Climate averages 1991–2020
Criciúma weather
in August.
A mild, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Criciúma: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 06 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Araranguá (31 km away). In August its highs average 20.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Criciúma, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Criciúma ranks joint 404th of 448 for the warmest August highs and joint 406th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Criciúma is 5.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 100 mm to 123 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
Criciúma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 169 | 18.3 | 13.714 h |
| February | 27.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 141 | 17.7 | 13.113 h |
| March | 26.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 129 | 16.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.5°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 97 | 11.3 | 11.411 h |
| May | 21.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 129 | 10.8 | 10.711 h |
| June | 19.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 98 | 9.2 | 10.310 h |
| July | 19.2°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 102 | 9.7 | 10.510 h |
| August, selected | 20.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 100 | 9.4 | 11.111 h |
| September | 21.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 123 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 139 | 14.4 | 12.813 h |
| November | 24.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 123 | 13.5 | 13.514 h |
| December | 26.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 127 | 14.6 | 13.914 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
- Araranguá in AugustBrazil · 31 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 11.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Tubarão in AugustBrazil · 42 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 82 mm rain
- São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil in AugustBrazil · 55 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Palhoça in AugustBrazil · 134 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 13.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Lages in AugustBrazil · 134 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.4°C · 113 mm rain
- São José (Santa Catarina, 27.62°S 48.63°W), Brazil in AugustBrazil · 139 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Florianópolis in AugustBrazil · 145 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 86 mm rain
- Rio do Sul in AugustBrazil · 165 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.8°C · 94 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 Criciúma) is explained once on the Criciúma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.