Climate averages 1991–2020
Cárdenas, Mexico weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Cárdenas, Mexico: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 227 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Villahermosa (46 km away). In August its highs average 32.6°C, 1.0°C warmer than Cárdenas, Mexico, with 210 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Cárdenas, Mexico ranks 44th of 153 for the warmest August highs and 130th of 153 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 153 cities is 27.9°C; Cárdenas, Mexico is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 227 mm to 289 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
Cárdenas, Mexico climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 81 | 11.1 | 11.211 h |
| February | 28.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 50 | 7.7 | 11.512 h |
| March | 30.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 31 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 39 | 6.4 | 12.513 h |
| May | 34.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 84 | 11.4 | 13.013 h |
| June | 32.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 208 | 21.1 | 13.213 h |
| July | 32.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 164 | 19.5 | 13.113 h |
| August, selected | 31.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 227 | 24.0 | 12.713 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 289 | 26.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 243 | 21.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 27.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 134 | 15.2 | 11.311 h |
| December | 26.7°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 82 | 11.8 | 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
- Villahermosa in AugustMexico · 46 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 210 mm rain
- Paraiso in AugustMexico · 48 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 158 mm rain
- Coatzacoalcos in AugustMexico · 114 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 295 mm rain
- Minatitlán in AugustMexico · 125 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 331 mm rain
- Tuxtla in AugustMexico · 141 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 326 mm rain
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in AugustMexico · 162 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 363 mm rain
- Ciudad del Carmen in AugustMexico · 178 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.9°C · 151 mm rain
- Comitán in AugustMexico · 236 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 222 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 Cárdenas) is explained once on the Cárdenas, Mexico year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.