Climate averages 1991–2020
La Paz, Mexico weather
in August.
A very hot, fairly dry month: one of the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in La Paz, Mexico: daytime highs average 34.4°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 58 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San José del Cabo (136 km away). In August its highs average 32.8°C, 1.5°C cooler than La Paz, Mexico, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, La Paz, Mexico ranks joint 12th of 153 for the warmest August highs and 8th of 153 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 153 cities is 27.9°C; La Paz, Mexico is 6.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 61 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 Paz, Mexico climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 8.1 | 1.4 | 10.811 h |
| February | 24.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 6.9 | 1.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 26.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 31.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| June | 33.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 13.614 h |
| July | 34.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 11 | 2.5 | 13.513 h |
| August, selected | 34.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 27 | 6.2 | 13.013 h |
| September | 32.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 61 | 6.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 13 | 2.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.8°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 11 | 1.1 | 11.011 h |
| December | 23.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 9.6 | 1.1 | 10.711 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
- San José del Cabo in AugustMexico · 136 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 26.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Cabo San Lucas in AugustMexico · 145 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 26.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Los Mochis in AugustMexico · 226 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 26.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Guasave in AugustMexico · 244 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 25.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Guamúchil in AugustMexico · 269 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 166 mm rain
- Culiacán in AugustMexico · 304 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 178 mm rain
- Navojoa in AugustMexico · 337 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 26.2°C · 104 mm rain
- Ciudad Obregón in AugustMexico · 374 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 26.5°C · 84 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 Paz) is explained once on the La Paz, Mexico year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.