Olho d’Água das Cunhãs weather in August

In August, Olho d’Água das Cunhãs sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 5 mm of rain across 1.4 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% 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 Olho d’Água das Cunhãs's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Olho d’Água das Cunhãs's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
4th warmest
Overnight low
24°
8th coldest
Rainfall
5 mm
1.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:09 AM – 6:00 PM
Cloud cover
34%
1st clearest
Wind
8 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.92 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month.

A typical August day in Olho d’Água das Cunhãs reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 11°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 about 1°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Olho d’Água das Cunhãs

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
4 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.

Olho d’Água das Cunhãs weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 24°23024.912.22.6
Feb31° / 23°24624.712.12.5
Mar31° / 24°28129122.4
Apr31° / 24°2382611.92.7
May32° / 24°11117.911.83.4
Jun32° / 23°306.411.84.3
Jul33° / 23°143.211.84.1
Aug35° / 24°51.411.93.3
Sep36° / 25°71.3122.7
Oct36° / 25°183.412.12.5
Nov35° / 25°50812.22.6
Dec34° / 25°12115.712.22.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1919
2919
3919
4919
5919
6919
7919
8919
9919
109010
119010
129010
138911
148911
158911
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209010
219010
229010
239010
24919
25919
26919
27919
28928
29928
30928
31928

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Olho d’Água das Cunhãs gets around 5 mm of rain over 1.4 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 5% and peaks near 5% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
15
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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 52% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 85% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
12183743
21183644
31183645
41173646
51173547
61163548
71163449
81163450
91153351
101153351
111153351
121153351
132153350
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152153350
162143351
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232113255
242103256
25293257
26283258
27273259
28173161
29163162
30163162
31163261

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 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
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
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108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
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319calm

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 6:01 PM to 5:58 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:126:01
211.86:126:01
311.86:126:01
411.86:126:01
511.86:116:01
611.86:116:01
711.86:116:01
811.86:116:01
911.86:116:01
1011.86:106:01
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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 5.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.36 kWh/m² to a high of 6.27 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.92 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
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276.0Intense
286.0Intense
296.0Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Olho d’Água das Cunhãs

In seasonPeak

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

Olho d’Água das Cunhãs's monsoon runs January–April, 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 Olho d’Água das Cunhãs?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
7.0
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Olho d’Água das Cunhãs. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Olho d’Água das Cunhãs in August

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

In August, Olho d’Água das Cunhãs sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Olho d’Água das Cunhãs 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 Olho d’Água das Cunhãs peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 19 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 15Jul 19UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Olho d’Água das Cunhãs 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 Olho d’Água das Cunhãs is worst in November — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.2× the cleanest month (June, 9 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateNov 1426 µg/m³Jun 189 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar14Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May11Good
Jun9Good
Jul10Good
Aug10Good
Sep13Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov27Moderate
Dec20Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Olho d’Água das Cunhãs?

Olho d’Água das Cunhãs sits at 4.1°S, 45.1°W, 75 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Vitorino Freire, 22 km away.

Topography around Olho d’Água das Cunhãs

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Olho d’Água das Cunhãs.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Olho d’Água das Cunhãs has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 41 m around an average of 32 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 362 m.

The land around Olho d’Água das Cunhãs is covered by grassland (88%) within 3 km, grassland (92%) within 16 km, and grassland (59%) and trees (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
41 m
16 km
102 m
80 km
362 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Vitorino Freire 22 km · Pio XII 34 km · Paulo Ramos 37 km · Bacabal 39 km · Lago da Pedra 47 km · São Luís Gonzaga do Maranhão 56 km · Santa Inês 60 km · Santa Luzia 63 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 Olho d’Água das Cunhãs (-4.1387°, -45.1188°, elevation 75 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).