Ibirité weather in August

In August, Ibirité sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 11 mm of rain across 2.1 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of August to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ibirité's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ibirité's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
9th warmest
Overnight low
13°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
11 mm
2.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
7:21 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover
35%
1st clearest
Wind
8 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.07 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.5
out of 10

Ibirité is human settlement in Brazil.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 12.3 µg/m³ · 2019

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 25°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ibirité reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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Ibirité weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 19°21817.913.15.1
Feb28° / 18°11912.912.75.6
Mar27° / 18°14716.912.15.4
Apr26° / 16°559.811.66.7
May25° / 14°315.111.17.9
Jun24° / 12°101.710.88.6
Jul24° / 12°50.810.98.9
Aug25° / 13°112.111.38.5
Sep27° / 15°476.511.97.3
Oct27° / 17°8111.712.56.1
Nov26° / 18°18418.412.95.0
Dec27° / 18°2592213.24.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17624
27624
37624
47723
57723
67723
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ibirité gets around 11 mm of rain over 2.1 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 7% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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248
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269
2710
2810
2911
3011
3112

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 75% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
181172
281172
381163
481163
581163
681163
781163
880173
980173
1079183
1178193
1278193
1377203
1477203
1577212
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1875232
1975241
2074251
2173261
2272271
2372271
2470282
2569292
2669292
2768293
2867303
2966304
3066304
3165305

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
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319calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of August to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:30 AM to 7:09 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.17:306:35
211.17:296:35
311.17:296:35
411.17:286:36
511.17:286:36
611.27:276:36
711.27:276:37
811.27:266:37
911.27:266:37
1011.27:256:38
1111.27:246:38
1211.27:246:38
1311.37:236:39
1411.37:226:39
1511.37:226:39
1611.37:216:40
1711.37:206:40
1811.37:206:40
1911.47:196:41
2011.47:186:41
2111.47:176:41
2211.47:166:41
2311.47:166:42
2411.57:156:42
2511.57:146:42
2611.57:136:42
2711.57:126:43
2811.57:116:43
2911.57:116:43
3011.67:106:43
3111.67:096:44

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.02 kWh/m² to a high of 6.02 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.07 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
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44.8Bright
54.8Bright
64.8Bright
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104.9Bright
114.9Bright
124.9Bright
135.0Bright
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275.4Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ibirité

In seasonPeak

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

Ibirité'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 Ibirité?

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

8.5
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Ibirité for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ibirité in August

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

In August, Ibirité sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ibirité 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 Ibirité peaks around February 9 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highVery highExtremeFeb 9UV 15Jun 19UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Ibirité 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 Ibirité is worst in September — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (January, 9 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Ibirité's WHO annual average of 12.3 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1519 µg/m³Jan 149 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb10Good
Mar11Good
Apr12Good
May14Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov9Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ibirité?

Ibirité sits at 20.0°S, 44.1°W, 883 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Sarzedo, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Ibirité

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ibirité has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 280 m around an average of 940 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 824 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,474 m.

The land around Ibirité is covered by trees (46%) and artificial surfaces (40%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and grassland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
280 m
16 km
824 m
80 km
1,474 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Sarzedo 9.0 km · Contagem 10 km · Mário Campos 14 km · Betim 16 km · Belo Horizonte 17 km · Brumadinho 20 km · Nova Lima 23 km · São Joaquim de Bicas 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
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 Ibirité (-20.0219°, -44.0589°, elevation 883 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).