Climate averages 1991–2020
Garanhuns weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Garanhuns: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Belo Jardim (61 km away). In August its highs average 25.8°C, 3.5°C warmer than Garanhuns, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Garanhuns ranks 374th of 448 for the warmest August highs and joint 299th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Garanhuns is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 30 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
Garanhuns climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 45 | 11.3 | 12.613 h |
| February | 27.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 49 | 11.7 | 12.412 h |
| March | 27.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 60 | 14.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 66 | 14.2 | 11.912 h |
| May | 24.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 64 | 16.5 | 11.712 h |
| June | 22.8°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 69 | 17.2 | 11.612 h |
| July | 21.8°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 67 | 18.7 | 11.712 h |
| August, selected | 22.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 47 | 16.0 | 11.812 h |
| September | 24.1°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 30 | 10.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 22 | 6.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 20 | 4.9 | 12.513 h |
| December | 27.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 25 | 7.2 | 12.613 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
- Belo Jardim in AugustBrazil · 61 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Arcoverde in AugustBrazil · 80 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Caruaru in AugustBrazil · 88 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Rio Largo in AugustBrazil · 97 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Arapiraca in AugustBrazil · 98 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Santa Cruz do Capibaribe in AugustBrazil · 108 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Maceió in AugustBrazil · 121 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 106 mm rain
- Gravatá in AugustBrazil · 128 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 64 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 Garanhuns) is explained once on the Garanhuns year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.