Caraí weather in August

In August, Caraí sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 15 mm of rain across 5.4 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of August to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Caraí's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Caraí's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 15 mm; 5.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 7:08 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover: 51%; 1st clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 4.53 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

Caraí is human settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical August day in Caraí reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	14
2	24	14
3	24	14
4	25	14
5	25	14
6	25	14
7	25	14
8	25	14
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10	25	14
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13	25	14
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17	25	14
18	25	14
19	25	14
20	25	14
21	25	14
22	25	14
23	25	14
24	25	14
25	25	14
26	26	14
27	26	14
28	26	15
29	26	15
30	26	15
31	26	15

Caraí weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-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	29° / 19°	117	13.2	12.9	5.0
Feb	29° / 19°	89	11.4	12.6	4.9
Mar	29° / 19°	125	15	12.1	5.0
Apr	27° / 18°	73	11.9	11.6	6.1
May	25° / 16°	30	8	11.2	7.0
Jun	24° / 15°	17	5.3	11	7.7
Jul	24° / 14°	18	6.8	11.1	7.7
Aug	25° / 14°	15	5.4	11.4	7.7
Sep	27° / 16°	26	6.2	11.9	7.2
Oct	28° / 17°	78	10.1	12.4	6.1
Nov	27° / 18°	166	16.6	12.8	5.1
Dec	28° / 19°	182	16.8	13	4.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 43%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	55	55	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	55	55	55	55	55	55	56	56	57	59	60	60	61	61	62	62	62	62	62
Cloudier (%)	45	45	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	43	41	40	40	39	39	38	38	38	38	38

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	59	41
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	62	38

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Caraí gets around 15 mm of rain over 5.4 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 18% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	16

	Rain chance (%)
1	16
2	16
3	16
4	16
5	16
6	16
7	16
8	17
9	17
10	18
11	19
12	19
13	20
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15	21
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20	21
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23	19
24	19
25	18
26	17
27	17
28	16
29	16
30	16
31	16

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the comfortable band about 57% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	29	29	28	27	27	26	26	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Comfortable (%)	59	58	58	58	57	57	57	56	56	55	54	54	54	55	55	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	58	57	58	58	58	57	57	57	57
Humid (%)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	27	59	14
2	28	58	14
3	28	58	14
4	28	58	14
5	29	57	14
6	29	57	14
7	29	57	14
8	29	56	15
9	29	56	15
10	30	55	15
11	30	54	16
12	30	54	16
13	30	54	16
14	29	55	16
15	29	55	16
16	28	56	16
17	27	56	17
18	27	56	17
19	26	57	17
20	26	57	17
21	25	57	18
22	25	57	18
23	24	58	18
24	24	57	19
25	23	58	19
26	23	58	19
27	23	58	19
28	23	57	20
29	23	57	20
30	23	57	20
31	23	57	20

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 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
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30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of August to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:16 AM to 6:58 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:36 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:12	7:11	7:11	7:10	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:58
Sunset (PM)	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	7:16	6:29
2	11.2	7:16	6:30
3	11.2	7:15	6:30
4	11.3	7:15	6:30
5	11.3	7:14	6:31
6	11.3	7:14	6:31
7	11.3	7:14	6:31
8	11.3	7:13	6:31
9	11.3	7:12	6:32
10	11.3	7:12	6:32
11	11.3	7:11	6:32
12	11.4	7:11	6:32
13	11.4	7:10	6:33
14	11.4	7:10	6:33
15	11.4	7:09	6:33
16	11.4	7:08	6:33
17	11.4	7:08	6:34
18	11.4	7:07	6:34
19	11.5	7:06	6:34
20	11.5	7:06	6:34
21	11.5	7:05	6:34
22	11.5	7:04	6:35
23	11.5	7:04	6:35
24	11.5	7:03	6:35
25	11.5	7:02	6:35
26	11.6	7:01	6:35
27	11.6	7:01	6:35
28	11.6	7:00	6:36
29	11.6	6:59	6:36
30	11.6	6:58	6:36
31	11.6	6:58	6:36

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

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 3.63 kWh/m² to a high of 6.25 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 4.53 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.2	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Caraí

In seasonPeak

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

Caraí's rainy season runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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Mar

Apr

May

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Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Caraí?

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

7.7

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

6.9

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Caraí for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Caraí in August

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

In August, Caraí sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

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UV index in Caraí 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 Caraí peaks around February 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 8 (very 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
UV index (midday)	14	15	14	11	9	8	8	10	11	12	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Caraí?

Caraí sits at 17.2°S, 41.7°W, 804 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Padre Paraíso, 26 km away.

Topography around Caraí

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Caraí has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 390 m around an average of 838 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 610 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,016 m.

The land around Caraí is covered by trees (52%) and grassland (46%) within 3 km, trees (68%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (68%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

390 m

trees 52%

16 km

610 m

trees 68%

80 km

1,016 m

trees 68%

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← July Caraí year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Padre Paraíso 26 km · Novo Cruzeiro 36 km · Araçuaí 55 km · Itaobim 73 km · Teófilo Otoni 77 km · Águas Formosas 82 km · Malacacheta 83 km · Itambacuri 94 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 Caraí (-17.1889°, -41.6947°, elevation 804 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	14
2	24	14
3	24	14
4	25	14
5	25	14
6	25	14
7	25	14
8	25	14
9	25	14
10	25	14
11	25	14
12	25	14
13	25	14
14	25	14
15	25	14
16	25	14
17	25	14
18	25	14
19	25	14
20	25	14
21	25	14
22	25	14
23	25	14
24	25	14
25	25	14
26	26	14
27	26	14
28	26	15
29	26	15
30	26	15
31	26	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	59	41
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	16
2	16
3	16
4	16
5	16
6	16
7	16
8	17
9	17
10	18
11	19
12	19
13	20
14	20
15	21
16	21
17	21
18	21
19	21
20	21
21	20
22	20
23	19
24	19
25	18
26	17
27	17
28	16
29	16
30	16
31	16

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	27	59	14
2	28	58	14
3	28	58	14
4	28	58	14
5	29	57	14
6	29	57	14
7	29	57	14
8	29	56	15
9	29	56	15
10	30	55	15
11	30	54	16
12	30	54	16
13	30	54	16
14	29	55	16
15	29	55	16
16	28	56	16
17	27	56	17
18	27	56	17
19	26	57	17
20	26	57	17
21	25	57	18
22	25	57	18
23	24	58	18
24	24	57	19
25	23	58	19
26	23	58	19
27	23	58	19
28	23	57	20
29	23	57	20
30	23	57	20
31	23	57	20

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	14
2	24	14
3	24	14
4	25	14
5	25	14
6	25	14
7	25	14
8	25	14
9	25	14
10	25	14
11	25	14
12	25	14
13	25	14
14	25	14
15	25	14
16	25	14
17	25	14
18	25	14
19	25	14
20	25	14
21	25	14
22	25	14
23	25	14
24	25	14
25	25	14
26	26	14
27	26	14
28	26	15
29	26	15
30	26	15
31	26	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	59	41
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	16
2	16
3	16
4	16
5	16
6	16
7	16
8	17
9	17
10	18
11	19
12	19
13	20
14	20
15	21
16	21
17	21
18	21
19	21
20	21
21	20
22	20
23	19
24	19
25	18
26	17
27	17
28	16
29	16
30	16
31	16

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	27	59	14
2	28	58	14
3	28	58	14
4	28	58	14
5	29	57	14
6	29	57	14
7	29	57	14
8	29	56	15
9	29	56	15
10	30	55	15
11	30	54	16
12	30	54	16
13	30	54	16
14	29	55	16
15	29	55	16
16	28	56	16
17	27	56	17
18	27	56	17
19	26	57	17
20	26	57	17
21	25	57	18
22	25	57	18
23	24	58	18
24	24	57	19
25	23	58	19
26	23	58	19
27	23	58	19
28	23	57	20
29	23	57	20
30	23	57	20
31	23	57	20

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	14
2	24	14
3	24	14
4	25	14
5	25	14
6	25	14
7	25	14
8	25	14
9	25	14
10	25	14
11	25	14
12	25	14
13	25	14
14	25	14
15	25	14
16	25	14
17	25	14
18	25	14
19	25	14
20	25	14
21	25	14
22	25	14
23	25	14
24	25	14
25	25	14
26	26	14
27	26	14
28	26	15
29	26	15
30	26	15
31	26	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	59	41
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	16
2	16
3	16
4	16
5	16
6	16
7	16
8	17
9	17
10	18
11	19
12	19
13	20
14	20
15	21
16	21
17	21
18	21
19	21
20	21
21	20
22	20
23	19
24	19
25	18
26	17
27	17
28	16
29	16
30	16
31	16

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	27	59	14
2	28	58	14
3	28	58	14
4	28	58	14
5	29	57	14
6	29	57	14
7	29	57	14
8	29	56	15
9	29	56	15
10	30	55	15
11	30	54	16
12	30	54	16
13	30	54	16
14	29	55	16
15	29	55	16
16	28	56	16
17	27	56	17
18	27	56	17
19	26	57	17
20	26	57	17
21	25	57	18
22	25	57	18
23	24	58	18
24	24	57	19
25	23	58	19
26	23	58	19
27	23	58	19
28	23	57	20
29	23	57	20
30	23	57	20
31	23	57	20