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Mexico City in August

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Mexico City is warm: highs near 74°F, lows near 54°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, and the days shorten by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Mexico City is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 12°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, and the days shorten by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
74°F23°Caverage
Low
54°F12°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 86% of days
Daylight
12h 46mon average

Is August a good time to visit Mexico City?

A good month, just outside Mexico City's best months, which run from December to March.

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 74°F in August, against 71°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in August, against 22°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

86% of days in August, against 11% to 90% through the year.

Cloud cover

77% cover in August, against 37% to 82% through the year.

Daylight

12h 46m in August, against 10h 59m to 13h 17m 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. July74°23°low 54°low 12°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. August74°23°low 54°low 12°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. September72°22°low 54°low 12°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Mexico City sits, in August

America/Mexico City
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:17 AMsets 7:06 PM
Above the sea
2,220 mhigh country
Latitude
19.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Puebla107 km south-east

The land around Mexico City, 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 Mexico City

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Mexico City. 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.