Climate averages 1991–2020
Jaén weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Jaén: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 37 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Granada (67 km away). In August its highs average 33.1°C, about as warm as Jaén, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Jaén ranks 7th of 93 for the warmest August highs and joint 50th of 93 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 93 cities is 29.3°C; Jaén is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 42 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
Jaén climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.7°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 56 | 8.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 13.4°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 54 | 7.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.8°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 63 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.1°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 69 | 9.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 56 | 8.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 29.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 23 | 3.6 | 14.715 h |
| July | 33.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 5.3 | 1.6 | 14.515 h |
| August, selected | 33.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 13 | 3.0 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 42 | 5.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 65 | 8.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.5°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 69 | 8.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 12.6°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 71 | 8.3 | 9.610 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
- Granada in AugustSpain · 67 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Córdoba, Spain in AugustSpain · 87 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Vélez-Málaga in AugustSpain · 113 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Málaga in AugustSpain · 129 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Ciudad Real in AugustSpain · 136 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 8.1 mm rain
- El Ejido in AugustSpain · 140 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Mijas in AugustSpain · 151 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Roquetas de Mar in AugustSpain · 153 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 3.1 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 Jaén) is explained once on the Jaén year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.