Climate averages 1991–2020
Betim weather
in August.
A warm, very 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 Betim: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Contagem (16 km away). In August its highs average 24.6°C, 0.8°C cooler than Betim, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Betim ranks joint 243rd of 448 for the warmest August highs and joint 113th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Betim is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 56 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
Betim climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 233 | 18.3 | 13.213 h |
| February | 27.5°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 133 | 13.1 | 12.813 h |
| March | 26.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 156 | 16.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 62 | 9.3 | 11.712 h |
| May | 24.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 37 | 5.1 | 11.211 h |
| June | 23.5°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 11 | 1.9 | 10.911 h |
| July | 23.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 5.6 | 0.9 | 11.011 h |
| August, selected | 25.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 12 | 2.2 | 11.411 h |
| September | 27.1°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 56 | 6.9 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 95 | 11.9 | 12.513 h |
| November | 26.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 205 | 18.5 | 13.013 h |
| December | 26.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 272 | 22.0 | 13.313 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
- Contagem in AugustBrazil · 16 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Ibirité in AugustBrazil · 16 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Ribeirão das Neves in AugustBrazil · 25 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Esmeraldas, Brazil in AugustBrazil · 26 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Belo Horizonte in AugustBrazil · 28 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Nova Lima in AugustBrazil · 37 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Itaúna in AugustBrazil · 41 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Sabará in AugustBrazil · 42 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.9°C · 12 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 Betim) is explained once on the Betim year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.