Climate averages 1991–2020
Acapulco de Juárez weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Acapulco de Juárez: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 266 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iguala de la Independencia (171 km away). In August its highs average 31.4°C, 1.4°C warmer than Acapulco de Juárez, with 210 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Acapulco de Juárez ranks 61st of 153 for the warmest August highs and 140th of 153 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 153 cities is 27.9°C; Acapulco de Juárez is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 266 mm to 318 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
Acapulco de Juárez climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 7.7 | 0.9 | 11.211 h |
| February | 30.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 2.9 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| March | 31.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 3.5 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.513 h |
| May | 32.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 23 | 3.8 | 12.913 h |
| June | 30.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 220 | 16.2 | 13.113 h |
| July | 30.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 181 | 16.3 | 13.013 h |
| August, selected | 30.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 266 | 18.9 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 318 | 22.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 196 | 17.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 32 | 4.5 | 11.411 h |
| December | 30.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 6.4 | 0.8 | 11.111 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
- Iguala de la Independencia in AugustMexico · 171 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 210 mm rain
- Temixco in AugustMexico · 234 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.0°C · 126 mm rain
- Cuautla in AugustMexico · 241 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 224 mm rain
- Cuernavaca in AugustMexico · 242 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 242 mm rain
- Toluca in AugustMexico · 272 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.6°C · 242 mm rain
- Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas in AugustMexico · 273 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 254 mm rain
- Atlixco in AugustMexico · 277 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 179 mm rain
- Xochimilco in AugustMexico · 281 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.8°C · 337 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 Acapulco de Juárez) is explained once on the Acapulco de Juárez year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.