Climate averages 1991–2020
Tijuana weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Tijuana: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 1.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rosarito (16 km away). In August its highs average 24.9°C, about as warm as Tijuana, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Tijuana ranks joint 108th of 153 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 153 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 153 cities is 27.9°C; Tijuana is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.2 mm to 4.0 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
Tijuana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.9°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 63 | 6.1 | 10.310 h |
| February | 16.5°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 79 | 7.0 | 11.011 h |
| March | 17.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 53 | 5.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.2°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 25 | 4.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 19.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 11 | 2.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 21.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 2.4 | 0.4 | 14.214 h |
| July | 23.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 24.8°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 13.313 h |
| September | 24.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 4.0 | 0.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 15 | 2.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 26 | 3.6 | 10.511 h |
| December | 16.8°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 51 | 5.8 | 10.110 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
- Rosarito in AugustMexico · 16 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Chula Vista in AugustUnited States · 17 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 1.8 mm rain
- San Diego in AugustUnited States · 28 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 0.4 mm rain
- El Cajon in AugustUnited States · 33 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Escondido in AugustUnited States · 69 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 2.6 mm rain
- San Marcos in AugustUnited States · 73 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Ensenada in AugustMexico · 80 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.8°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Vista in AugustUnited States · 81 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 1.0 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 Tijuana) is explained once on the Tijuana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.