Climate averages 1991–2020

Fresnillo weather
in August.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 24.4°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 12.8°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 79 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Fresnillo · average highYear overview

August is a warm month in Fresnillo: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Zacatecas (54 km away). In August its highs average 22.4°C, 2.0°C cooler than Fresnillo, with 99 mm of rain.

Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Fresnillo ranks joint 116th of 153 for the warmest August highs and joint 36th of 153 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 153 cities is 27.9°C; Fresnillo is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 79 mm to 98 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Fresnillo climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Fresnillo, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 18.8°C4.1°C4.1°C152.610.911 h
February 21.0°C5.4°C5.4°C111.611.411 h
March 23.5°C7.0°C7.0°C7.61.512.012 h
April 26.2°C9.6°C9.6°C8.52.212.713 h
May 27.8°C12.2°C12.2°C204.713.213 h
June 26.7°C13.7°C13.7°C689.713.514 h
July 24.6°C13.0°C13.0°C9411.813.413 h
August, selected 24.4°C12.8°C12.8°C7910.912.913 h
September 22.6°C12.1°C12.1°C9813.012.312 h
October 22.6°C9.8°C9.8°C315.311.612 h
November 21.0°C6.8°C6.8°C132.311.011 h
December 19.4°C5.0°C5.0°C7.51.410.711 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

Distance from Fresnillo

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Fresnillo) is explained once on the Fresnillo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.