Canaã dos Carajás weather in August

In August, Canaã dos Carajás sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 6 mm of rain across 1.2 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 11th-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 73% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Canaã dos Carajás's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Canaã dos Carajás's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
1st warmest
Overnight low
22°
8th coldest
Rainfall
6 mm
1.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:30 AM – 6:17 PM
Cloud cover
31%
2nd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.85 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
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 Canaã dos Carajás reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 11°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 Canaã dos Carajás

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.

Canaã dos Carajás weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 22°26228.612.32.9
Feb29° / 22°25426.412.22.9
Mar30° / 22°25728.6122.9
Apr30° / 22°19725.311.93.1
May31° / 22°10716.611.74.0
Jun32° / 22°173.711.65.0
Jul33° / 22°61.311.74.7
Aug34° / 22°61.211.84.1
Sep33° / 23°275.1124.0
Oct32° / 23°8513.412.13.8
Nov30° / 23°16120.512.33.4
Dec30° / 22°20425.212.43.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% 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 13%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1928
2919
3919
4919
5919
69010
78911
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Canaã dos Carajás gets around 6 mm of rain over 1.2 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 4% and peaks near 8% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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52
62
73
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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 42% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 53% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11942345
21941354
31941364
41841374
51840375
61740385
71740386
81639386
91639387
101639388
111538388
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239314713
248304914
257285114
266275215
276255316
285245417
294225519
304215520
314205422

Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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57calm
67calm
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127calm
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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 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:34 AM to 6:23 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 6:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:346:17
211.76:346:17
311.76:346:17
411.76:336:17
511.76:336:17
611.76:336:17
711.76:336:17
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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 5.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.46 kWh/m² to a high of 6.14 kWh/m² in September across the year — August's 5.85 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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276.0Bright
286.0Bright
296.0Bright
306.0Intense
316.0Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Canaã dos Carajás

In seasonPeak

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

Canaã dos Carajás's monsoon runs November–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 Canaã dos Carajás?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Canaã dos Carajás in August

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

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

light clothessun protection

UV index in Canaã dos Carajás in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Canaã dos Carajás peaks around March 11 at about 15 (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 11UV 15Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Canaã dos Carajás 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 Canaã dos Carajás is worst in September — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 7.9× the cleanest month (July, 6 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateSep 1843 µg/m³Jul 106 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb12Good
Mar12Good
Apr12Good
May9Good
Jun6Good
Jul6Good
Aug17Moderate
Sep46Poor
Oct28Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Canaã dos Carajás?

Canaã dos Carajás sits at 6.5°S, 49.9°W, 282 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Parauapebas, 51 km away.

Topography around Canaã dos Carajás

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Canaã dos Carajás has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 174 m around an average of 285 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 548 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 836 m.

The land around Canaã dos Carajás is covered by grassland (51%) and artificial surfaces (33%) within 3 km, grassland (76%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (61%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
174 m
16 km
548 m
80 km
836 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Parauapebas 51 km · Curionópolis 55 km · Xinguara 65 km · Eldorado dos Carajás 72 km · Água Azul do Norte 74 km · Rio Maria 90 km · Floresta do Araguaia 116 km · Ourilândia do Norte 138 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 Canaã dos Carajás (-6.5239°, -49.8517°, elevation 282 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).