Curitiba weather in August

In August, Curitiba sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 82 mm of rain across 7.9 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 48 min at the start of August to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Curitiba's 1st-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Curitiba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 82 mm; 7.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 7:48 AM – 6:54 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 1st clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 3.74 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.7; out of 10

Air quality: Excellent; PM10 14 µg/m³ · 2015

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

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical August day in Curitiba reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 1°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)	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12

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

Curitiba weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 18°	218	23.4	13.4	4.6
Feb	26° / 18°	191	20.8	12.9	4.6
Mar	25° / 17°	126	18.1	12.2	5.5
Apr	23° / 15°	74	10.4	11.4	6.5
May	20° / 12°	92	9.5	10.8	6.2
Jun	19° / 11°	99	8.9	10.4	6.2
Jul	19° / 10°	93	7.5	10.6	6.4
Aug	20° / 11°	82	7.9	11.1	6.7
Sep	21° / 12°	134	11.2	11.8	6.1
Oct	22° / 14°	136	14.6	12.6	5.6
Nov	23° / 15°	125	15.5	13.2	5.7
Dec	25° / 17°	163	19.5	13.6	5.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

	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 (%)	51	51	50	51	51	51	50	50	49	48	48	47	47	47	47	48	48	49	50	50	50	51	52	53	54	54	54	54	53	53	51
Cloudier (%)	49	49	50	49	49	49	50	50	51	52	52	53	53	53	53	52	52	51	50	50	50	49	48	47	46	46	46	46	47	47	49

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	50	50
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	49	51
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	47	53
13	47	53
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	53	47
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	51	49

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Curitiba gets around 82 mm of rain over 7.9 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 26% and peaks near 28% 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 (%)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	28	28

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

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 66% 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 (%)	73	73	73	72	72	71	70	70	69	69	69	68	67	66	66	66	65	65	65	64	64	63	63	62	61	61	59	59	58	56	56
Comfortable (%)	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	36	36	37	37	38	39	39
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	73	26	1
2	73	26	1
3	73	26	1
4	72	27	1
5	72	27	1
6	71	28	1
7	70	28	2
8	70	28	2
9	69	29	2
10	69	29	2
11	69	29	2
12	68	30	2
13	67	30	3
14	66	31	3
15	66	31	3
16	66	31	3
17	65	32	3
18	65	32	3
19	65	32	3
20	64	33	3
21	64	33	3
22	63	34	3
23	63	34	3
24	62	35	3
25	61	36	3
26	61	36	3
27	59	37	4
28	59	37	4
29	58	38	4
30	56	39	5
31	56	39	5

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 11 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 48 min at the start of August to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:59 AM to 7:34 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 7:01 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)	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:59	7:59	7:58	7:57	7:57	7:56	7:55	7:55	7:54	7:53	7:52	7:51	7:51	7:50	7:49	7:48	7:47	7:46	7:45	7:45	7:44	7:43	7:42	7:41	7:40	7:39	7:38	7:37	7:36	7:35	7:34
Sunset (PM)	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	7:59	6:47
2	10.8	7:59	6:48
3	10.8	7:58	6:48
4	10.9	7:57	6:49
5	10.9	7:57	6:49
6	10.9	7:56	6:50
7	10.9	7:55	6:50
8	10.9	7:55	6:51
9	11.0	7:54	6:51
10	11.0	7:53	6:51
11	11.0	7:52	6:52
12	11.0	7:51	6:52
13	11.0	7:51	6:53
14	11.1	7:50	6:53
15	11.1	7:49	6:54
16	11.1	7:48	6:54
17	11.1	7:47	6:55
18	11.1	7:46	6:55
19	11.2	7:45	6:56
20	11.2	7:45	6:56
21	11.2	7:44	6:56
22	11.2	7:43	6:57
23	11.3	7:42	6:57
24	11.3	7:41	6:58
25	11.3	7:40	6:58
26	11.3	7:39	6:59
27	11.4	7:38	6:59
28	11.4	7:37	6:59
29	11.4	7:36	7:00
30	11.4	7:35	7:00
31	11.5	7:34	7:01

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.75 kWh/m² to a high of 5.46 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 3.74 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)	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.3	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.4	Moderate
4	3.4	Moderate
5	3.4	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.6	Moderate
15	3.6	Moderate
16	3.7	Moderate
17	3.7	Moderate
18	3.7	Moderate
19	3.8	Moderate
20	3.8	Moderate
21	3.8	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	4.0	Moderate
26	4.0	Moderate
27	4.0	Bright
28	4.0	Bright
29	4.0	Bright
30	4.0	Bright
31	4.0	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Curitiba?

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

6.7

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

3.6

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Curitiba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Curitiba in August

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

In August, Curitiba sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 11°C. Little to plan around — just the basics. About 8 days see rain.

UV index in Curitiba in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Curitiba peaks around January 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 at about 5 (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)	15	14	12	9	6	6	5	7	7	11	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	High	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	5	High
Aug	7	High
Sep	7	High
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Curitiba 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 Curitiba is worst in September — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	10	10	11	12	14	14	16	17	19	13	11	10
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	10	Good
Mar	11	Good
Apr	12	Good
May	14	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	11	Good
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Curitiba?

Curitiba sits at 25.4°S, 49.3°W, 924 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Pinhais, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Curitiba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Curitiba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m around an average of 919 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 248 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,807 m.

The land around Curitiba is covered by artificial surfaces (85%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (45%) and trees (37%) within 16 km, and trees (75%) within 80 km.

3 km

99 m

artificial surfaces 85%

16 km

248 m

artificial surfaces 45%

80 km

1,807 m

trees 75%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves

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

August weather nearby: Pinhais 8.0 km · Almirante Tamandaré 12 km · São José dos Pinhais 13 km · Colombo 16 km · Campo Magro 19 km · Piraquara 21 km · Quatro Barras 21 km · Araucária 23 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 Curitiba (-25.4278°, -49.2731°, elevation 924 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	50	50
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	49	51
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	47	53
13	47	53
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	53	47
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	51	49

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	73	26	1
2	73	26	1
3	73	26	1
4	72	27	1
5	72	27	1
6	71	28	1
7	70	28	2
8	70	28	2
9	69	29	2
10	69	29	2
11	69	29	2
12	68	30	2
13	67	30	3
14	66	31	3
15	66	31	3
16	66	31	3
17	65	32	3
18	65	32	3
19	65	32	3
20	64	33	3
21	64	33	3
22	63	34	3
23	63	34	3
24	62	35	3
25	61	36	3
26	61	36	3
27	59	37	4
28	59	37	4
29	58	38	4
30	56	39	5
31	56	39	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	50	50
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	49	51
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	47	53
13	47	53
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	53	47
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	51	49

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	73	26	1
2	73	26	1
3	73	26	1
4	72	27	1
5	72	27	1
6	71	28	1
7	70	28	2
8	70	28	2
9	69	29	2
10	69	29	2
11	69	29	2
12	68	30	2
13	67	30	3
14	66	31	3
15	66	31	3
16	66	31	3
17	65	32	3
18	65	32	3
19	65	32	3
20	64	33	3
21	64	33	3
22	63	34	3
23	63	34	3
24	62	35	3
25	61	36	3
26	61	36	3
27	59	37	4
28	59	37	4
29	58	38	4
30	56	39	5
31	56	39	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	50	50
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	49	51
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	47	53
13	47	53
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	53	47
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	51	49

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	73	26	1
2	73	26	1
3	73	26	1
4	72	27	1
5	72	27	1
6	71	28	1
7	70	28	2
8	70	28	2
9	69	29	2
10	69	29	2
11	69	29	2
12	68	30	2
13	67	30	3
14	66	31	3
15	66	31	3
16	66	31	3
17	65	32	3
18	65	32	3
19	65	32	3
20	64	33	3
21	64	33	3
22	63	34	3
23	63	34	3
24	62	35	3
25	61	36	3
26	61	36	3
27	59	37	4
28	59	37	4
29	58	38	4
30	56	39	5
31	56	39	5