Maceió weather in August

In August, Maceió sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 107 mm of rain across 23.3 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-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 50% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Maceió's 4th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maceió's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
1st coldest
Rainfall
107 mm
23.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:37 AM – 5:17 PM
Cloud cover
42%
4th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
4.88 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Maceió 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical August day in Maceió reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Maceió weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 25°6517.212.55.7
Feb27° / 25°6716.612.35.4
Mar28° / 26°8319.412.15.3
Apr27° / 25°12921.611.84.8
May27° / 25°17724.311.64.7
Jun26° / 24°18724.911.44.6
Jul25° / 23°17425.211.54.7
Aug25° / 23°10723.311.75.1
Sep26° / 24°6819.511.95.6
Oct26° / 24°5616.912.26.0
Nov27° / 25°4013.612.46.3
Dec27° / 25°3612.512.66.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 32% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Maceió gets around 107 mm of rain over 23.3 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 75% and peaks near 78% 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 79% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 95% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 19 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
119light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:42 AM to 5:29 AM, and sunset from 5:16 PM to 5:17 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.65:425:16
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311.65:415:16
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511.65:415:17
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1911.75:355:17
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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 4.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.2 kWh/m² to a high of 6.48 kWh/m² in November across the year — August's 4.88 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Maceió

In seasonPeak

In August, Maceió sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Maceió's rainy season runs April–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Maceió?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Maceió for sightseeing.

What to pack for Maceió in August

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

In August, Maceió sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 23°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Maceió in August

The nearest coast averages about 26°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 13 km away) is warmest in April at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

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

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Warm
Feb28Tropical
Mar28Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May28Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov27Warm
Dec27Warm

UV index in Maceió 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 Maceió peaks around March 11 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 11UV 14Jun 22UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Maceió?

Maceió sits at 9.7°S, 35.7°W, 11 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Satuba, 15 km away.

Topography around Maceió

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maceió has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 656 m.

The land around Maceió is covered by artificial surfaces (55%) and water (37%) within 3 km, water (55%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
66 m
16 km
131 m
80 km
656 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
August weather nearby: Satuba 15 km · Marechal Deodoro 18 km · Rio Largo 25 km · Pilar 25 km · Messias 34 km · Atalaia 36 km · Barra de Santo Antônio 38 km · São Miguel dos Campos 41 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 Maceió (-9.6658°, -35.7353°, elevation 11 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).