Cafayate climate

Cafayate Weather in August

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Cafayate, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 13°C on August 1 to 15°C on August 31, and lows from -3°C to -2°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 6 mm over about 0 wet days.

August day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Cafayate, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
14°C
Average low
-3°C
Precipitation
6 mm
Reanalysis high
22°CAug 31, 1995
Reanalysis low
-11°CAug 3, 2011
Daylight
10 h 55 min to 11 h 34 min
Cloud cover
33%
Humidity
38%
Dew point
-10°C
Wind
15.5 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Aug 113°C-3°C18°C 2001-11°C 20112%
Aug 213°C-3°C18°C 2005-7°C 20192%
Aug 313°C-3°C21°C 2005-11°C 20113%
Aug 413°C-3°C19°C 2009-7°C 19953%
Aug 513°C-3°C19°C 2014-6°C 19953%
Aug 613°C-3°C20°C 2019-6°C 20073%
Aug 713°C-3°C18°C 2010-6°C 19923%
Aug 814°C-3°C17°C 2020-7°C 19923%
Aug 914°C-3°C18°C 2020-7°C 19943%
Aug 1014°C-3°C18°C 2011-9°C 20153%
Aug 1114°C-3°C20°C 2011-6°C 19982%
Aug 1214°C-3°C20°C 2011-7°C 20173%
Aug 1314°C-3°C18°C 2005-8°C 20173%
Aug 1414°C-3°C19°C 2009-7°C 19993%
Aug 1514°C-3°C19°C 1991-5°C 20203%
Aug 1614°C-3°C20°C 2019-8°C 20153%
Aug 1714°C-3°C20°C 1991-8°C 20153%
Aug 1814°C-3°C20°C 2003-6°C 20123%
Aug 1914°C-3°C19°C 2003-7°C 20203%
Aug 2014°C-3°C20°C 2003-7°C 20203%
Aug 2114°C-3°C20°C 1994-6°C 20113%
Aug 2214°C-3°C20°C 2017-6°C 20113%
Aug 2314°C-3°C21°C 1995-5°C 20113%
Aug 2415°C-3°C21°C 1995-7°C 20034%
Aug 2515°C-3°C21°C 1995-7°C 19984%
Aug 2615°C-2°C21°C 1995-7°C 19984%
Aug 2715°C-2°C20°C 1995-7°C 20035%
Aug 2815°C-2°C20°C 2019-7°C 20005%
Aug 2915°C-2°C20°C 1995-7°C 20165%
Aug 3015°C-2°C20°C 2015-7°C 20165%
Aug 3115°C-2°C22°C 1995-10°C 20055%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Cafayate, in percent.02461102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-3).

August 1
sunrise 8:03 AM, sunset 6:58 PM
August 31
sunrise 7:37 AM, sunset 7:11 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.