Climate averages 1991–2020

Teresópolis weather
in August.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 21.8°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 12.9°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 49 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Teresópolis · average highYear overview

August is a mild month in Teresópolis: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 21 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Petrópolis (23 km away). In August its highs average 22.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than Teresópolis, with 42 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Teresópolis ranks 381st of 448 for the warmest August highs and joint 305th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Teresópolis is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 102 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. 1015202530 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 3500

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

Every month, side by side

Teresópolis climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Teresópolis, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 26.1°C19.1°C19.1°C32823.313.313 h
February 26.5°C19.0°C19.0°C24418.812.913 h
March 25.2°C18.4°C18.4°C25922.112.212 h
April 23.6°C16.8°C16.8°C11915.211.612 h
May 21.3°C14.2°C14.2°C8011.511.111 h
June 20.9°C13.0°C13.0°C497.310.811 h
July 20.7°C12.4°C12.4°C487.210.911 h
August, selected 21.8°C12.9°C12.9°C497.611.311 h
September 23.0°C14.6°C14.6°C10211.811.912 h
October 24.0°C16.2°C16.2°C15015.912.613 h
November 23.9°C17.1°C17.1°C27220.713.213 h
December 25.4°C18.5°C18.5°C32323.513.513 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.

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August in nearby cities

Distance from Teresópolis

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 Teresópolis) is explained once on the Teresópolis year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.