Itajubá weather in August

In August, Itajubá sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 33 mm of rain across 4.7 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of August to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Itajubá's 1st-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Itajubá's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
9th warmest
Overnight low
11°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
33 mm
4.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
7:29 AM – 6:43 PM
Cloud cover
40%
1st clearest
Wind
6 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.8
out of 10

Itajubá 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 21°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical August day in Itajubá reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C warmer than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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Itajubá weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 17°36225.913.24.2
Feb25° / 17°23921.812.84.5
Mar24° / 16°20622.212.25.0
Apr23° / 15°8312.311.56.5
May21° / 12°577.610.96.8
Jun20° / 11°34510.77.3
Jul20° / 10°354.210.87.5
Aug22° / 11°334.711.27.8
Sep23° / 13°9410.411.96.8
Oct24° / 15°15417.512.55.7
Nov24° / 16°22521.513.14.9
Dec24° / 17°30625.313.34.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16535
26535
36634
46634
56535
66535
76634
86733
96733
106733
116733
126931
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257327
267327
277228
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317129

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Itajubá gets around 33 mm of rain over 4.7 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 16% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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413
513
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713
813
913
1013
1114
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1514
1615
1715
1815
1915
2016
2116
2216
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2618
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2820
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3021
3122

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 87% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1919
2919
3919
4919
5919
6919
79010
89010
99010
109010
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Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
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96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours 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 30 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:39 AM to 7:16 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 6:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.07:396:37
211.07:396:37
311.07:386:37
411.07:376:38
511.07:376:38
611.07:366:39
711.17:366:39
811.17:356:39
911.17:346:40
1011.17:346:40
1111.17:336:41
1211.17:326:41
1311.27:326:41
1411.27:316:42
1511.27:306:42
1611.27:296:43
1711.27:286:43
1811.37:286:43
1911.37:276:44
2011.37:266:44
2111.37:256:44
2211.37:246:45
2311.47:236:45
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2511.47:226:46
2611.47:216:46
2711.47:206:46
2811.57:196:47
2911.57:186:47
3011.57:176:47
3111.57:166:48

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.63 kWh/m² to a high of 5.54 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 4.68 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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44.3Bright
54.3Bright
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84.4Bright
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104.5Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Itajubá

In seasonPeak

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

Itajubá'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 Itajubá?

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

7.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Itajubá for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Itajubá in August

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

In August, Itajubá sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Itajubá in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Itajubá peaks around February 9 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeFeb 9UV 15Jul 10UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Very high
May7Very high
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug8Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec15Extreme

Air quality in Itajubá 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 Itajubá is worst in September — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1418 µg/m³Dec 1710 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb11Good
Mar11Good
Apr13Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Itajubá?

Itajubá sits at 22.4°S, 45.5°W, 858 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Santa Rita do Sapucaí, 32 km away.

Topography around Itajubá

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Itajubá has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 415 m around an average of 893 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,075 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,299 m.

The land around Itajubá is covered by grassland (40%), artificial surfaces (30%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) and trees (37%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%) and trees (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
415 m
16 km
1,075 m
80 km
2,299 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Santa Rita do Sapucaí 32 km · Paraisópolis 37 km · Campos do Jordão 38 km · Lorena 48 km · Passa Quatro 50 km · Potim 51 km · Guaratinguetá 51 km · Lambari 51 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 Itajubá (-22.4256°, -45.4528°, elevation 858 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).