Climate averages 1991–2020

Caucaia weather
in August.

A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.4°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 24.1°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 4.2 mm 1 day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Caucaia · average highYear overview

August is a hot month in Caucaia: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 4.2 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Fortaleza (12 km away). In August its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Caucaia, with 8.0 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Caucaia ranks joint 79th of 448 for the warmest August highs and joint 37th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Caucaia is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.2 mm to 1.5 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Caucaia climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Caucaia, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 29.3°C24.9°C24.9°C8014.512.312 h
February 28.9°C24.7°C24.7°C12018.512.212 h
March 28.6°C24.5°C24.5°C17123.912.112 h
April 28.5°C24.5°C24.5°C20923.712.012 h
May 28.9°C24.6°C24.6°C9516.511.912 h
June 28.9°C24.3°C24.3°C449.711.912 h
July 29.4°C24.0°C24.0°C214.511.912 h
August, selected 30.4°C24.1°C24.1°C4.21.012.012 h
September 30.5°C24.4°C24.4°C1.50.212.112 h
October 30.5°C24.8°C24.8°C2.80.612.212 h
November 30.5°C25.1°C25.1°C4.31.212.312 h
December 30.2°C25.2°C25.2°C205.412.312 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

Distance from Caucaia

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Caucaia) is explained once on the Caucaia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.