Amargosa weather in August

In August, Amargosa sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 50 mm of rain across 16.9 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-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 10% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Amargosa's 4th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Amargosa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 50 mm; 16.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 5:56 AM – 5:29 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 4th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 4.02 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.8; out of 10

Amargosa is human settlement in Brazil.

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

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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 Amargosa reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	18
2	25	18
3	25	18
4	25	18
5	25	18
6	25	18
7	25	18
8	25	18
9	25	18
10	25	18
11	25	18
12	25	18
13	25	18
14	25	18
15	25	18
16	25	18
17	25	18
18	25	18
19	25	18
20	25	18
21	25	18
22	25	18
23	25	18
24	25	18
25	25	18
26	25	18
27	25	18
28	25	18
29	26	18
30	26	18
31	26	18

How August really feels in Amargosa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Amargosa weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 21°	80	16.5	12.7	4.4
Feb	30° / 21°	61	16	12.4	4.2
Mar	30° / 21°	71	18.2	12.1	4.2
Apr	28° / 21°	65	19.2	11.7	4.5
May	27° / 20°	48	15.6	11.4	5.6
Jun	25° / 19°	50	16.9	11.2	5.7
Jul	25° / 18°	54	16.9	11.3	5.8
Aug	25° / 18°	50	16.9	11.6	5.8
Sep	26° / 18°	42	14.3	11.9	5.9
Oct	28° / 20°	50	14.1	12.3	5.6
Nov	29° / 20°	74	14.8	12.6	4.9
Dec	30° / 21°	72	13.1	12.8	4.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 43% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	54	53	54	53	53	52	52	51	51	50	50	49	49	49	49	49	50	49	50	51	51	53	54	55	56	57	58	58	58	59	59
Cloudier (%)	46	47	46	47	47	48	48	49	49	50	50	51	51	51	51	51	50	51	50	49	49	47	46	45	44	43	42	42	42	41	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	53	47
3	54	46
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	56	44
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	59	41
31	59	41

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Amargosa gets around 50 mm of rain over 16.9 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 54% and peaks near 57% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	55	54	54	53	53	52	52	52	52	52	53	53	54	54	55	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	56	56	56	55	54	53	52	52	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	55
2	54
3	54
4	53
5	53
6	52
7	52
8	52
9	52
10	52
11	53
12	53
13	54
14	54
15	55
16	56
17	56
18	57
19	57
20	57
21	57
22	57
23	56
24	56
25	56
26	55
27	54
28	53
29	52
30	52
31	51

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 48% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 48% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Comfortable (%)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3
Humid (%)	50	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	50	49	49	48	48	48	47	47	47	47	46	46	45	44	44	43	43	43	42
Muggy (%)	45	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	46	46	47	48	48	49	49	50	51	51	52	54	54	55	54	54	55

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	5	50	45
2	5	51	44
3	5	51	44
4	5	51	44
5	5	51	44
6	5	51	44
7	5	51	44
8	5	51	44
9	5	51	44
10	5	51	44
11	5	51	44
12	5	51	44
13	5	50	45
14	5	49	45
15	5	49	46
16	5	48	46
17	5	48	47
18	5	48	48
19	4	47	48
20	4	47	49
21	4	47	49
22	3	47	50
23	3	46	51
24	3	46	51
25	3	45	52
26	2	44	54
27	2	44	54
28	2	43	55
29	3	43	54
30	3	43	54
31	3	42	55

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
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7	11	calm
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27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:02 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 5:27 PM to 5:30 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:46
Sunset (PM)	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:02	5:27
2	11.4	6:02	5:27
3	11.4	6:01	5:27
4	11.4	6:01	5:28
5	11.5	6:01	5:28
6	11.5	6:00	5:28
7	11.5	6:00	5:28
8	11.5	5:59	5:28
9	11.5	5:59	5:28
10	11.5	5:59	5:29
11	11.5	5:58	5:29
12	11.5	5:58	5:29
13	11.5	5:57	5:29
14	11.5	5:57	5:29
15	11.6	5:56	5:29
16	11.6	5:56	5:29
17	11.6	5:55	5:30
18	11.6	5:55	5:30
19	11.6	5:54	5:30
20	11.6	5:53	5:30
21	11.6	5:53	5:30
22	11.6	5:52	5:30
23	11.6	5:52	5:30
24	11.7	5:51	5:30
25	11.7	5:50	5:30
26	11.7	5:50	5:30
27	11.7	5:49	5:30
28	11.7	5:48	5:30
29	11.7	5:48	5:30
30	11.7	5:47	5:30
31	11.7	5:46	5:30

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.38 kWh/m² to a high of 5.8 kWh/m² in January across the year — August's 4.02 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.8	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.8	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	3.9	Moderate
11	3.9	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	3.9	Moderate
14	4.0	Moderate
15	4.0	Moderate
16	4.0	Moderate
17	4.0	Bright
18	4.0	Bright
19	4.0	Bright
20	4.1	Bright
21	4.1	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.4	Bright
31	4.4	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Amargosa?

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

5.8

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

5.2

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Amargosa for sightseeing.

What to pack for Amargosa in August

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

In August, Amargosa sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 18°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 17 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Amargosa in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Amargosa peaks around February 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	15	14	12	9	9	9	10	11	13	14	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Amargosa?

Amargosa sits at 13.0°S, 39.6°W, 412 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Mutuípe, 25 km away.

Topography around Amargosa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Amargosa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 206 m around an average of 365 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 700 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,006 m.

The land around Amargosa is covered by grassland (73%) within 3 km, grassland (63%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) and trees (39%) within 80 km.

3 km

206 m

grassland 73%

16 km

700 m

grassland 63%

80 km

1,006 m

grassland 54%

treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswatermangroves

← July Amargosa year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Mutuípe 25 km · Laje 26 km · Ubaíra 27 km · Castro Alves 35 km · Itatim 37 km · Santo Antônio de Jesus 38 km · Presidente Tancredo Neves 51 km · Conceição do Almeida 55 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

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 Amargosa (-13.0303°, -39.6047°, elevation 412 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	18
2	25	18
3	25	18
4	25	18
5	25	18
6	25	18
7	25	18
8	25	18
9	25	18
10	25	18
11	25	18
12	25	18
13	25	18
14	25	18
15	25	18
16	25	18
17	25	18
18	25	18
19	25	18
20	25	18
21	25	18
22	25	18
23	25	18
24	25	18
25	25	18
26	25	18
27	25	18
28	25	18
29	26	18
30	26	18
31	26	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	53	47
3	54	46
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	56	44
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	59	41
31	59	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	55
2	54
3	54
4	53
5	53
6	52
7	52
8	52
9	52
10	52
11	53
12	53
13	54
14	54
15	55
16	56
17	56
18	57
19	57
20	57
21	57
22	57
23	56
24	56
25	56
26	55
27	54
28	53
29	52
30	52
31	51

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	5	50	45
2	5	51	44
3	5	51	44
4	5	51	44
5	5	51	44
6	5	51	44
7	5	51	44
8	5	51	44
9	5	51	44
10	5	51	44
11	5	51	44
12	5	51	44
13	5	50	45
14	5	49	45
15	5	49	46
16	5	48	46
17	5	48	47
18	5	48	48
19	4	47	48
20	4	47	49
21	4	47	49
22	3	47	50
23	3	46	51
24	3	46	51
25	3	45	52
26	2	44	54
27	2	44	54
28	2	43	55
29	3	43	54
30	3	43	54
31	3	42	55

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	18
2	25	18
3	25	18
4	25	18
5	25	18
6	25	18
7	25	18
8	25	18
9	25	18
10	25	18
11	25	18
12	25	18
13	25	18
14	25	18
15	25	18
16	25	18
17	25	18
18	25	18
19	25	18
20	25	18
21	25	18
22	25	18
23	25	18
24	25	18
25	25	18
26	25	18
27	25	18
28	25	18
29	26	18
30	26	18
31	26	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	53	47
3	54	46
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	56	44
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	59	41
31	59	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	55
2	54
3	54
4	53
5	53
6	52
7	52
8	52
9	52
10	52
11	53
12	53
13	54
14	54
15	55
16	56
17	56
18	57
19	57
20	57
21	57
22	57
23	56
24	56
25	56
26	55
27	54
28	53
29	52
30	52
31	51

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	5	50	45
2	5	51	44
3	5	51	44
4	5	51	44
5	5	51	44
6	5	51	44
7	5	51	44
8	5	51	44
9	5	51	44
10	5	51	44
11	5	51	44
12	5	51	44
13	5	50	45
14	5	49	45
15	5	49	46
16	5	48	46
17	5	48	47
18	5	48	48
19	4	47	48
20	4	47	49
21	4	47	49
22	3	47	50
23	3	46	51
24	3	46	51
25	3	45	52
26	2	44	54
27	2	44	54
28	2	43	55
29	3	43	54
30	3	43	54
31	3	42	55

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	18
2	25	18
3	25	18
4	25	18
5	25	18
6	25	18
7	25	18
8	25	18
9	25	18
10	25	18
11	25	18
12	25	18
13	25	18
14	25	18
15	25	18
16	25	18
17	25	18
18	25	18
19	25	18
20	25	18
21	25	18
22	25	18
23	25	18
24	25	18
25	25	18
26	25	18
27	25	18
28	25	18
29	26	18
30	26	18
31	26	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	53	47
3	54	46
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	56	44
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	59	41
31	59	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	55
2	54
3	54
4	53
5	53
6	52
7	52
8	52
9	52
10	52
11	53
12	53
13	54
14	54
15	55
16	56
17	56
18	57
19	57
20	57
21	57
22	57
23	56
24	56
25	56
26	55
27	54
28	53
29	52
30	52
31	51

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	5	50	45
2	5	51	44
3	5	51	44
4	5	51	44
5	5	51	44
6	5	51	44
7	5	51	44
8	5	51	44
9	5	51	44
10	5	51	44
11	5	51	44
12	5	51	44
13	5	50	45
14	5	49	45
15	5	49	46
16	5	48	46
17	5	48	47
18	5	48	48
19	4	47	48
20	4	47	49
21	4	47	49
22	3	47	50
23	3	46	51
24	3	46	51
25	3	45	52
26	2	44	54
27	2	44	54
28	2	43	55
29	3	43	54
30	3	43	54
31	3	42	55