Climate averages 1991–2020
Barbacena weather
in August.
A mild, 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 mild month in Barbacena: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 5 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 São João del Rei (52 km away). In August its highs average 23.9°C, 2.5°C warmer than Barbacena, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Barbacena ranks joint 386th of 448 for the warmest August highs and joint 171st of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Barbacena is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 77 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
Barbacena climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 291 | 21.6 | 13.313 h |
| February | 25.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 188 | 16.8 | 12.813 h |
| March | 24.0°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 202 | 20.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.7°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 82 | 12.1 | 11.612 h |
| May | 20.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 44 | 7.3 | 11.111 h |
| June | 20.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 20 | 3.6 | 10.911 h |
| July | 20.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 16 | 3.6 | 11.011 h |
| August, selected | 21.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 26 | 4.7 | 11.411 h |
| September | 22.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 77 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 23.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 133 | 15.2 | 12.613 h |
| November | 22.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 249 | 21.3 | 13.113 h |
| December | 24.0°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 306 | 24.2 | 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
- São João del Rei in AugustBrazil · 52 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Conselheiro Lafaiete in AugustBrazil · 63 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Juiz de Fora in AugustBrazil · 74 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Ubá in AugustBrazil · 87 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Ouro Preto in AugustBrazil · 97 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Viçosa in AugustBrazil · 106 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Valença (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil in AugustBrazil · 114 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Três Rios in AugustBrazil · 115 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 21 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 Barbacena) is explained once on the Barbacena year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.