Brejo weather in August

In August, Brejo sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Brejo's 2nd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Brejo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
5th warmest
Overnight low
23°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
5:59 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover
33%
2nd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
6.1 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Brejo 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 35°C through the month.

A typical August day in Brejo reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C warmer than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Brejo weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 24°17719.712.22.6
Feb32° / 24°23621.612.12.7
Mar31° / 24°27726.3122.6
Apr31° / 24°30324.911.92.7
May32° / 24°1611711.83.5
Jun32° / 23°366.911.84.2
Jul33° / 23°17311.84.1
Aug35° / 23°30.711.93.3
Sep36° / 24°20.5122.4
Oct37° / 25°81.312.11.9
Nov37° / 25°203.112.21.9
Dec36° / 25°577.712.22.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18911
28911
38911
48911
59010
69010
79010
89010
99010
109010
119010
129010
138911
148812
158812
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26928
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31946

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Brejo gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.7 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 2% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
14
24
34
43
53
63
73
83
92
102
112
122
132
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171
181
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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 71% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 92% of them.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
186527
286626
386725
486824
586824
686923
787022
887121
987121
1087220
1187220
1287319
1397219
1497219
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1787220
1887220
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2087220
2187220
2287220
2387121
2477221
2577221
2677221
2777320
2877320
2977320
3077419
3177419

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 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 6:02 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 5:49 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:025:52
211.86:025:52
311.86:025:52
411.86:015:52
511.86:015:52
611.96:015:52
711.96:015:52
811.96:015:52
911.96:015:52
1011.96:005:52
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1211.96:005:52
1311.96:005:52
1411.95:595:52
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1611.95:595:51
1711.95:585:51
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1911.95:585:51
2011.95:575:51
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.74 kWh/m² to a high of 6.74 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 6.1 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.8Bright
25.8Bright
35.9Bright
45.9Bright
55.9Bright
65.9Bright
76.0Bright
86.0Bright
96.0Bright
106.0Intense
116.0Intense
126.0Intense
136.1Intense
146.1Intense
156.1Intense
166.1Intense
176.1Intense
186.1Intense
196.2Intense
206.2Intense
216.2Intense
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236.2Intense
246.2Intense
256.2Intense
266.3Intense
276.3Intense
286.3Intense
296.3Intense
306.3Intense
316.3Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Brejo

In seasonPeak

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

Brejo's monsoon runs January–May, 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 Brejo?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
7.0
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Brejo. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Brejo in August

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

In August, Brejo sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Brejo 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 Brejo peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 14 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 15Jul 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Brejo in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Brejo is worst in November — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (June, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateNov 1920 µg/m³Jun 119 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar14Moderate
Apr12Moderate
May9Good
Jun9Good
Jul12Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep10Good
Oct15Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Brejo?

Brejo sits at 3.7°S, 42.8°W, 70 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Santa Quitéria do Maranhão, 30 km away.

Topography around Brejo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Brejo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 70 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 172 m.

The land around Brejo is covered by trees (75%) within 3 km, trees (63%) within 16 km, and trees (69%) within 80 km.

3 km
77 m
16 km
106 m
80 km
172 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Santa Quitéria do Maranhão 30 km · Buriti 35 km · Mata Roma 41 km · Luzilândia 49 km · São Bernardo 51 km · Miguel Alves 56 km · Esperantina 62 km · Chapadinha 68 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 Brejo (-3.6844°, -42.7503°, elevation 70 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).