Itinga do Maranhão weather in August

In August, Itinga do Maranhão sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.8 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% 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 Itinga do Maranhão's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Itinga do Maranhão's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
22°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
0.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:19 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover
35%
1st clearest
Wind
9 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.94 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month.

A typical August day in Itinga do Maranhão reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than 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 Itinga do Maranhão

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 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
31
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.

Itinga do Maranhão weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°23626.212.22.9
Feb30° / 22°24425.412.12.8
Mar30° / 22°28628.9122.7
Apr30° / 22°20325.611.92.9
May31° / 22°9916.411.83.8
Jun32° / 22°184.511.74.6
Jul33° / 21°82.111.84.2
Aug34° / 22°40.811.93.7
Sep34° / 23°112123.5
Oct34° / 23°305.412.13.4
Nov33° / 23°7211.812.23.4
Dec31° / 23°13818.912.33.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 12%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18911
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Itinga do Maranhão gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.8 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 2% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 55% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 66% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
101135468
201134478
301133488
401133498
501032508
601032508
70931528
80931519
90831529
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Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 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
19calm
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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 6:22 AM to 6:13 AM, and sunset from 6:10 PM to 6:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:226:10
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311.86:226:10
411.86:226:10
511.86:216:10
611.86:216:10
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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 5.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.32 kWh/m² to a high of 6.19 kWh/m² in September across the year — August's 5.94 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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296.1Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Itinga do Maranhão

In seasonPeak

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

Itinga do Maranhão's monsoon runs December–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
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Dec

Is August a good time to visit Itinga do Maranhão?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
7.5
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Itinga do Maranhão. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Itinga do Maranhão in August

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

In August, Itinga do Maranhão sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Itinga do Maranhão in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Itinga do Maranhão peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 14UV 15Dec 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Itinga do Maranhão 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 Itinga do Maranhão is worst in November — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.1× the cleanest month (June, 8 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateNov 1433 µg/m³Jun 188 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr12Good
May10Good
Jun8Good
Jul9Good
Aug14Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct29Moderate
Nov33Moderate
Dec25Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Itinga do Maranhão?

Itinga do Maranhão sits at 4.4°S, 47.5°W, 154 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Dom Eliseu, 18 km away.

Topography around Itinga do Maranhão

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Itinga do Maranhão has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 128 m around an average of 161 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 214 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 344 m.

The land around Itinga do Maranhão is covered by grassland (65%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, grassland (55%) and trees (42%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and grassland (45%) within 80 km.

3 km
128 m
16 km
214 m
80 km
344 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Dom Eliseu 18 km · Açailândia 55 km · Rondon do Pará 70 km · Bom Jesus das Selvas 75 km · Ulianópolis 79 km · João Lisboa 112 km · Buriticupu 120 km · Imperatriz 120 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 Itinga do Maranhão (-4.4497°, -47.5256°, elevation 154 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).