Arraial do Cabo weather in August
In August, Arraial do Cabo sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 28 mm of rain across 6.1 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.
Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.
Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of August to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Arraial do Cabo's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Arraial do Cabo's year-round climate.
- Daytime high
- 22°
- 12th warmest
- Overnight low
- 21°
- 1st coldest
- Rainfall
- 28 mm
- 6.1 wet days
- Daylight
- 11 h 12 min
- 7:16 AM – 6:28 PM
- Cloud cover
- 37%
- 1st clearest
- Wind
- 25 km/h
- 3rd windiest
- Solar energy
- 4.53 kWh/m²
- Travel score
- 7.7
- out of 10
Arraial do Cabo is human settlement in Brazil.
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Temperature in August
Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.
A typical August day in Arraial do Cabo reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.
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Arraial do Cabo weather by month
How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25° / 24° | 88 | 8.3 | 13.3 | 7.1 |
| Feb | 26° / 24° | 52 | 6 | 12.8 | 7.3 |
| Mar | 26° / 24° | 105 | 11 | 12.2 | 6.7 |
| Apr | 25° / 24° | 57 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 7.2 |
| May | 24° / 22° | 58 | 10.1 | 10.9 | 7.3 |
| Jun | 23° / 21° | 34 | 6.4 | 10.6 | 7.8 |
| Jul | 22° / 21° | 35 | 6.6 | 10.7 | 7.7 |
| Aug | 22° / 21° | 28 | 6.1 | 11.2 | 7.7 |
| Sep | 22° / 21° | 47 | 7.1 | 11.9 | 7.4 |
| Oct | 23° / 21° | 54 | 7.7 | 12.5 | 7.2 |
| Nov | 24° / 22° | 101 | 10.6 | 13.1 | 6.7 |
| Dec | 25° / 23° | 96 | 9.7 | 13.4 | 6.9 |
Cloud cover in August
The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.
Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 26%.
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| Clearer (%) | 75 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 74 |
| Cloudier (%) | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
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| 1 | 75 | 25 |
| 2 | 75 | 25 |
| 3 | 74 | 26 |
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| 29 | 74 | 26 |
| 30 | 74 | 26 |
| 31 | 74 | 26 |
Chance of precipitation in August
Arraial do Cabo gets around 28 mm of rain over 6.1 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.
Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 20% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days.
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| Rain chance (%) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
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Humidity in August
Most of August feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.
By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 51% of them.
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| Dry (%) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Comfortable (%) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Humid (%) | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 |
| Muggy (%) | 53 | 52 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 49 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 53 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 56 |
| Oppressive (%) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | |
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| 1 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 53 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 52 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 51 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 51 | 1 |
| 5 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 51 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | 16 | 29 | 50 | 1 |
| 7 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 50 | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 50 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 49 | 1 |
| 10 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 49 | 1 |
| 11 | 5 | 16 | 30 | 48 | 1 |
| 12 | 5 | 16 | 30 | 48 | 1 |
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| 27 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 55 | 0 |
| 28 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 56 | 0 |
| 29 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 56 | 0 |
| 30 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 56 | 1 |
| 31 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 56 | 1 |
Wind in August
Winds average 25 km/h in August.
Across August, daily wind ranges from about 23 km/h on the calmest days to 26 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.
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| Wind speed (km/h) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
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| 1 | 23 | breezy |
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| 31 | 26 | breezy |
Sunrise & sunset in August
Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of August to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.
Days grow by about 36 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:26 AM to 7:03 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:33 PM.
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| Daylight (h) | 10.9 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 7:26 | 7:26 | 7:25 | 7:25 | 7:24 | 7:23 | 7:23 | 7:22 | 7:21 | 7:21 | 7:20 | 7:19 | 7:19 | 7:18 | 7:17 | 7:16 | 7:15 | 7:15 | 7:14 | 7:13 | 7:12 | 7:11 | 7:10 | 7:09 | 7:08 | 7:08 | 7:07 | 7:06 | 7:05 | 7:04 | 7:03 |
| Sunset (PM) | 6:22 | 6:23 | 6:23 | 6:23 | 6:24 | 6:24 | 6:25 | 6:25 | 6:25 | 6:26 | 6:26 | 6:27 | 6:27 | 6:27 | 6:28 | 6:28 | 6:29 | 6:29 | 6:29 | 6:30 | 6:30 | 6:30 | 6:31 | 6:31 | 6:31 | 6:32 | 6:32 | 6:33 | 6:33 | 6:33 | 6:33 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10.9 | 7:26 | 6:22 |
| 2 | 10.9 | 7:26 | 6:23 |
| 3 | 11.0 | 7:25 | 6:23 |
| 4 | 11.0 | 7:25 | 6:23 |
| 5 | 11.0 | 7:24 | 6:24 |
| 6 | 11.0 | 7:23 | 6:24 |
| 7 | 11.0 | 7:23 | 6:25 |
| 8 | 11.0 | 7:22 | 6:25 |
| 9 | 11.1 | 7:21 | 6:25 |
| 10 | 11.1 | 7:21 | 6:26 |
| 11 | 11.1 | 7:20 | 6:26 |
| 12 | 11.1 | 7:19 | 6:27 |
| 13 | 11.1 | 7:19 | 6:27 |
| 14 | 11.2 | 7:18 | 6:27 |
| 15 | 11.2 | 7:17 | 6:28 |
| 16 | 11.2 | 7:16 | 6:28 |
| 17 | 11.2 | 7:15 | 6:29 |
| 18 | 11.2 | 7:15 | 6:29 |
| 19 | 11.3 | 7:14 | 6:29 |
| 20 | 11.3 | 7:13 | 6:30 |
| 21 | 11.3 | 7:12 | 6:30 |
| 22 | 11.3 | 7:11 | 6:30 |
| 23 | 11.3 | 7:10 | 6:31 |
| 24 | 11.4 | 7:09 | 6:31 |
| 25 | 11.4 | 7:08 | 6:31 |
| 26 | 11.4 | 7:08 | 6:32 |
| 27 | 11.4 | 7:07 | 6:32 |
| 28 | 11.4 | 7:06 | 6:33 |
| 29 | 11.5 | 7:05 | 6:33 |
| 30 | 11.5 | 7:04 | 6:33 |
| 31 | 11.5 | 7:03 | 6:33 |
Solar energy in August
Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.53 kWh/m².
For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.58 kWh/m² to a high of 6.65 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 4.53 kWh/m² falls in the middle.
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| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 |
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| 1 | 4.1 | Bright |
| 2 | 4.1 | Bright |
| 3 | 4.1 | Bright |
| 4 | 4.2 | Bright |
| 5 | 4.2 | Bright |
| 6 | 4.2 | Bright |
| 7 | 4.2 | Bright |
| 8 | 4.3 | Bright |
| 9 | 4.3 | Bright |
| 10 | 4.3 | Bright |
| 11 | 4.4 | Bright |
| 12 | 4.4 | Bright |
| 13 | 4.4 | Bright |
| 14 | 4.5 | Bright |
| 15 | 4.5 | Bright |
| 16 | 4.5 | Bright |
| 17 | 4.5 | Bright |
| 18 | 4.6 | Bright |
| 19 | 4.6 | Bright |
| 20 | 4.7 | Bright |
| 21 | 4.7 | Bright |
| 22 | 4.7 | Bright |
| 23 | 4.7 | Bright |
| 24 | 4.8 | Bright |
| 25 | 4.8 | Bright |
| 26 | 4.8 | Bright |
| 27 | 4.9 | Bright |
| 28 | 4.9 | Bright |
| 29 | 4.9 | Bright |
| 30 | 4.9 | Bright |
| 31 | 5.0 | Bright |
Is August a good time to visit Arraial do Cabo?
Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).
August is one of the better times to visit Arraial do Cabo for general sightseeing.
What to pack for Arraial do Cabo in August
From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.
In August, Arraial do Cabo sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 21°C. Worth packing: light clothes, sun protection and a windbreaker. About 6 days see rain.
Sea temperature near Arraial do Cabo in August
The nearest coast averages about 22°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.
The sea at the nearest coast (about 19 km away) is warmest in March at about 25°C and coldest in September near 21°C.
The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea temperature (°C) | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Comfort | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm | Refreshing | Refreshing | Refreshing | Refreshing | Refreshing | Refreshing | Refreshing | Refreshing |
| Sea temperature (°C) | Comfort | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24 | Warm |
| Feb | 24 | Warm |
| Mar | 25 | Warm |
| Apr | 25 | Warm |
| May | 24 | Refreshing |
| Jun | 23 | Refreshing |
| Jul | 22 | Refreshing |
| Aug | 22 | Refreshing |
| Sep | 21 | Refreshing |
| Oct | 22 | Refreshing |
| Nov | 23 | Refreshing |
| Dec | 24 | Refreshing |
UV index in Arraial do Cabo in August
Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Arraial do Cabo peaks around January 15 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 at about 5 (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 | |
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| UV index (midday) | 14 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
| Level | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | High | High | High | Very high | High | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | Extreme |
| Feb | 13 | Extreme |
| Mar | 12 | Extreme |
| Apr | 9 | Very high |
| May | 7 | High |
| Jun | 6 | High |
| Jul | 5 | High |
| Aug | 8 | Very high |
| Sep | 7 | High |
| Oct | 11 | Extreme |
| Nov | 13 | Extreme |
| Dec | 13 | Extreme |
Where is Arraial do Cabo?
Arraial do Cabo sits at 23.0°S, 42.0°W, 11 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Cabo Frio, 9.0 km away.
Topography around Arraial do Cabo
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Arraial do Cabo.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Arraial do Cabo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 164 m around an average of 12 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 375 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,806 m.
The land around Arraial do Cabo is covered by water (59%) within 3 km, water (84%) within 16 km, and water (55%) and trees (23%) within 80 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 Arraial do Cabo (-22.9661°, -42.0278°, elevation 11 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).