Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Rita weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Santa Rita: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is João Pessoa (13 km away). In August its highs average 26.6°C, 0.8°C cooler than Santa Rita, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Rita ranks joint 147th of 448 for the warmest August highs and 317th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Santa Rita is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 34 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 Rita climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 58 | 17.4 | 12.512 h |
| February | 30.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 71 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 97 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 123 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 125 | 21.7 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 124 | 21.5 | 11.712 h |
| July | 27.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 112 | 21.3 | 11.712 h |
| August, selected | 27.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 54 | 16.7 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 34 | 13.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 23 | 10.2 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 23 | 9.3 | 12.412 h |
| December | 30.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 33 | 12.1 | 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
- João Pessoa in AugustBrazil · 13 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Goiana in AugustBrazil · 50 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Igarassu in AugustBrazil · 80 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Carpina in AugustBrazil · 87 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Paulista in AugustBrazil · 93 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Campina Grande in AugustBrazil · 100 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Camaragibe in AugustBrazil · 101 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Recife in AugustBrazil · 105 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 69 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 Rita) is explained once on the Santa Rita year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.