Climate averages 1991–2020
Picos weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Picos: daytime highs average 33.9°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Araripina (120 km away). In August its highs average 28.9°C, 5.1°C cooler than Picos, with 1.4 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Picos ranks joint 13th of 448 for the warmest August highs and joint 5th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Picos is 7.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 35.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.7 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
Picos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 141 | 16.6 | 12.512 h |
| February | 31.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 141 | 17.1 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 149 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 88 | 11.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 32.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 30 | 4.8 | 11.812 h |
| June | 32.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 3.9 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| July | 32.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| August, selected | 33.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 35.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 1.7 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 36.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 9.4 | 1.4 | 12.312 h |
| November | 35.8°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 25 | 4.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 34.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 58 | 7.8 | 12.513 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
- Araripina in AugustBrazil · 120 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Crato in AugustBrazil · 228 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.9°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Crateús in AugustBrazil · 229 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Juazeiro do Norte in AugustBrazil · 238 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Casa Nova in AugustBrazil · 239 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Iguatu in AugustBrazil · 252 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Teresina in AugustBrazil · 266 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Petrolina in AugustBrazil · 279 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 1.2 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 Picos) is explained once on the Picos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.