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La Paz in August

Hot and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in La Paz is hot: highs near 90°F, lows near 76°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 34 minutes from the first week to the last.August in La Paz is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 34 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
90°F32°Caverage
Low
76°F24°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 41% of days
Daylight
12h 55mon average

Is August a good time to visit La Paz?

August sits outside La Paz's best months, which run from December to March. Expect hot days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 90°F in August, against 79°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in August, against 26°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

41% of days in August, against 0% to 48% through the year.

Cloud cover

67% cover in August, against 26% to 67% through the year.

Daylight

12h 55m in August, against 10h 43m to 13h 33m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July89°32°low 73°low 23°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. August90°32°low 76°low 24°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September89°32°low 76°low 24°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where La Paz sits, in August

America/Mazatlan
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:57 AMsets 6:55 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
23.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Los Cabos67 km south-east

The land around La Paz, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Mexico in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in La Paz

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 12 km north-west of La Paz. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.