Climate averages 1991–2020
Maceió weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: one of the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Maceió: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rio Largo (25 km away). In August its highs average 25.7°C, about as warm as Maceió, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Maceió ranks joint 224th of 448 for the warmest August highs and 419th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Maceió is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 106 mm to 68 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
Maceió climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 65 | 17.2 | 12.613 h |
| February | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 68 | 16.7 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 83 | 19.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 129 | 21.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 27.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 177 | 24.3 | 11.712 h |
| June | 26.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 187 | 24.9 | 11.612 h |
| July | 25.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 174 | 25.2 | 11.612 h |
| August, selected | 25.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 106 | 23.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 26.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 68 | 19.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 56 | 16.9 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 40 | 13.6 | 12.513 h |
| December | 28.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 36 | 12.6 | 12.713 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
- Rio Largo in AugustBrazil · 25 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Arapiraca in AugustBrazil · 102 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Garanhuns in AugustBrazil · 121 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Caruaru in AugustBrazil · 156 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Ipojuca in AugustBrazil · 159 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 92 mm rain
- Gravatá in AugustBrazil · 164 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 64 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in AugustBrazil · 166 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Cabo de Santo Agostinho in AugustBrazil · 172 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 103 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 Maceió) is explained once on the Maceió year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.