Araripina weather in August

In August, Araripina sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.4 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Araripina's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Araripina's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
6th warmest
Overnight low
18°
1st coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:54 AM – 5:39 PM
Cloud cover
29%
2nd clearest
Wind
22 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.1
out of 10

Araripina 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

Highs climb over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical August day in Araripina reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Araripina

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Araripina weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°16216.512.44.3
Feb29° / 21°17016.212.24.4
Mar29° / 21°19117.512.14.5
Apr29° / 20°9610.811.85.3
May28° / 20°375.111.76.4
Jun28° / 19°61.411.67.8
Jul28° / 18°40.511.68.0
Aug29° / 18°10.411.87.1
Sep31° / 19°10.2125.8
Oct32° / 21°111.612.24.7
Nov32° / 22°344.612.34.4
Dec31° / 22°537.912.44.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17624
27723
37822
47822
57921
68020
78020
88119
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298713
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318713

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Araripina gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.4 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 1% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
12
22
32
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52
62
72
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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 68% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1363331
2463321
3464311
4465301
5466291
6466291
7467281
8468280
9568270
10568270
11568270
12569260
13569260
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27970201
281069201
291070191
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311168201

Wind in August

Winds average 22 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 22 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
122breezy
222breezy
322breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:58 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 5:38 PM to 5:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:585:38
211.75:585:38
311.75:585:38
411.75:575:38
511.75:575:38
611.75:575:38
711.75:575:38
811.75:565:38
911.75:565:39
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1411.75:545:39
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1911.85:525:38
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3011.85:475:38
3111.85:475:37

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.78 kWh/m² to a high of 6.92 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 6.09 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.6Bright
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35.7Bright
45.7Bright
55.8Bright
65.8Bright
75.8Bright
85.8Bright
95.9Bright
105.9Bright
115.9Bright
126.0Bright
136.0Bright
146.0Intense
156.0Intense
166.1Intense
176.1Intense
186.1Intense
196.2Intense
206.2Intense
216.2Intense
226.2Intense
236.3Intense
246.3Intense
256.3Intense
266.4Intense
276.4Intense
286.4Intense
296.5Intense
306.5Intense
316.5Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Araripina

In seasonPeak

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

Araripina's monsoon runs January–April, 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 Araripina?

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

7.1
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
9.0
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Araripina in August

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

In August, Araripina sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: a windbreaker.

light clothessun protectiona windbreaker

UV index in Araripina 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 Araripina peaks around March 10 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 10UV 16Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Araripina?

Araripina sits at 7.6°S, 40.5°W, 624 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Salitre, 33 km away.

Topography around Araripina

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Araripina has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 139 m around an average of 630 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 324 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 703 m.

The land around Araripina is covered by shrubs (41%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, shrubs (50%), grassland (27%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (71%) within 80 km.

3 km
139 m
16 km
324 m
80 km
703 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Salitre 33 km · Trindade 33 km · Ipubi 39 km · Araripe 57 km · Ouricuri 57 km · Campos Sales 57 km · Ipueiras 61 km · Bodocó 65 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 Araripina (-7.5761°, -40.4983°, elevation 624 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).