Climate averages 1991–2020
Arapiraca weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Arapiraca: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rio Largo (94 km away). In August its highs average 25.7°C, about as warm as Arapiraca, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Arapiraca ranks joint 232nd of 448 for the warmest August highs and joint 276th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Arapiraca is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 29 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
Arapiraca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 34 | 8.6 | 12.613 h |
| February | 31.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 38 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| March | 31.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 49 | 11.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 30.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 63 | 14.1 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 74 | 16.8 | 11.712 h |
| June | 26.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 67 | 19.2 | 11.612 h |
| July | 25.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 63 | 19.3 | 11.612 h |
| August, selected | 25.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 42 | 16.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 29 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 21 | 6.4 | 12.312 h |
| November | 31.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 28 | 4.3 | 12.613 h |
| December | 32.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 17 | 4.7 | 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
- Rio Largo in AugustBrazil · 94 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Garanhuns in AugustBrazil · 98 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Maceió in AugustBrazil · 102 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 106 mm rain
- Itabaiana in AugustBrazil · 133 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Aracaju in AugustBrazil · 136 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 103 mm rain
- São Cristóvão in AugustBrazil · 152 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Arcoverde in AugustBrazil · 154 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in AugustBrazil · 160 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 16 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 Arapiraca) is explained once on the Arapiraca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.