Climate averages 1991–2020
Asunción weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th 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 Asunción: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Lorenzo (15 km away). In August its highs average 24.4°C, about as warm as Asunción, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Paraguay, Asunción ranks joint 4th of 7 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 7 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 7 cities is 24.2°C; Asunción is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 107 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
Asunción climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 121 | 12.5 | 13.514 h |
| February | 31.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 142 | 12.7 | 13.013 h |
| March | 30.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 119 | 10.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 27.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 155 | 9.8 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 136 | 8.9 | 10.911 h |
| June | 21.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 101 | 8.7 | 10.611 h |
| July | 21.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 74 | 7.9 | 10.711 h |
| August, selected | 24.3°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 64 | 6.5 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.4°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 107 | 8.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 185 | 12.1 | 12.713 h |
| November | 29.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 189 | 11.6 | 13.313 h |
| December | 31.2°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 160 | 12.8 | 13.714 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 Lorenzo in AugustParaguay · 15 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Nemby in AugustParaguay · 16 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 68 mm rain
- Limpio in AugustParaguay · 21 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 67 mm rain
- Capiatá in AugustParaguay · 22 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Formosa, Argentina in AugustArgentina · 113 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Corrientes in AugustArgentina · 270 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Ituzaingó in AugustArgentina · 273 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Resistencia in AugustArgentina · 276 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 65 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 Asunción) is explained once on the Asunción year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.