Climate averages 1991–2020
Mossoró weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Mossoró: daytime highs average 34.0°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.8 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Russas (75 km away). In August its highs average 34.3°C, about as warm as Mossoró, with 3.0 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Mossoró ranks joint 9th of 448 for the warmest August highs and 20th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Mossoró is 7.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 34.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.8 mm to under 1 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
Mossoró climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 68 | 12.0 | 12.412 h |
| February | 32.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 84 | 13.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 31.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 127 | 18.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 117 | 16.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 32.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 56 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| June | 32.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 29 | 5.9 | 11.812 h |
| July | 32.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 18 | 3.0 | 11.812 h |
| August, selected | 34.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| September | 34.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 35.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 2.1 | 0.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 34.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 3.1 | 0.5 | 12.312 h |
| December | 34.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 16 | 4.1 | 12.412 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
- Russas in AugustBrazil · 75 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Cascavel, Brazil in AugustBrazil · 154 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Pacajus in AugustBrazil · 167 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Horizonte in AugustBrazil · 175 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Quixadá in AugustBrazil · 187 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Eusébio in AugustBrazil · 189 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Pacatuba in AugustBrazil · 195 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Maracanaú in AugustBrazil · 204 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 5.3 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 Mossoró) is explained once on the Mossoró year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.