Climate averages 1991–2020
Paulista weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Paulista: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Igarassu (12 km away). In August its highs average 26.8°C, about as warm as Paulista, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Paulista ranks joint 171st of 448 for the warmest August highs and joint 365th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Paulista is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 45 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
Paulista climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 53 | 15.9 | 12.513 h |
| February | 29.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 61 | 15.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 82 | 18.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 124 | 21.2 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 146 | 23.8 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 162 | 24.0 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 143 | 24.0 | 11.712 h |
| August, selected | 26.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 82 | 21.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 45 | 15.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 31 | 12.4 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 24 | 9.8 | 12.512 h |
| December | 29.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 29 | 10.7 | 12.613 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
- Igarassu in AugustBrazil · 12 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Recife in AugustBrazil · 13 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Camaragibe in AugustBrazil · 15 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Jaboatão dos Guararapes in AugustBrazil · 25 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Cabo de Santo Agostinho in AugustBrazil · 42 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Carpina in AugustBrazil · 43 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Goiana in AugustBrazil · 45 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Vitória de Santo Antão in AugustBrazil · 50 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 44 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 Paulista) is explained once on the Paulista year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.