Climate averages 1991–2020
São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil weather
in August.
A mild, wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil: daytime highs average 21.1°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 07 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tubarão (32 km away). In August its highs average 20.9°C, about as warm as São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil ranks joint 395th of 448 for the warmest August highs and joint 397th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 98 mm to 141 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
São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 314 | 22.9 | 13.714 h |
| February | 27.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 282 | 21.5 | 13.113 h |
| March | 26.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 198 | 20.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.4°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 120 | 13.0 | 11.411 h |
| May | 21.3°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 133 | 11.7 | 10.711 h |
| June | 19.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 98 | 9.8 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 87 | 10.0 | 10.511 h |
| August, selected | 21.1°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 98 | 9.7 | 11.111 h |
| September | 21.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 141 | 13.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 166 | 17.4 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 193 | 17.2 | 13.513 h |
| December | 26.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 226 | 19.4 | 13.914 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
- Tubarão in AugustBrazil · 32 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Criciúma in AugustBrazil · 55 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 100 mm rain
- Palhoça in AugustBrazil · 80 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 13.3°C · 89 mm rain
- São José (Santa Catarina, 27.62°S 48.63°W), Brazil in AugustBrazil · 85 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Araranguá in AugustBrazil · 87 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 11.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Florianópolis in AugustBrazil · 91 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 86 mm rain
- Rio do Sul in AugustBrazil · 121 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Lages in AugustBrazil · 122 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.4°C · 113 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 São José) is explained once on the São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.