Climate averages 1991–2020

Saquarema weather
in August.

A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 10th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 23.8°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 18.4°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 36 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Saquarema · average highYear overview

August is a warm month in Saquarema: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Araruama (13 km away). In August its highs average 23.4°C, about as warm as Saquarema, with 42 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Saquarema ranks joint 332nd of 448 for the warmest August highs and joint 238th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Saquarema is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 58 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Saquarema climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Saquarema, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.3°C23.5°C23.5°C12011.513.413 h
February 28.8°C23.8°C23.8°C829.112.913 h
March 27.7°C23.3°C23.3°C12614.212.212 h
April 26.4°C22.0°C22.0°C7812.611.612 h
May 24.3°C19.9°C19.9°C7611.811.011 h
June 23.8°C18.8°C18.8°C407.510.811 h
July 23.4°C18.2°C18.2°C407.310.911 h
August, selected 23.8°C18.4°C18.4°C367.411.311 h
September 24.5°C19.3°C19.3°C589.211.912 h
October 25.4°C20.4°C20.4°C6710.212.613 h
November 25.8°C21.3°C21.3°C11113.813.213 h
December 27.4°C22.7°C22.7°C12212.913.514 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

Distance from Saquarema

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Saquarema) is explained once on the Saquarema year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.