Climate averages 1991–2020
General Roca weather
in August.
A mild, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in General Roca: daytime highs average 15.3°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 37 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cipolletti (37 km away). In August its highs average 15.1°C, about as warm as General Roca, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, General Roca ranks joint 52nd of 67 for the warmest August highs and joint 8th of 67 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 67 cities is 17.2°C; General Roca is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 18.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 21 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
General Roca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.8°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 18 | 3.1 | 14.615 h |
| February | 30.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 22 | 3.0 | 13.614 h |
| March | 26.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 25 | 3.5 | 12.412 h |
| April | 21.2°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 29 | 3.5 | 11.111 h |
| May | 16.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 27 | 4.9 | 10.010 h |
| June | 12.9°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 20 | 4.4 | 9.59 h |
| July | 12.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 18 | 3.6 | 9.710 h |
| August, selected | 15.3°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 14 | 2.9 | 10.611 h |
| September | 18.7°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 21 | 3.5 | 11.812 h |
| October | 22.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 36 | 4.3 | 13.113 h |
| November | 26.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 22 | 3.2 | 14.214 h |
| December | 30.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 16 | 2.6 | 14.815 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Cipolletti in AugustArgentina · 37 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 4.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Neuquén in AugustArgentina · 42 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.0°C · 12 mm rain
- San Carlos de Bariloche in AugustArgentina · 394 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -0.1°C · 131 mm rain
- Santa Rosa, Argentina in AugustArgentina · 395 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Villa Mercedes, Chile in AugustChile · 425 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 3.4°C · 241 mm rain
- Padre Las Casas in AugustChile · 435 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 3.7°C · 196 mm rain
- Temuco in AugustChile · 435 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 196 mm rain
- Los Ángeles in AugustChile · 451 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 4.0°C · 169 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for General Roca) is explained once on the General Roca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.