Climate averages 1991–2020
Nogales weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd 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 Nogales: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tucson (102 km away). In August its highs average 36.0°C, 4.6°C warmer than Nogales, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Nogales ranks joint 45th of 153 for the warmest August highs and joint 47th of 153 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 153 cities is 27.9°C; Nogales is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 mm to 49 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
Nogales climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.3°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 35 | 3.9 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 37 | 4.5 | 11.111 h |
| March | 20.7°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 24 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.6°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 7.6 | 1.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 29.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 4.1 | 1.1 | 13.714 h |
| June | 34.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 9.5 | 2.4 | 14.114 h |
| July | 32.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 94 | 15.1 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 31.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 92 | 16.4 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 49 | 7.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.4°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 22 | 3.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.9°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 23 | 2.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | 15.8°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 37 | 4.6 | 10.210 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
- Tucson in AugustUnited States · 102 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Agua Prieta in AugustMexico · 133 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 46 mm rain
- San Tan Valley in AugustUnited States · 216 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 26.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Chandler in AugustUnited States · 238 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 26.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Hermosillo in AugustMexico · 247 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 26.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Mesa in AugustUnited States · 249 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 26.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Tempe in AugustUnited States · 251 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 27.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Phoenix in AugustUnited States · 261 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 27.5°C · 29 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 Nogales) is explained once on the Nogales year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.