Climate averages 1991–2020
Orizaba weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Orizaba: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 142 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Córdoba, Mexico (19 km away). In August its highs average 25.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Orizaba, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Orizaba ranks joint 108th of 153 for the warmest August highs and 86th of 153 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 153 cities is 27.9°C; Orizaba is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 142 mm to 204 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
Orizaba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 111 | 15.8 | 11.111 h |
| February | 22.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 97 | 13.1 | 11.512 h |
| March | 23.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 151 | 16.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 192 | 18.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 25.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 211 | 21.0 | 13.013 h |
| June | 24.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 227 | 23.0 | 13.213 h |
| July | 24.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 145 | 18.1 | 13.113 h |
| August, selected | 24.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 142 | 19.9 | 12.813 h |
| September | 24.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 204 | 23.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 192 | 20.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 21.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 140 | 16.7 | 11.311 h |
| December | 20.7°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 93 | 14.6 | 11.011 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
- Córdoba, Mexico in AugustMexico · 19 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 130 mm rain
- Tehuacán in AugustMexico · 53 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Xalapa de Enríquez in AugustMexico · 78 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 15.2°C · 143 mm rain
- Amozoc de Mota in AugustMexico · 102 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 153 mm rain
- Veracruz in AugustMexico · 107 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 196 mm rain
- Teziutlan in AugustMexico · 111 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 258 mm rain
- Puebla in AugustMexico · 119 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 153 mm rain
- Cholula in AugustMexico · 129 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 153 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 Orizaba) is explained once on the Orizaba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.