Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Luzia weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd 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 Luzia: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.6 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vespasiano (11 km away). In August its highs average 26.1°C, about as warm as Santa Luzia, with 8.1 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Luzia ranks joint 224th of 448 for the warmest August highs and 93rd of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Santa Luzia is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.6 mm to 38 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 Luzia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 178 | 17.2 | 13.213 h |
| February | 28.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 100 | 11.7 | 12.813 h |
| March | 27.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 121 | 15.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 47 | 8.8 | 11.712 h |
| May | 24.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 24 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| June | 24.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 6.9 | 1.5 | 11.011 h |
| July | 24.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 3.5 | 0.6 | 11.111 h |
| August, selected | 25.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 8.6 | 1.8 | 11.411 h |
| September | 27.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 38 | 5.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 69 | 10.2 | 12.513 h |
| November | 26.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 165 | 17.7 | 13.013 h |
| December | 26.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 217 | 20.9 | 13.313 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
- Vespasiano in AugustBrazil · 11 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Sabará in AugustBrazil · 14 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Lagoa Santa in AugustBrazil · 16 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Belo Horizonte in AugustBrazil · 19 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Nova Lima in AugustBrazil · 24 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Ribeirão das Neves in AugustBrazil · 25 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Contagem in AugustBrazil · 28 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Ibirité in AugustBrazil · 35 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 11 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 Luzia) is explained once on the Santa Luzia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.