Afonso Cláudio weather in August

In August, Afonso Cláudio sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 15 mm of rain across 4.4 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of August to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Afonso Cláudio's 3rd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Afonso Cláudio's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
10th warmest
Overnight low
14°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
15 mm
4.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
7:09 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover
51%
3rd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.23 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.0
out of 10

Afonso Cláudio is human settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical August day in Afonso Cláudio reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Afonso Cláudio weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 19°14413.913.15.4
Feb29° / 19°7611.112.75.3
Mar28° / 19°11514.112.15.3
Apr27° / 18°621111.66.3
May25° / 16°28611.17.5
Jun24° / 15°112.810.88.3
Jul24° / 14°102.710.98.3
Aug25° / 14°154.411.38.0
Sep26° / 16°347.311.97.1
Oct26° / 17°8811.612.56.2
Nov26° / 18°17916.8135.2
Dec27° / 19°21218.413.25.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16337
26337
36337
46337
56337
66337
76238
86238
96238
106238
116238
126139
136139
146040
156040
165941
175941
185842
195842
205842
215842
225743
235743
245743
255743
265743
275743
285743
295743
305743
315842

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Afonso Cláudio gets around 15 mm of rain over 4.4 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 14% and peaks near 18% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
110
210
310
49
59
610
710
810
911
1011
1112
1213
1314
1414
1515
1616
1716
1817
1917
2018
2118
2218
2318
2417
2517
2617
2716
2816
2916
3015
3115

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the comfortable band about 59% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
1246115
2246115
3246115
4246115
5246115
6246016
7246016
8246016
9246016
10236116
11236116
12236116
13236116
14236116
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16226216
17226117
18226018
19216019
20206020
21205921
22195922
23185923
24175924
25175726
26165727
27165628
28165529
29165430
30165331
31155431

Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
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197calm
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217calm
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287calm
297calm
307calm
317calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of August to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:18 AM to 6:57 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 6:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.17:186:23
211.17:186:23
311.17:176:24
411.17:176:24
511.17:166:24
611.27:166:25
711.27:156:25
811.27:146:25
911.27:146:26
1011.27:136:26
1111.27:136:26
1211.27:126:27
1311.37:116:27
1411.37:116:27
1511.37:106:28
1611.37:096:28
1711.37:096:28
1811.37:086:28
1911.47:076:29
2011.47:066:29
2111.47:066:29
2211.47:056:30
2311.47:046:30
2411.57:036:30
2511.57:026:30
2611.57:016:31
2711.57:016:31
2811.57:006:31
2911.56:596:31
3011.66:586:32
3111.66:576:32

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.57 kWh/m² to a high of 6.06 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 4.23 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.0Moderate
24.0Bright
34.0Bright
44.1Bright
54.1Bright
64.1Bright
74.1Bright
84.1Bright
94.1Bright
104.1Bright
114.1Bright
124.1Bright
134.2Bright
144.2Bright
154.2Bright
164.2Bright
174.2Bright
184.2Bright
194.2Bright
204.3Bright
214.3Bright
224.3Bright
234.3Bright
244.4Bright
254.4Bright
264.4Bright
274.5Bright
284.5Bright
294.5Bright
304.6Bright
314.6Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Afonso Cláudio

In seasonPeak

None of Afonso Cláudio's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Afonso Cláudio's monsoon runs November–January, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Afonso Cláudio?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

8.0
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
7.0
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Afonso Cláudio for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Afonso Cláudio in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Afonso Cláudio sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes. About 4 days see rain.

light clothes

UV index in Afonso Cláudio in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Afonso Cláudio peaks around February 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeFeb 13UV 15Jun 21UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug9Very high
Sep10Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Afonso Cláudio?

Afonso Cláudio sits at 20.1°S, 41.1°W, 368 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Santa Maria de Jetibá, 40 km away.

Topography around Afonso Cláudio

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Afonso Cláudio.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Afonso Cláudio has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 445 m around an average of 445 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,077 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,682 m.

The land around Afonso Cláudio is covered by trees (48%) and grassland (47%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and grassland (48%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) and grassland (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
445 m
16 km
1,077 m
80 km
2,682 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Santa Maria de Jetibá 40 km · Ibatiba 44 km · Mutum 45 km · Iúna 53 km · Lajinha 53 km · Muniz Freire 53 km · Santa Teresa 57 km · Domingos Martins 58 km

Brazil travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / N
127 / 220 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 46% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$10,713
2025
Happiness
6.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
89%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
19.3
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
16
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 482
Religion
Roman Catholic 57%Evangelical 27%none 9%other 4%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Afonso Cláudio (-20.0742°, -41.1239°, elevation 368 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).