Climate averages 1991–2020
San Carlos de Bariloche weather
in August.
A cold, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a cold month in San Carlos de Bariloche: daytime highs average 4.9°C and nights cool to about -0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 131 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 30 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Puerto Montt (141 km away). In August its highs average 10.4°C, 5.6°C warmer than San Carlos de Bariloche, with 277 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, San Carlos de Bariloche ranks 67th of 67 for the warmest August highs and 67th of 67 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 67 cities is 17.2°C; San Carlos de Bariloche is 12.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 7.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 131 mm to 68 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
San Carlos de Bariloche climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.9°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 31 | 5.2 | 14.815 h |
| February | 19.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 33 | 5.0 | 13.714 h |
| March | 17.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 41 | 7.0 | 12.412 h |
| April | 12.0°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 74 | 8.7 | 11.011 h |
| May | 7.9°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 119 | 12.9 | 9.910 h |
| June | 4.5°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 172 | 16.0 | 9.39 h |
| July | 3.8°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 140 | 14.5 | 9.510 h |
| August, selected | 4.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 131 | 14.5 | 10.510 h |
| September | 7.2°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 68 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| October | 10.4°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 70 | 10.2 | 13.213 h |
| November | 13.9°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 52 | 8.3 | 14.414 h |
| December | 17.2°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 47 | 6.8 | 15.115 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
- Puerto Montt in AugustChile · 141 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 4.9°C · 277 mm rain
- Osorno in AugustChile · 166 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 213 mm rain
- Valdivia in AugustChile · 221 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 5.4°C · 276 mm rain
- Padre Las Casas in AugustChile · 287 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 3.7°C · 196 mm rain
- Temuco in AugustChile · 290 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 196 mm rain
- Neuquén in AugustArgentina · 369 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Cipolletti in AugustArgentina · 374 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 4.2°C · 12 mm rain
- General Roca in AugustArgentina · 394 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 14 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 San Carlos de Bariloche) is explained once on the San Carlos de Bariloche year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.