Caririaçu weather in August

In August, Caririaçu sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.4 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 33°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Caririaçu's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Caririaçu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
6th warmest
Overnight low
20°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:48 AM – 5:34 PM
Cloud cover
33%
2nd clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.93 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Caririaçu 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

Highs climb over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 33°C by the end.

A typical August day in Caririaçu reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°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 Caririaçu

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 16 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
16
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.

Caririaçu weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 23°12015.612.43.4
Feb31° / 23°12515.512.23.6
Mar31° / 22°17020123.6
Apr31° / 22°10515.211.84.1
May31° / 22°437.111.75.0
Jun30° / 21°152.911.65.7
Jul31° / 20°61.511.65.7
Aug32° / 20°30.411.85.1
Sep34° / 22°20.5124.1
Oct35° / 23°61.412.23.4
Nov35° / 24°142.312.33.2
Dec34° / 24°35612.43.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17327
27525
37624
47525
57624
67723
77723
87822
97822
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318614

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Caririaçu gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.4 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 1% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
13
23
33
43
53
63
72
82
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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 49% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1140545
2141535
3141535
4141535
5242515
6242515
7242515
8243514
9243514
10243514
11243514
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26350452
27350452
28351442
29351442
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31351442

Wind in August

Winds average 16 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
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3115light breeze

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 5:53 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 5:34 PM to 5:33 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:535:34
211.75:525:34
311.75:525:34
411.75:525:34
511.75:525:34
611.75:515:34
711.75:515:34
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1011.75:505:34
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1211.75:505:34
1311.85:495:34
1411.85:495:34
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1611.85:485:34
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1811.85:475:34
1911.85:475:34
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2711.85:435:33
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3111.95:415:33

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.97 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.93 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
25.5Bright
35.5Bright
45.5Bright
55.6Bright
65.6Bright
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85.7Bright
95.7Bright
105.7Bright
115.8Bright
125.8Bright
135.8Bright
145.8Bright
155.9Bright
165.9Bright
175.9Bright
185.9Bright
196.0Bright
206.0Intense
216.0Intense
226.1Intense
236.1Intense
246.1Intense
256.2Intense
266.2Intense
276.2Intense
286.3Intense
296.3Intense
306.3Intense
316.3Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Caririaçu

In seasonPeak

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

Caririaçu's rainy season runs January–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Caririaçu?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
8.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Caririaçu in August

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

In August, Caririaçu sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Caririaçu 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 Caririaçu peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 14 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 13UV 15Jul 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Caririaçu?

Caririaçu sits at 7.0°S, 39.3°W, 712 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Juazeiro do Norte, 19 km away.

Topography around Caririaçu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Caririaçu has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 321 m around an average of 604 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 464 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 853 m.

The land around Caririaçu is covered by shrubs (40%), grassland (33%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, shrubs (56%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and shrubs (53%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
321 m
16 km
464 m
80 km
853 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Juazeiro do Norte 19 km · Crato 25 km · Missão Velha 28 km · Várzea Alegre 28 km · Barbalha 30 km · Farias Brito 34 km · Aurora 37 km · Nova Olinda 44 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 Caririaçu (-7.0422°, -39.2836°, elevation 712 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).