Climate averages 1991–2020
Montes Claros weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Montes Claros: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Janaúba (119 km away). In August its highs average 29.7°C, 1.7°C warmer than Montes Claros, with 1.0 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Montes Claros ranks joint 130th of 448 for the warmest August highs and joint 13th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Montes Claros is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.9 mm to 12 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
Montes Claros climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 131 | 12.7 | 13.013 h |
| February | 29.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 92 | 9.8 | 12.713 h |
| March | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 111 | 11.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 35 | 5.9 | 11.712 h |
| May | 27.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 9.6 | 2.2 | 11.311 h |
| June | 26.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 11.111 h |
| July | 26.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.211 h |
| August, selected | 28.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 11.612 h |
| September | 30.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 12 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 67 | 7.4 | 12.512 h |
| November | 28.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 178 | 15.0 | 12.913 h |
| December | 28.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 206 | 16.5 | 13.113 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
- Janaúba in AugustBrazil · 119 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Curvelo in AugustBrazil · 233 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Teófilo Otoni in AugustBrazil · 280 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Guanambi in AugustBrazil · 302 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Sete Lagoas in AugustBrazil · 306 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 14.5°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Governador Valadares in AugustBrazil · 310 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Lagoa Santa in AugustBrazil · 322 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Paracatu in AugustBrazil · 325 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 16.4°C · 4.5 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 Montes Claros) is explained once on the Montes Claros year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.