Climate averages 1991–2020
Conselheiro Lafaiete weather
in August.
A warm, 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 warm month in Conselheiro Lafaiete: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ouro Preto (42 km away). In August its highs average 21.5°C, 1.6°C cooler than Conselheiro Lafaiete, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Conselheiro Lafaiete ranks joint 353rd of 448 for the warmest August highs and joint 129th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Conselheiro Lafaiete is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 64 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
Conselheiro Lafaiete climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 236 | 19.2 | 13.213 h |
| February | 26.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 143 | 14.8 | 12.813 h |
| March | 25.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 164 | 18.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 64 | 10.3 | 11.612 h |
| May | 22.0°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 34 | 5.8 | 11.111 h |
| June | 21.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 13 | 2.8 | 10.911 h |
| July | 21.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 8.0 | 1.9 | 11.011 h |
| August, selected | 23.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.411 h |
| September | 24.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 64 | 8.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 103 | 13.2 | 12.613 h |
| November | 24.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 211 | 19.5 | 13.113 h |
| December | 25.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 253 | 23.2 | 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
- Ouro Preto in AugustBrazil · 42 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Barbacena in AugustBrazil · 63 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 26 mm rain
- São João del Rei in AugustBrazil · 72 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Nova Lima in AugustBrazil · 75 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Ibirité in AugustBrazil · 76 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Belo Horizonte in AugustBrazil · 84 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Contagem in AugustBrazil · 86 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Sabará in AugustBrazil · 86 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 Conselheiro Lafaiete) is explained once on the Conselheiro Lafaiete year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.