Climate averages 1991–2020
La Plata weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in La Plata: daytime highs average 15.3°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 49 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berisso (9 km away). In August its highs average 15.3°C, about as warm as La Plata, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, La Plata ranks joint 52nd of 67 for the warmest August highs and joint 56th of 67 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 67 cities is 17.2°C; La Plata is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 17.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 72 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
La Plata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 92 | 8.0 | 14.214 h |
| February | 26.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 87 | 8.8 | 13.413 h |
| March | 24.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 84 | 7.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 86 | 7.6 | 11.211 h |
| May | 17.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 60 | 6.1 | 10.310 h |
| June | 14.1°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 62 | 5.9 | 9.810 h |
| July | 13.1°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 64 | 6.3 | 10.010 h |
| August, selected | 15.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 68 | 6.1 | 10.811 h |
| September | 17.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 72 | 6.9 | 11.812 h |
| October | 19.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 102 | 9.5 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 93 | 8.5 | 13.914 h |
| December | 26.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 82 | 8.5 | 14.414 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
- Berisso in AugustArgentina · 9 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 8.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Berazategui in AugustArgentina · 29 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Quilmes in AugustArgentina · 35 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 8.3°C · 66 mm rain
- San Vicente in AugustArgentina · 44 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Lomas de Zamora in AugustArgentina · 45 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 8.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Avellaneda in AugustArgentina · 48 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 8.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Buenos Aires in AugustArgentina · 52 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Ezeiza in AugustArgentina · 53 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.4°C · 62 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 La Plata) is explained once on the La Plata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.