Climate averages 1991–2020
João Pessoa 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 João Pessoa: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Rita (13 km away). In August its highs average 27.3°C, 0.8°C warmer than João Pessoa, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, João Pessoa ranks joint 171st of 448 for the warmest August highs and joint 341st of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; João Pessoa is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 37 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
João Pessoa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 56 | 15.0 | 12.512 h |
| February | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 73 | 15.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 104 | 19.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 147 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 160 | 22.3 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 164 | 23.2 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 149 | 24.2 | 11.712 h |
| August, selected | 26.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 69 | 19.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 37 | 13.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 23 | 9.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 19 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 29 | 9.8 | 12.513 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
- Santa Rita in AugustBrazil · 13 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Goiana in AugustBrazil · 52 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Igarassu in AugustBrazil · 80 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Paulista in AugustBrazil · 92 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Carpina in AugustBrazil · 93 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Camaragibe in AugustBrazil · 102 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Recife in AugustBrazil · 104 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Jaboatão dos Guararapes in AugustBrazil · 112 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 69 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 João Pessoa) is explained once on the João Pessoa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.