Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a very dry month (the joint 4th 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 Caruaru (44 km away). In August its highs average 25.0°C, 2.2°C cooler than Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Cruz do Capibaribe ranks joint 147th of 448 for the warmest August highs and joint 113th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Santa Cruz do Capibaribe is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 6.5 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
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 40 | 7.9 | 12.513 h |
| February | 31.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 32 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 31.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 48 | 10.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 30.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 41 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 41 | 8.4 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 34 | 6.7 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 22 | 5.8 | 11.712 h |
| August, selected | 27.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 12 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 6.5 | 2.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 7.0 | 2.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 31.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 6.6 | 2.0 | 12.512 h |
| December | 31.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 12 | 3.8 | 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
- Caruaru in AugustBrazil · 44 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in AugustBrazil · 48 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Gravatá in AugustBrazil · 75 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 64 mm rain
- Campina Grande in AugustBrazil · 88 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Vitória de Santo Antão in AugustBrazil · 102 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Carpina in AugustBrazil · 105 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Arcoverde in AugustBrazil · 107 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Garanhuns in AugustBrazil · 108 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 47 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe) is explained once on the Santa Cruz do Capibaribe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.