Cansanção weather in August

In August, Cansanção sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 17 mm of rain across 5.8 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Cansanção's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cansanção's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
10th warmest
Overnight low
19°
1st coldest
Rainfall
17 mm
5.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
5:53 AM – 5:31 PM
Cloud cover
63%
9th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
4.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Cansanção reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°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 Cansanção

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.

Cansanção weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 22°506.412.63.7
Feb33° / 23°44712.43.6
Mar33° / 23°568.712.13.6
Apr32° / 22°379.111.84.2
May30° / 21°339.311.55.2
Jun28° / 20°269.411.46.1
Jul27° / 19°217.711.46.6
Aug28° / 19°175.811.66.3
Sep31° / 20°113.411.95.5
Oct32° / 21°172.612.24.6
Nov33° / 22°414.912.54.1
Dec33° / 22°405.112.64.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24060
34060
43961
53961
63961
73862
83961
93961
103862
113763
123763
133664
143664
153664
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173763
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193763
203961
213961
224060
234159
244258
254357
264456
274654
284654
294753
304753
314753

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Cansanção gets around 17 mm of rain over 5.8 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 19% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
122
222
321
421
520
620
720
819
919
1020
1120
1220
1320
1420
1520
1620
1720
1820
1920
2020
2120
2219
2318
2418
2517
2616
2715
2815
2914
3013
3113

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 73% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 21% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
177023
267123
367123
467222
567222
667321
777221
877221
967321
1067321
1167321
1267321
1367321
1467222
1557322
1657322
1757322
1857322
1957322
2047422
2147422
2247422
2347422
2447521
2547521
2657520
2757520
2857520
2967519
3067519
3177419

Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 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 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:58 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 5:30 PM to 5:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.55:585:30
211.55:585:30
311.55:585:30
411.55:575:30
511.65:575:30
611.65:575:31
711.65:565:31
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2711.75:475:32
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3011.85:455:32
3111.85:455:32

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.52 kWh/m² to a high of 6.26 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 4.19 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.9Moderate
23.9Moderate
33.9Moderate
44.0Moderate
54.0Moderate
64.0Moderate
74.0Bright
84.0Bright
94.0Bright
104.0Bright
114.1Bright
124.1Bright
134.1Bright
144.1Bright
154.1Bright
164.1Bright
174.2Bright
184.2Bright
194.2Bright
204.2Bright
214.3Bright
224.3Bright
234.3Bright
244.4Bright
254.4Bright
264.5Bright
274.5Bright
284.5Bright
294.6Bright
304.6Bright
314.7Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Cansanção?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.4
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Cansanção in August

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

In August, Cansanção sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. About 6 days see rain.

light clothes

UV index in Cansanção 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 Cansanção peaks around February 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 17UV 15Jul 10UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Cansanção?

Cansanção sits at 10.7°S, 39.5°W, 397 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Nordestina, 19 km away.

Topography around Cansanção

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cansanção has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 390 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 243 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 775 m.

The land around Cansanção is covered by grassland (65%) within 3 km, grassland (55%) and shrubs (36%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and shrubs (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
68 m
16 km
243 m
80 km
775 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Nordestina 19 km · Monte Santo 31 km · Quijingue 33 km · Queimadas 37 km · Itiúba 39 km · Andorinha 51 km · Euclides da Cunha 56 km · Santaluz 67 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 Cansanção (-10.6672°, -39.4992°, elevation 397 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).