Climate averages 1991–2020
Albuquerque weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Albuquerque: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rio Rancho (17 km away). In August its highs average 30.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Albuquerque, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Albuquerque ranks joint 154th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 134th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Albuquerque is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 22 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
Albuquerque climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.2°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 15 | 3.8 | 10.110 h |
| February | 11.6°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 13 | 3.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 15 | 3.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.3°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 12 | 2.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.6°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 12 | 2.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 32.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 7.9 | 1.8 | 14.514 h |
| July | 32.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 22 | 5.3 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 31.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 18 | 4.4 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 22 | 3.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.2°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 22 | 3.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.9°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 15 | 3.1 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.0°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 18 | 3.7 | 9.810 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
- Rio Rancho in AugustUnited States · 17 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Enchanted Hills in AugustUnited States · 29 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Santa Fe, United States in AugustUnited States · 93 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 14.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Las Cruces in AugustUnited States · 308 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 26 mm rain
- El Paso in AugustUnited States · 370 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in AugustMexico · 375 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Pueblo in AugustUnited States · 397 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Amarillo in AugustUnited States · 438 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.4°C · 59 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 Albuquerque) is explained once on the Albuquerque year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.