Villanueva de la Serena weather in August

In August, Villanueva de la Serena sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 6 mm of rain across 1.2 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 81% 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 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Villanueva de la Serena's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Villanueva de la Serena's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
20°
11th coldest
Rainfall
6 mm
1.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 30 min
6:41 AM – 8:13 PM
Cloud cover
19%
2nd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
7.04 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Villanueva de la Serena is capital of Villanueva de la Serena 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 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical August day in Villanueva de la Serena reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°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 38°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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23420
33420
43420
53420
63420
73420
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313219

How August really feels in Villanueva de la Serena

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 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
31
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.

Villanueva de la Serena 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
Jan13° / 487.59.63.7
Feb15° / 426.510.54.8
Mar18° / 44711.76.4
Apr21° / 10°457.6136.8
May25° / 13°336.514.17.5
Jun30° / 17°122.314.76.1
Jul34° / 20°40.914.54.2
Aug34° / 20°61.213.54.3
Sep29° / 17°264.412.36.5
Oct23° / 13°647.5117.2
Nov17° / 627.69.95.7
Dec13° / 577.49.34.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% 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 9%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1946
2937
3937
4937
5937
6937
7937
8937
9928
10928
11928
12928
13919
14919
15919
16919
179010
189010
199010
209010
219010
22919
239010
249010
259010
268911
279010
289010
299010
308911
318812

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Villanueva de la Serena gets around 6 mm of rain over 1.2 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 4% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
13
23
33
43
53
63
73
83
93
103
113
123
133
143
153
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174
184
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204
214
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286
296
306
316

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 64% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
166304
265314
365314
465314
565314
665314
764324
864324
963334
1063334
1162344
1262344
1361354
1461354
1561354
1662344
1762344
1862344
1962344
2063334
2163334
2263334
2364324
2465314
2565314
2666304
2767294
2867294
2968284
3068284
3168284

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 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
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
198calm
208calm
218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 06 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 72 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:27 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 8:31 PM to 7:51 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.16:278:31
214.06:288:30
314.06:298:29
414.06:308:28
513.96:318:27
613.96:328:26
713.96:338:25
813.86:348:23
913.86:358:22
1013.86:368:21
1113.76:378:20
1213.76:378:19
1313.66:388:17
1413.66:398:16
1513.66:408:15
1613.56:418:13
1713.56:428:12
1813.56:438:11
1913.46:448:09
2013.46:458:08
2113.36:468:06
2213.36:478:05
2313.36:488:03
2413.26:498:02
2513.26:508:00
2613.16:517:59
2713.16:517:57
2813.16:527:56
2913.06:537:54
3013.06:547:53
3112.96:557:51

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.96 kWh/m² to a high of 7.91 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 7.04 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.6Intense
27.5Intense
37.5Intense
47.5Intense
57.4Intense
67.4Intense
77.4Intense
87.3Intense
97.3Intense
107.3Intense
117.2Intense
127.2Intense
137.2Intense
147.1Intense
157.1Intense
167.0Intense
177.0Intense
187.0Intense
196.9Intense
206.9Intense
216.8Intense
226.8Intense
236.8Intense
246.7Intense
256.7Intense
266.6Intense
276.6Intense
286.5Intense
296.5Intense
306.4Intense
316.4Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Villanueva de la Serena?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
7.9
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Villanueva de la Serena in August

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

In August, Villanueva de la Serena sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Villanueva de la Serena 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 Villanueva de la Serena peaks around July 16 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 16UV 10Dec 18UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb2Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7Very high
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct5Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Villanueva de la Serena?

Villanueva de la Serena sits at 39.0°N, 5.8°W, 290 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Don Benito, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Villanueva de la Serena

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Villanueva de la Serena.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Villanueva de la Serena has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 280 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 420 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,391 m.

The land around Villanueva de la Serena is covered by cropland (56%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, cropland (60%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (49%), cropland (28%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
62 m
16 km
420 m
80 km
1,391 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Don Benito 6.0 km · Mérida 48 km · Almendralejo 62 km · Montijo 71 km · Cáceres 74 km · Zafra 82 km · Badajoz 102 km · Navalmoral de la Mata 104 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 Villanueva de la Serena (38.9766°, -5.7974°, elevation 290 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).