Chapada dos Guimarães weather in August

In August, Chapada dos Guimarães sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 10 mm of rain across 2 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-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 72% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

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

Daytime high
32°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
19°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
10 mm
2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
7:03 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover
28%
2nd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.38 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Chapada dos Guimarães 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 Chapada dos Guimarães reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C warmer than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Chapada dos Guimarães

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 21 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
21
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.

Chapada dos Guimarães weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 23°26626.312.82.9
Feb30° / 23°23624.712.52.8
Mar31° / 23°22825.912.12.9
Apr31° / 22°11315.811.74.0
May30° / 20°315.711.35.6
Jun30° / 19°111.411.16.4
Jul30° / 18°60.811.26.5
Aug32° / 19°10211.55.0
Sep33° / 21°437.611.93.7
Oct32° / 23°13118.112.43.1
Nov31° / 23°17921.512.73.1
Dec31° / 23°22525.112.93.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% 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 16%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Chapada dos Guimarães gets around 10 mm of rain over 2 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 6% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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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 38% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 18% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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Wind in August

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

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 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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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 7:10 AM to 6:53 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.37:106:28
211.37:106:28
311.37:096:29
411.37:096:29
511.37:086:29
611.47:086:29
711.47:076:30
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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 5.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.48 kWh/m² to a high of 6 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.38 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Chapada dos Guimarães

In seasonPeak

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

Chapada dos Guimarães's monsoon runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
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Is August a good time to visit Chapada dos Guimarães?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
8.1
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Chapada dos Guimarães in August

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

In August, Chapada dos Guimarães sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Chapada dos Guimarães in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chapada dos Guimarães peaks around January 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near September 14 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 21UV 15Sep 14UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Chapada dos Guimarães 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 Chapada dos Guimarães is worst in September — around 67 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 9.6× the cleanest month (June, 7 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateUnhealthyModerateGoodSep 1561 µg/m³Jun 107 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb9Good
Mar8Good
Apr7Good
May7Good
Jun7Good
Jul8Good
Aug26Moderate
Sep67Unhealthy
Oct19Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Chapada dos Guimarães?

Chapada dos Guimarães sits at 15.5°S, 55.7°W, 827 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Cuiabá, 40 km away.

Topography around Chapada dos Guimarães

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chapada dos Guimarães has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 492 m around an average of 750 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 681 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 777 m.

The land around Chapada dos Guimarães is covered by trees (56%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (47%), grassland (27%) and shrubs (23%) within 16 km, and trees (41%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
492 m
16 km
681 m
80 km
777 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Cuiabá 40 km · Várzea Grande 46 km · Santo Antônio do Leverger 57 km · Campo Verde 63 km · Lucas 99 km · Rosário Oeste 101 km · Jaciara 101 km · Nobres 103 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 Chapada dos Guimarães (-15.4606°, -55.7497°, elevation 827 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).