Climate averages 1991–2020
Palhoça weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Palhoça: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 08 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is São José (Santa Catarina, 27.62°S 48.63°W), Brazil (5 km away). In August its highs average 20.6°C, about as warm as Palhoça, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Palhoça ranks joint 399th of 448 for the warmest August highs and joint 377th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Palhoça is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 147 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
Palhoça climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 241 | 22.5 | 13.714 h |
| February | 27.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 221 | 20.9 | 13.113 h |
| March | 26.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 157 | 20.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 100 | 12.5 | 11.511 h |
| May | 22.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 119 | 11.0 | 10.811 h |
| June | 20.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 96 | 9.3 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 88 | 9.6 | 10.611 h |
| August, selected | 20.9°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 89 | 9.2 | 11.111 h |
| September | 21.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 147 | 13.3 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 145 | 15.8 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 154 | 16.2 | 13.513 h |
| December | 27.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 169 | 18.7 | 13.914 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
- São José (Santa Catarina, 27.62°S 48.63°W), Brazil in AugustBrazil · 5 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Florianópolis in AugustBrazil · 13 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 86 mm rain
- Itapema in AugustBrazil · 62 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 95 mm rain
- Brusque in AugustBrazil · 65 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Camboriú in AugustBrazil · 69 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Balneário Camboriú in AugustBrazil · 73 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 98 mm rain
- São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil in AugustBrazil · 80 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Itajaí in AugustBrazil · 82 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 14.6°C · 98 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 Palhoça) is explained once on the Palhoça year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.