Climate averages 1991–2020
Nova Friburgo weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Nova Friburgo: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Teresópolis (48 km away). In August its highs average 21.8°C, 0.8°C cooler than Nova Friburgo, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Nova Friburgo ranks joint 366th of 448 for the warmest August highs and 307th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Nova Friburgo is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 117 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
Nova Friburgo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 332 | 22.5 | 13.313 h |
| February | 27.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 234 | 18.5 | 12.913 h |
| March | 26.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 252 | 22.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 129 | 16.5 | 11.612 h |
| May | 22.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 80 | 13.0 | 11.111 h |
| June | 21.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 43 | 8.2 | 10.811 h |
| July | 21.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 42 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| August, selected | 22.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 50 | 9.1 | 11.311 h |
| September | 23.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 117 | 13.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 179 | 18.2 | 12.613 h |
| November | 24.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 310 | 22.4 | 13.213 h |
| December | 26.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 352 | 24.2 | 13.513 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
- Teresópolis in AugustBrazil · 48 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Itaboraí in AugustBrazil · 62 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Rio das Ostras in AugustBrazil · 66 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Magé in AugustBrazil · 67 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Araruama in AugustBrazil · 68 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Saquarema in AugustBrazil · 69 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Petrópolis in AugustBrazil · 71 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Três Rios in AugustBrazil · 72 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 21 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 Nova Friburgo) is explained once on the Nova Friburgo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.