Montes Claros weather in August

In August, Montes Claros sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.6 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Montes Claros's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Montes Claros's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 2 mm; 0.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 7:17 AM – 6:43 PM
Cloud cover: 32%; 1st clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.43 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.5; out of 10

Montes Claros is human settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical August day in Montes Claros reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	15
2	28	15
3	28	15
4	28	15
5	28	15
6	28	15
7	28	15
8	28	15
9	28	15
10	28	15
11	28	15
12	28	15
13	28	15
14	28	15
15	28	15
16	28	15
17	28	15
18	28	15
19	29	16
20	29	16
21	29	16
22	29	16
23	29	16
24	29	16
25	29	16
26	29	16
27	29	16
28	29	16
29	30	16
30	30	16
31	30	16

Montes Claros weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 20°	131	12.7	12.9	4.9
Feb	30° / 20°	91	9.7	12.6	4.9
Mar	29° / 20°	111	11.3	12.1	5.1
Apr	29° / 19°	35	6	11.6	6.0
May	28° / 17°	10	2.3	11.2	7.4
Jun	27° / 15°	2	0.4	11	8.2
Jul	27° / 15°	1	0.1	11.1	8.4
Aug	29° / 16°	2	0.6	11.4	7.5
Sep	31° / 18°	12	2.1	11.9	5.8
Oct	31° / 20°	66	7.4	12.4	4.8
Nov	29° / 20°	178	15.1	12.8	4.6
Dec	29° / 20°	206	16.5	13	4.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	82	82
Cloudier (%)	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	82	18
31	82	18

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Montes Claros gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.6 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 2% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	3
19	3
20	3
21	3
22	3
23	3
24	3
25	3
26	3
27	3
28	3
29	3
30	3
31	3

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 69% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	71	72	72	73	73	72	72	72	71	71	71	71	70	70	69	69	68	68	68	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	65	65	66	66	67
Comfortable (%)	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	29
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	71	28	1
2	72	27	1
3	72	27	1
4	73	26	1
5	73	26	1
6	72	26	2
7	72	26	2
8	72	26	2
9	71	27	2
10	71	27	2
11	71	27	2
12	71	27	2
13	70	28	2
14	70	28	2
15	69	29	2
16	69	29	2
17	68	30	2
18	68	30	2
19	68	30	2
20	67	31	2
21	67	31	2
22	67	31	2
23	66	31	3
24	66	31	3
25	66	31	3
26	66	31	3
27	65	31	4
28	65	31	4
29	66	30	4
30	66	30	4
31	67	29	4

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
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11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 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 7:24 AM to 7:06 AM, and sunset from 6:39 PM to 6:45 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	7:24	7:24	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:22	7:22	7:21	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:19	7:18	7:18	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:07	7:06
Sunset (PM)	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	7:24	6:39
2	11.3	7:24	6:39
3	11.3	7:23	6:39
4	11.3	7:23	6:40
5	11.3	7:23	6:40
6	11.3	7:22	6:40
7	11.3	7:22	6:40
8	11.3	7:21	6:41
9	11.3	7:21	6:41
10	11.4	7:20	6:41
11	11.4	7:19	6:41
12	11.4	7:19	6:42
13	11.4	7:18	6:42
14	11.4	7:18	6:42
15	11.4	7:17	6:42
16	11.4	7:17	6:43
17	11.4	7:16	6:43
18	11.5	7:15	6:43
19	11.5	7:15	6:43
20	11.5	7:14	6:43
21	11.5	7:13	6:44
22	11.5	7:13	6:44
23	11.5	7:12	6:44
24	11.5	7:11	6:44
25	11.6	7:10	6:44
26	11.6	7:10	6:44
27	11.6	7:09	6:45
28	11.6	7:08	6:45
29	11.6	7:07	6:45
30	11.6	7:07	6:45
31	11.7	7:06	6:45

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.35 kWh/m² to a high of 6.26 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.43 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.6	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Montes Claros

In seasonPeak

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

Montes Claros's monsoon runs November–January, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Montes Claros?

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

7.5

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

8.8

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Montes Claros for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Montes Claros in August

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

In August, Montes Claros sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Montes Claros 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 Montes Claros peaks around February 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 8 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	15	14	12	9	8	8	10	12	13	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Montes Claros?

Montes Claros sits at 16.7°S, 43.9°W, 686 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Bocaiúva, 42 km away.

Topography around Montes Claros

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Montes Claros has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 88 m around an average of 652 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 485 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 899 m.

The land around Montes Claros is covered by artificial surfaces (85%) within 3 km, trees (55%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (43%), grassland (31%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

88 m

artificial surfaces 85%

16 km

485 m

trees 55%

80 km

899 m

trees 43%

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← July Montes Claros year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Bocaiúva 42 km · Francisco Sá 49 km · Coração de Jesus 54 km · Brasília de Minas 85 km · São João da Ponte 91 km · Varzelândia 116 km · Janaúba 119 km · Barreiro do Jaíba 128 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

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 Montes Claros (-16.735°, -43.8617°, elevation 686 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	15
2	28	15
3	28	15
4	28	15
5	28	15
6	28	15
7	28	15
8	28	15
9	28	15
10	28	15
11	28	15
12	28	15
13	28	15
14	28	15
15	28	15
16	28	15
17	28	15
18	28	15
19	29	16
20	29	16
21	29	16
22	29	16
23	29	16
24	29	16
25	29	16
26	29	16
27	29	16
28	29	16
29	30	16
30	30	16
31	30	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	82	18
31	82	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	3
19	3
20	3
21	3
22	3
23	3
24	3
25	3
26	3
27	3
28	3
29	3
30	3
31	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	71	28	1
2	72	27	1
3	72	27	1
4	73	26	1
5	73	26	1
6	72	26	2
7	72	26	2
8	72	26	2
9	71	27	2
10	71	27	2
11	71	27	2
12	71	27	2
13	70	28	2
14	70	28	2
15	69	29	2
16	69	29	2
17	68	30	2
18	68	30	2
19	68	30	2
20	67	31	2
21	67	31	2
22	67	31	2
23	66	31	3
24	66	31	3
25	66	31	3
26	66	31	3
27	65	31	4
28	65	31	4
29	66	30	4
30	66	30	4
31	67	29	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	15
2	28	15
3	28	15
4	28	15
5	28	15
6	28	15
7	28	15
8	28	15
9	28	15
10	28	15
11	28	15
12	28	15
13	28	15
14	28	15
15	28	15
16	28	15
17	28	15
18	28	15
19	29	16
20	29	16
21	29	16
22	29	16
23	29	16
24	29	16
25	29	16
26	29	16
27	29	16
28	29	16
29	30	16
30	30	16
31	30	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	82	18
31	82	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	3
19	3
20	3
21	3
22	3
23	3
24	3
25	3
26	3
27	3
28	3
29	3
30	3
31	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	71	28	1
2	72	27	1
3	72	27	1
4	73	26	1
5	73	26	1
6	72	26	2
7	72	26	2
8	72	26	2
9	71	27	2
10	71	27	2
11	71	27	2
12	71	27	2
13	70	28	2
14	70	28	2
15	69	29	2
16	69	29	2
17	68	30	2
18	68	30	2
19	68	30	2
20	67	31	2
21	67	31	2
22	67	31	2
23	66	31	3
24	66	31	3
25	66	31	3
26	66	31	3
27	65	31	4
28	65	31	4
29	66	30	4
30	66	30	4
31	67	29	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	15
2	28	15
3	28	15
4	28	15
5	28	15
6	28	15
7	28	15
8	28	15
9	28	15
10	28	15
11	28	15
12	28	15
13	28	15
14	28	15
15	28	15
16	28	15
17	28	15
18	28	15
19	29	16
20	29	16
21	29	16
22	29	16
23	29	16
24	29	16
25	29	16
26	29	16
27	29	16
28	29	16
29	30	16
30	30	16
31	30	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	82	18
31	82	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	3
19	3
20	3
21	3
22	3
23	3
24	3
25	3
26	3
27	3
28	3
29	3
30	3
31	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	71	28	1
2	72	27	1
3	72	27	1
4	73	26	1
5	73	26	1
6	72	26	2
7	72	26	2
8	72	26	2
9	71	27	2
10	71	27	2
11	71	27	2
12	71	27	2
13	70	28	2
14	70	28	2
15	69	29	2
16	69	29	2
17	68	30	2
18	68	30	2
19	68	30	2
20	67	31	2
21	67	31	2
22	67	31	2
23	66	31	3
24	66	31	3
25	66	31	3
26	66	31	3
27	65	31	4
28	65	31	4
29	66	30	4
30	66	30	4
31	67	29	4