Monção weather in August

In August, Monção sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 13 mm of rain across 3.2 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Monção's 1st-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Monção's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
5th warmest
Overnight low
24°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
13 mm
3.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:09 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover
37%
1st clearest
Wind
9 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Monção is settlement in Maranhão, 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 33°C through the month.

A typical August day in Monção reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C warmer than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Monção

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.

Monção weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 24°2412512.22.6
Feb31° / 24°29925.712.12.5
Mar31° / 24°37829.5122.4
Apr31° / 24°3792811.92.5
May31° / 24°19422.811.83.1
Jun31° / 24°6713.311.84.1
Jul32° / 23°418.411.84.5
Aug33° / 24°133.211.94.2
Sep34° / 24°102123.5
Oct35° / 25°193.512.13.1
Nov34° / 25°426.912.23.0
Dec33° / 25°10814.612.22.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1919
2919
3919
4919
5919
6919
79010
89010
99010
109010
119010
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Monção gets around 13 mm of rain over 3.2 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 10% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
113
213
312
412
512
612
712
811
911
1011
1111
1211
1311
1411
1510
1610
1710
189
199
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219
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258
268
278
288
298
308
318

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 78% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11137214
21137313
31137313
41137313
50137413
60127612
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25178210
26078310
2706859
2806859
2906868
3006868
3106877

Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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48calm
58calm
68calm
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109calm
119calm
129calm
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159calm
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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 6:12 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 5:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:126:02
211.86:126:02
311.96:116:02
411.96:116:02
511.96:116:02
611.96:116:02
711.96:116:02
811.96:116:02
911.96:106:02
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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 5.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.23 kWh/m² to a high of 6.17 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.69 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Monção

In seasonPeak

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

Monção's monsoon runs January–May, 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 Monção?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Monção for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Monção in August

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

In August, Monção sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Monção in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Monção peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 17 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 17UV 15Jul 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Monção 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 Monção is worst in November — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (July, 8 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateNov 1621 µg/m³Jul 148 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May10Good
Jun9Good
Jul8Good
Aug9Good
Sep11Good
Oct17Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Monção?

Monção sits at 3.5°S, 45.3°W, 26 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Pindaré-Mirim, 17 km away.

Topography around Monção

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Monção has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m around an average of 9 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 159 m.

The land around Monção is covered by grassland (46%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and grassland (36%) within 16 km, and grassland (57%) and trees (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
24 m
16 km
53 m
80 km
159 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Pindaré-Mirim 17 km · Penalva 24 km · Santa Inês 24 km · Cajari 33 km · Pio XII 39 km · Bom Jardim 40 km · Viana 41 km · Vitória do Mearim 42 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 Monção (-3.4917°, -45.2511°, elevation 26 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).