Catu weather in August

In August, Catu sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 49 mm of rain across 16.5 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Catu's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Catu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
11th warmest
Overnight low
19°
1st coldest
Rainfall
49 mm
16.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
5:50 AM – 5:25 PM
Cloud cover
58%
4th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.28 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Catu 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical August day in Catu reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with 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 Catu

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.

Catu weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 23°571112.63.8
Feb32° / 23°5211.912.43.6
Mar32° / 23°6514.812.13.6
Apr30° / 22°8118.811.73.9
May28° / 21°9519.811.44.7
Jun27° / 20°7820.111.35.1
Jul26° / 19°621811.35.5
Aug27° / 19°4916.511.65.6
Sep28° / 20°371211.95.7
Oct30° / 21°378.412.35.1
Nov31° / 22°529.112.64.4
Dec32° / 23°458.112.74.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 38% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15743
25743
35644
45644
55545
65545
75545
85446
95347
105347
115248
125248
135248
145149
155149
165248
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215446
225545
235644
245743
255842
265842
275941
285941
296040
306040
316040

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Catu gets around 49 mm of rain over 16.5 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 54% and peaks near 57% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
156
255
355
455
555
654
754
854
955
1055
1156
1256
1356
1457
1557
1657
1757
1857
1957
2056
2155
2254
2353
2452
2550
2649
2748
2847
2946
3046
3146

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 79% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 81% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1017803
2017803
3018793
4018793
5018793
6018802
7019792
8019792
9019792
10020782
11020782
12020782
13020782
14020782
15020782
16020782
17020782
18020782
19020782
20019792
21019792
22018802
23018802
24017812
25017812
26117802
27117802
28117802
29117802
30117802
31117802

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 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 5:56 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 5:23 PM to 5:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.45:565:23
211.55:565:23
311.55:555:23
411.55:555:24
511.55:555:24
611.55:545:24
711.55:545:24
811.55:545:24
911.55:535:24
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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 4.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.59 kWh/m² to a high of 6.01 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 4.28 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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54.1Bright
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244.5Bright
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264.5Bright
274.6Bright
284.6Bright
294.6Bright
304.6Bright
314.7Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Catu?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Catu for sightseeing.

What to pack for Catu in August

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

In August, Catu sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 19°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 17 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

Sea temperature near Catu in August

The nearest coast averages about 25°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 55 km away) is warmest in April at about 28°C and coldest in August near 25°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb28Warm
Mar28Tropical
Apr28Tropical
May28Warm
Jun27Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug25Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct26Warm
Nov26Warm
Dec27Warm

UV index in Catu 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 Catu peaks around February 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 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 15Jun 23UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Catu?

Catu sits at 12.4°S, 38.4°W, 79 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Pojuca, 10 km away.

Topography around Catu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Catu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 132 m around an average of 124 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 220 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 602 m.

The land around Catu is covered by trees (58%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, trees (53%) and grassland (46%) within 16 km, and grassland (36%), trees (34%) and water (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
132 m
16 km
220 m
80 km
602 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
August weather nearby: Pojuca 10 km · Mata de São João 22 km · São Sebastião do Passé 22 km · Alagoinhas 25 km · Dias d'Ávila 30 km · Camaçari 39 km · Candeias 40 km · Amélia Rodrigues 41 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 Catu (-12.3531°, -38.3789°, elevation 79 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).