Climate averages 1991–2020
Lagoa Santa 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 Lagoa Santa: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.1 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 27 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vespasiano (7 km away). In August its highs average 26.1°C, about as warm as Lagoa Santa, with 8.1 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Lagoa Santa ranks joint 232nd of 448 for the warmest August highs and joint 86th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Lagoa Santa is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.1 mm to 40 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
Lagoa Santa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 188 | 16.6 | 13.213 h |
| February | 27.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 103 | 11.4 | 12.813 h |
| March | 27.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 121 | 14.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 44 | 8.1 | 11.712 h |
| May | 24.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 26 | 4.1 | 11.211 h |
| June | 24.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 7.0 | 1.3 | 11.011 h |
| July | 24.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 3.5 | 0.6 | 11.111 h |
| August, selected | 25.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 8.1 | 1.5 | 11.411 h |
| September | 27.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 40 | 5.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 72 | 9.9 | 12.513 h |
| November | 26.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 167 | 17.2 | 13.013 h |
| December | 26.7°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 225 | 20.5 | 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
- Vespasiano in AugustBrazil · 7 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Santa Luzia in AugustBrazil · 16 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Ribeirão das Neves in AugustBrazil · 25 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Sabará in AugustBrazil · 30 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Belo Horizonte in AugustBrazil · 33 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Contagem in AugustBrazil · 37 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Nova Lima in AugustBrazil · 40 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Sete Lagoas in AugustBrazil · 41 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 14.5°C · 9.3 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 Lagoa Santa) is explained once on the Lagoa Santa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Ribeirão das Neves and Vespasiano lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.