Ceres weather in August

In August, Ceres sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.5 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 10th-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 76% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ceres's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ceres's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
18°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
7:38 AM – 7:07 PM
Cloud cover
24%
2nd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.54 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Ceres is settlement in Goiás, 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 Ceres reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 14°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 2°C warmer than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Ceres

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 15 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
15
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.

Ceres weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 21°2372312.83.7
Feb29° / 21°17820.912.53.7
Mar29° / 21°17821.712.13.8
Apr30° / 20°7312.311.74.7
May30° / 19°111.911.35.9
Jun30° / 17°30.511.16.5
Jul30° / 17°00.211.26.5
Aug32° / 18°30.511.55.3
Sep33° / 20°18411.93.9
Oct32° / 21°9713.912.33.4
Nov30° / 21°19522.112.73.5
Dec29° / 21°24223.112.93.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 12%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18911
28911
39010
49010
58911
68911
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ceres gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.5 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 2% and peaks near 5% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 74% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1772120
2782020
3782020
4791920
5781930
6781930
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22731980
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24712090
25702190
266821101
276722101
286622111
296622111
306422122
316422122

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 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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48calm
58calm
68calm
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118calm
128calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 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 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:45 AM to 7:28 AM, and sunset from 7:04 PM to 7:09 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.37:457:04
211.37:457:04
311.37:447:04
411.37:447:05
511.47:447:05
611.47:437:05
711.47:437:05
811.47:427:05
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1411.57:397:07
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1911.57:367:07
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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 5.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.68 kWh/m² to a high of 5.97 kWh/m² in September across the year — August's 5.54 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ceres

In seasonPeak

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

Ceres's monsoon runs November–March, 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 Ceres?

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

5.3
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
8.4
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ceres in August

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

In August, Ceres sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ceres 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 Ceres peaks around February 13 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 13UV 15Jun 22UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Ceres 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 Ceres is worst in September — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.1× the cleanest month (June, 6 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1923 µg/m³Jun 156 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb8Good
Mar8Good
Apr7Good
May7Good
Jun6Good
Jul7Good
Aug11Good
Sep24Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov8Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ceres?

Ceres sits at 15.3°S, 49.6°W, 586 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Rubiataba, 27 km away.

Topography around Ceres

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ceres has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 233 m around an average of 604 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 529 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,171 m.

The land around Ceres is covered by grassland (47%), trees (25%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, grassland (45%), cropland (29%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%), trees (32%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
233 m
16 km
529 m
80 km
1,171 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Rubiataba 27 km · Itapaci 40 km · Itapuranga 47 km · Goianésia 52 km · Jaraguá 57 km · Itaberaí 82 km · Goiás 91 km · Pirenópolis 91 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 Ceres (-15.3083°, -49.5983°, elevation 586 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).