Fortim weather in August

In August, Fortim sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.9 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Fortim's 2nd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fortim's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
24°
1st coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
0.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
5:40 AM – 5:31 PM
Cloud cover
23%
2nd clearest
Wind
25 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
6.29 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Fortim reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 2 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
2
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.

Fortim weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 26°8615.112.24.7
Feb29° / 25°12017.312.14.3
Mar29° / 25°19622.7123.9
Apr29° / 25°21022.711.93.8
May30° / 25°10914.611.84.8
Jun29° / 25°579.811.75.6
Jul29° / 24°314.911.86.3
Aug30° / 24°40.911.96.8
Sep30° / 24°20.5127.0
Oct30° / 25°20.512.16.9
Nov30° / 26°41.112.26.6
Dec30° / 26°195.712.35.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 8%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18812
28911
38911
48911
58911
69010
7919
8919
9919
10919
11919
12919
13919
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22928
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27955
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Fortim gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.9 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 3% and peaks near 7% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
17
26
36
45
55
64
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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 66% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
126632
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2106535
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2406337
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2606238
2706238
2806139
2906139
3006040
3106040

Wind in August

Winds average 25 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 24 km/h on the calmest days to 25 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
124breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 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 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:43 AM to 5:34 AM, and sunset from 5:31 PM to 5:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:435:31
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311.85:435:31
411.85:435:31
511.85:425:31
611.85:425:31
711.85:425:31
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2011.95:385:30
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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 6.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.12 kWh/m² to a high of 6.94 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 6.29 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.9Bright
25.9Bright
36.0Bright
46.0Bright
56.0Intense
66.0Intense
76.1Intense
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266.5Intense
276.5Intense
286.5Intense
296.5Intense
306.6Intense
316.6Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Fortim

In seasonPeak

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

Fortim's monsoon runs February–May, 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 Fortim?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
9.0
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Fortim in August

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

In August, Fortim sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: a windbreaker.

light clothessun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Fortim in August

The nearest coast averages about 27°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in April at about 29°C and coldest in August near 27°C.

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

26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun28Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov28Warm
Dec28Warm

UV index in Fortim 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 Fortim peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 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 16UV 15Jul 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Fortim?

Fortim sits at 4.5°S, 37.8°W, 24 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Aracati, 13 km away.

Topography around Fortim

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fortim has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 277 m.

The land around Fortim is covered by grassland (34%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, water (44%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and water (34%), shrubs (30%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
38 m
16 km
79 m
80 km
277 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
August weather nearby: Aracati 13 km · Jaguaruana 43 km · Beberibe 48 km · Icapuí 57 km · Russas 58 km · Cascavel 61 km · Quixeré 72 km · Baraúna 73 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 Fortim (-4.4519°, -37.7972°, elevation 24 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).