Climate averages 1991–2020
Viçosa weather
in August.
A warm, fairly 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 Viçosa: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ubá (41 km away). In August its highs average 25.7°C, 1.4°C warmer than Viçosa, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Viçosa ranks joint 306th of 448 for the warmest August highs and joint 129th of 448 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 448 cities is 26.2°C; Viçosa is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 53 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
Viçosa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 226 | 16.7 | 13.213 h |
| February | 28.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 118 | 12.1 | 12.813 h |
| March | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 132 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 60 | 9.6 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.6°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 34 | 5.3 | 11.111 h |
| June | 23.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.911 h |
| July | 23.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 8.4 | 2.1 | 11.011 h |
| August, selected | 24.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 16 | 2.8 | 11.411 h |
| September | 25.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 53 | 7.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 92 | 11.1 | 12.613 h |
| November | 25.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 206 | 18.1 | 13.113 h |
| December | 26.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 244 | 20.0 | 13.413 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
- Ubá in AugustBrazil · 41 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Muriaé in AugustBrazil · 68 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Ouro Preto in AugustBrazil · 76 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Conselheiro Lafaiete in AugustBrazil · 95 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Manhuaçu in AugustBrazil · 104 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Barbacena in AugustBrazil · 106 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 26 mm rain
- João Monlevade in AugustBrazil · 109 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Itaperuna in AugustBrazil · 115 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.9°C · 20 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 Viçosa) is explained once on the Viçosa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.