Climate averages 1991–2020
Paracatu weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 5th 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 Paracatu: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.5 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 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Unaí (96 km away). In August its highs average 29.1°C, 0.9°C warmer than Paracatu, with 3.6 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Paracatu ranks joint 126th of 448 for the warmest August highs and joint 41st of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Paracatu is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.5 mm to 29 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
Paracatu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 254 | 19.6 | 13.013 h |
| February | 28.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 174 | 16.5 | 12.713 h |
| March | 28.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 198 | 18.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 69 | 9.6 | 11.712 h |
| May | 26.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 17 | 2.8 | 11.311 h |
| June | 25.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 5.0 | 0.9 | 11.111 h |
| July | 26.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 11.211 h |
| August, selected | 28.2°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 4.5 | 0.9 | 11.512 h |
| September | 30.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 29 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 96 | 10.4 | 12.512 h |
| November | 28.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 235 | 20.4 | 12.913 h |
| December | 28.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 281 | 22.0 | 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
- Unaí in AugustBrazil · 96 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Catalão in AugustBrazil · 155 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.0°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Patos de Minas in AugustBrazil · 156 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Luziânia in AugustBrazil · 157 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Cidade Ocidental in AugustBrazil · 167 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.0°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Valparaíso de Goiás in AugustBrazil · 174 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 6.4 mm rain
- São Sebastião (Federal District), Brazil in AugustBrazil · 175 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Santa Maria, Brazil in AugustBrazil · 181 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 6.4 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 Paracatu) is explained once on the Paracatu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.