Climate averages 1991–2020
Alfenas weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Alfenas: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 23 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Varginha (55 km away). In August its highs average 24.6°C, about as warm as Alfenas, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Alfenas ranks joint 306th of 448 for the warmest August highs and joint 140th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Alfenas is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 64 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
Alfenas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 245 | 22.0 | 13.313 h |
| February | 26.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 151 | 16.6 | 12.813 h |
| March | 26.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 141 | 16.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 52 | 7.8 | 11.612 h |
| May | 22.8°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 39 | 4.7 | 11.111 h |
| June | 22.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 16 | 2.9 | 10.811 h |
| July | 22.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 15 | 2.3 | 11.011 h |
| August, selected | 24.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 18 | 3.3 | 11.411 h |
| September | 26.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 64 | 7.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 95 | 12.5 | 12.613 h |
| November | 25.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 172 | 17.7 | 13.113 h |
| December | 26.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 204 | 21.1 | 13.413 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
- Varginha in AugustBrazil · 55 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Poços de Caldas in AugustBrazil · 75 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Três Corações in AugustBrazil · 78 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 12.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Pouso Alegre in AugustBrazil · 89 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Lavras in AugustBrazil · 100 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Passos in AugustBrazil · 105 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 13 mm rain
- São João da Boa Vista in AugustBrazil · 106 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Itajubá in AugustBrazil · 122 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.9°C · 33 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 Alfenas) is explained once on the Alfenas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.