high
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Valdepeñas?

Valdepeñas sits at 38.8°N, 3.4°W, 714 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is La Solana, 24 km away.

Topography around Valdepeñas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Valdepeñas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 122 m around an average of 710 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 344 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,474 m.

The land around Valdepeñas is covered by cropland (52%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, cropland (65%) within 16 km, and cropland (43%), trees (29%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
122 m
16 km
344 m
80 km
1,474 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: La Solana 24 km · Manzanares 26 km · Daimiel 40 km · Miguelturra 49 km · Ciudad Real 53 km · Tomelloso 54 km · La Carolina 58 km · Puertollano 63 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 Valdepeñas (38.7621°, -3.3848°, elevation 714 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).