Climate averages 1991–2020
Braga weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 2nd 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 Braga: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 51 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Porto (47 km away). In August its highs average 26.2°C, about as warm as Braga, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Braga ranks joint 6th of 12 for the warmest August highs and 12th of 12 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 12 cities is 26.8°C; Braga is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 79 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
Braga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 191 | 12.5 | 9.510 h |
| February | 13.1°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 126 | 9.8 | 10.611 h |
| March | 15.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 147 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 142 | 12.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.9°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 121 | 11.3 | 14.514 h |
| June | 23.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 48 | 6.6 | 15.115 h |
| July | 26.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 28 | 4.2 | 14.915 h |
| August, selected | 26.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 39 | 4.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 79 | 6.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 210 | 13.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.7°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 200 | 13.2 | 9.910 h |
| December | 12.5°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 205 | 13.1 | 9.29 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
- Porto in AugustPortugal · 47 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Vigo in AugustSpain · 80 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Ourense in AugustSpain · 99 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Pontevedra in AugustSpain · 100 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Aveiro in AugustPortugal · 102 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Viseu in AugustPortugal · 108 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Santiago de Compostela in AugustSpain · 148 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Coimbra in AugustPortugal · 150 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 16.5°C · 14 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 Braga) is explained once on the Braga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.