Climate averages 1991–2020
Salvador weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: one of the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Salvador: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lauro de Freitas (20 km away). In August its highs average 25.1°C, about as warm as Salvador, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Salvador ranks joint 284th of 448 for the warmest August highs and 364th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Salvador is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 64 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
Salvador climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 59 | 12.4 | 12.813 h |
| February | 28.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 62 | 14.5 | 12.513 h |
| March | 28.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 91 | 17.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 158 | 22.3 | 11.812 h |
| May | 26.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 186 | 22.8 | 11.512 h |
| June | 25.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 150 | 22.9 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 116 | 21.9 | 11.411 h |
| August, selected | 24.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 81 | 19.8 | 11.712 h |
| September | 25.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 64 | 14.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 58 | 10.9 | 12.412 h |
| November | 27.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 64 | 10.6 | 12.713 h |
| December | 28.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 40 | 9.6 | 12.913 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
- Lauro de Freitas in AugustBrazil · 20 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Simões Filho in AugustBrazil · 23 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Candeias in AugustBrazil · 35 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 98 mm rain
- Dias d'Ávila in AugustBrazil · 46 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Valença (Bahia), Brazil in AugustBrazil · 77 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 112 mm rain
- Santo Antônio de Jesus in AugustBrazil · 83 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Alagoinhas in AugustBrazil · 94 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Feira de Santana in AugustBrazil · 94 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.4°C · 41 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 Salvador) is explained once on the Salvador year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.