Climate averages 1991–2020
Aracaju weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Aracaju: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is São Cristóvão (19 km away). In August its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Aracaju, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Aracaju ranks joint 251st of 448 for the warmest August highs and joint 414th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Aracaju is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 mm to 67 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
Aracaju climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 52 | 14.1 | 12.713 h |
| February | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 64 | 16.3 | 12.512 h |
| March | 29.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 77 | 17.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 131 | 20.3 | 11.912 h |
| May | 27.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 185 | 23.5 | 11.612 h |
| June | 26.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 167 | 24.1 | 11.511 h |
| July | 25.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 138 | 24.1 | 11.512 h |
| August, selected | 25.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 103 | 22.4 | 11.812 h |
| September | 26.2°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 67 | 17.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 60 | 14.1 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 41 | 11.1 | 12.613 h |
| December | 29.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 30 | 9.2 | 12.713 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
- São Cristóvão in AugustBrazil · 19 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Itabaiana in AugustBrazil · 46 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Lagarto in AugustBrazil · 63 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Arapiraca in AugustBrazil · 136 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Alagoinhas in AugustBrazil · 200 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Maceió in AugustBrazil · 201 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 106 mm rain
- Rio Largo in AugustBrazil · 208 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Paulo Afonso in AugustBrazil · 209 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 18 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 Aracaju) is explained once on the Aracaju year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.