Climate averages 1991–2020
Contagem 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 Contagem: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 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 Ibirité (10 km away). In August its highs average 25.0°C, about as warm as Contagem, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Contagem ranks joint 293rd of 448 for the warmest August highs and joint 104th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Contagem is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 47 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
Contagem climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 218 | 18.0 | 13.213 h |
| February | 26.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 120 | 13.0 | 12.813 h |
| March | 26.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 147 | 16.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.2°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 55 | 9.8 | 11.712 h |
| May | 23.4°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 31 | 5.0 | 11.211 h |
| June | 22.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 9.7 | 1.7 | 10.911 h |
| July | 23.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 4.7 | 0.8 | 11.011 h |
| August, selected | 24.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 11 | 2.0 | 11.411 h |
| September | 26.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 47 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.8°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 81 | 11.6 | 12.513 h |
| November | 25.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 184 | 18.2 | 13.013 h |
| December | 25.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 260 | 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
- Ibirité in AugustBrazil · 10 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Belo Horizonte in AugustBrazil · 12 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Betim in AugustBrazil · 16 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Ribeirão das Neves in AugustBrazil · 19 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Nova Lima in AugustBrazil · 22 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Sabará in AugustBrazil · 26 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Santa Luzia in AugustBrazil · 28 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Vespasiano in AugustBrazil · 30 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 8.1 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 Contagem) is explained once on the Contagem year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Belo Horizonte and Ibirité lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.