Maués weather in August

In August, Maués sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 92 mm of rain across 15.1 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Maués's 1st-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maués's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
24°
9th coldest
Rainfall
92 mm
15.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
5:58 AM – 5:52 PM
Cloud cover
55%
1st clearest
Wind
5 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.12 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.8
out of 10

Maués 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 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Maués reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Maués

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
13 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Maués weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 24°32128.412.22.8
Feb30° / 24°31725.812.12.9
Mar30° / 24°34228.5122.8
Apr30° / 24°35628.311.92.7
May30° / 24°26127.911.82.9
Jun30° / 24°12320.311.83.6
Jul31° / 24°9917.811.83.9
Aug32° / 24°9215.111.93.8
Sep32° / 25°10916.6123.3
Oct32° / 25°13017.612.13.1
Nov32° / 25°18221.112.23.0
Dec31° / 24°25626.412.22.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 43%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16238
26238
36238
46238
56040
66040
76040
85842
95842
105743
115743
125743
135743
145644
155743
165743
175644
185743
195743
205743
215743
225644
235644
245644
255545
265545
275347
285347
295149
305149
315050

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Maués gets around 92 mm of rain over 15.1 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 49% and peaks near 54% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
146
246
347
447
547
648
748
849
949
1049
1149
1250
1350
1450
1549
1649
1749
1849
1949
2049
2149
2249
2349
2450
2550
2651
2752
2852
2953
3054
3154

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 83% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12080
21981
31981
41882
51882
61783
71783
81783
91783
101783
111783
121783
131783
141882
151882
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211882
221783
231783
241684
251585
261585
271486
281387
291387
301288
311288

Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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315calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 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 0 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:01 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 5:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:015:52
211.96:015:52
311.96:015:52
411.96:015:52
511.96:015:52
611.96:015:52
711.96:005:52
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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 5.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.81 kWh/m² to a high of 5.44 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.12 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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305.3Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Maués

In seasonPeak

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

Maués's rainy season runs November–May, 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 Maués?

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

3.8
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Maués.

What to pack for Maués in August

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

In August, Maués sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Maués 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 Maués peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 15 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highExtremeMar 13UV 15Nov 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Maués 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 Maués is worst in November — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (June, 10 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateNov 924 µg/m³Jun 1510 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar14Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May11Good
Jun10Good
Jul11Good
Aug19Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Maués?

Maués sits at 3.4°S, 57.7°W, 19 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Urucurituba, 56 km away.

Topography around Maués

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maués has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 21 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m.

The land around Maués is covered by trees (50%) and water (32%) within 3 km, trees (79%) within 16 km, and trees (82%) within 80 km.

3 km
43 m
16 km
56 m
80 km
124 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Urucurituba 56 km · Itacoatiara 85 km · Urucará 94 km · Barreirinha 97 km · Parintins 138 km · Autazes 158 km · Nova Olinda do Norte 163 km · Nhamundá 174 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 Maués (-3.3836°, -57.7186°, elevation 19 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).