Climate averages 1991–2020
Paulo Afonso weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 10th warmest and the 4th 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 Paulo Afonso: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Serra Talhada (158 km away). In August its highs average 29.8°C, 1.8°C warmer than Paulo Afonso, with 4.4 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Paulo Afonso ranks joint 130th of 448 for the warmest August highs and joint 140th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Paulo Afonso is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 10 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
Paulo Afonso climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 38 | 5.2 | 12.613 h |
| February | 33.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 35 | 6.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 33.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 39 | 8.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 31.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 29 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| May | 29.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 30 | 8.1 | 11.712 h |
| June | 28.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 24 | 8.4 | 11.612 h |
| July | 27.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 21 | 7.4 | 11.612 h |
| August, selected | 28.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 18 | 6.6 | 11.812 h |
| September | 30.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 10 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 32.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 11 | 1.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 33.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 14 | 2.5 | 12.513 h |
| December | 33.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 19 | 2.9 | 12.713 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
- Serra Talhada in AugustBrazil · 158 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Itabaiana in AugustBrazil · 166 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Arcoverde in AugustBrazil · 168 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Arapiraca in AugustBrazil · 175 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Lagarto in AugustBrazil · 179 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Garanhuns in AugustBrazil · 197 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Aracaju in AugustBrazil · 209 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 103 mm rain
- São Cristóvão in AugustBrazil · 210 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 21.8°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 Paulo Afonso) is explained once on the Paulo Afonso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.