Buriticupu weather in August

In August, Buriticupu sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 5 mm of rain across 1 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% 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 Buriticupu's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Buriticupu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
22°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
5 mm
1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:14 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover
36%
1st clearest
Wind
9 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month.

A typical August day in Buriticupu reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and on par with September.

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

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.

Buriticupu weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 23°20724.912.22.9
Feb30° / 23°22524.912.12.8
Mar30° / 23°27328.6122.7
Apr30° / 23°22326.611.92.9
May31° / 22°10817.311.83.8
Jun31° / 22°256.111.84.8
Jul32° / 21°133.111.84.6
Aug34° / 22°5111.94.0
Sep34° / 23°91.8123.5
Oct34° / 23°19412.13.3
Nov34° / 23°558.812.23.2
Dec32° / 23°11216.112.23.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Buriticupu gets around 5 mm of rain over 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 3% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 43% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 79% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11274230
21274231
31264131
41264132
51254132
61244133
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81234134
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Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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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 6:18 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:186:06
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411.86:176:06
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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 5.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.22 kWh/m² to a high of 5.99 kWh/m² in September across the year — August's 5.78 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Buriticupu

In seasonPeak

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

Buriticupu'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 Buriticupu?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Buriticupu for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Buriticupu in August

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

In August, Buriticupu sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Buriticupu 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 Buriticupu peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 14UV 15Nov 22UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Buriticupu 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 Buriticupu is worst in November — around 43 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 6.0× the cleanest month (June, 7 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModeratePoorModerateNov 1442 µg/m³Jun 157 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr11Good
May9Good
Jun7Good
Jul10Good
Aug15Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct35Moderate
Nov43Poor
Dec30Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Buriticupu?

Buriticupu sits at 4.3°S, 46.5°W, 155 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Bom Jesus das Selvas, 48 km away.

Topography around Buriticupu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Buriticupu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 159 m around an average of 148 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 423 m.

The land around Buriticupu is covered by grassland (46%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, grassland (51%) and trees (45%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
159 m
16 km
247 m
80 km
423 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Bom Jesus das Selvas 48 km · Arame 80 km · Santa Luzia 97 km · Alto Alegre do Pindaré 99 km · Dom Eliseu 117 km · Itinga do Maranhão 120 km · Bom Jardim 128 km · Ulianópolis 132 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 Buriticupu (-4.3212°, -46.4547°, elevation 155 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).