Palmas weather in August

In August, Palmas sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 108 mm of rain across 8.8 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 42 min at the start of August to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Palmas's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Palmas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 108 mm; 8.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 8:00 AM – 7:04 PM
Cloud cover: 45%; 1st clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 4.08 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical August day in Palmas reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C warmer than July and about 1°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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

Palmas weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 16°	197	20.9	13.5	5.0
Feb	25° / 16°	182	19.5	12.9	5.0
Mar	25° / 15°	139	16.4	12.2	5.9
Apr	22° / 13°	119	11.4	11.4	6.5
May	19° / 10°	143	10.4	10.7	6.1
Jun	18° / 9°	151	10.2	10.4	5.8
Jul	18° / 8°	124	9.8	10.5	6.0
Aug	20° / 9°	108	8.8	11.1	6.8
Sep	21° / 11°	180	11.8	11.8	6.3
Oct	23° / 13°	209	16.3	12.6	5.8
Nov	24° / 14°	157	14.4	13.3	6.2
Dec	25° / 16°	195	18.8	13.6	5.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%.

	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 (%)	62	62	61	61	61	61	61	61	59	59	59	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	61	62	63	63	64	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	63
Cloudier (%)	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	38	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	62	38
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	63	37

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Palmas gets around 108 mm of rain over 8.8 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 28% and peaks near 30% 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 (%)	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30

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

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 83% 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 (%)	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	82	82	81	80	79	79	78	78	77	76	75
Comfortable (%)	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	19	20	20	21	21	22	23	24
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	88	12	0
2	88	12	0
3	88	12	0
4	87	13	0
5	87	13	0
6	87	13	0
7	87	13	0
8	86	14	0
9	86	14	0
10	86	14	0
11	86	14	0
12	84	15	1
13	84	15	1
14	84	15	1
15	84	15	1
16	84	15	1
17	84	15	1
18	84	15	1
19	83	16	1
20	83	16	1
21	82	17	1
22	82	17	1
23	81	18	1
24	80	19	1
25	79	20	1
26	79	20	1
27	78	21	1
28	78	21	1
29	77	22	1
30	76	23	1
31	75	24	1

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 42 min at the start of August to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 8:12 AM to 7:45 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 7:11 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)	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	8:12	8:11	8:11	8:10	8:09	8:08	8:08	8:07	8:06	8:05	8:05	8:04	8:03	8:02	8:01	8:00	7:59	7:58	7:58	7:57	7:56	7:55	7:54	7:53	7:52	7:51	7:50	7:48	7:47	7:46	7:45
Sunset (PM)	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.7	8:12	6:56
2	10.8	8:11	6:57
3	10.8	8:11	6:57
4	10.8	8:10	6:58
5	10.8	8:09	6:58
6	10.8	8:08	6:59
7	10.9	8:08	6:59
8	10.9	8:07	7:00
9	10.9	8:06	7:00
10	10.9	8:05	7:01
11	10.9	8:05	7:01
12	11.0	8:04	7:02
13	11.0	8:03	7:02
14	11.0	8:02	7:03
15	11.0	8:01	7:03
16	11.1	8:00	7:04
17	11.1	7:59	7:04
18	11.1	7:58	7:05
19	11.1	7:58	7:05
20	11.2	7:57	7:06
21	11.2	7:56	7:06
22	11.2	7:55	7:07
23	11.2	7:54	7:07
24	11.2	7:53	7:08
25	11.3	7:52	7:08
26	11.3	7:51	7:09
27	11.3	7:50	7:09
28	11.3	7:48	7:09
29	11.4	7:47	7:10
30	11.4	7:46	7:10
31	11.4	7:45	7:11

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.86 kWh/m² to a high of 6.12 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 4.08 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)	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.6	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.7	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.8	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.8	Moderate
10	3.9	Moderate
11	3.9	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	4.0	Moderate
14	4.0	Bright
15	4.0	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.5	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Palmas?

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

6.8

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

3.5

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Palmas for sightseeing.

What to pack for Palmas in August

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

In August, Palmas sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Palmas in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Palmas peaks around January 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 at about 5 (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)	15	15	12	9	6	5	5	6	8	10	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	5	High
Jul	5	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Palmas 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 Palmas is worst in September — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.2× the cleanest month (March, 5 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	6	6	5	6	6	7	9	14	17	10	7	6
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	6	Good
Feb	6	Good
Mar	5	Good
Apr	6	Good
May	6	Good
Jun	7	Good
Jul	9	Good
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	10	Good
Nov	7	Good
Dec	6	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Palmas?

Palmas sits at 26.5°S, 52.0°W, 1,075 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Abelardo Luz, 35 km away.

Topography around Palmas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Palmas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m around an average of 1,083 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 354 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,072 m.

The land around Palmas is covered by trees (43%), artificial surfaces (25%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

137 m

trees 43%

16 km

354 m

trees 49%

80 km

1,072 m

trees 61%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

August weather nearby: Abelardo Luz 35 km · Clevelândia 37 km · Bituruna 57 km · Xanxerê 60 km · Mangueirinha 63 km · Pato Branco 73 km · Xaxim 76 km · Coronel Vivida 80 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 Palmas (-26.4842°, -51.9906°, elevation 1,075 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	62	38
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	63	37

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	88	12	0
2	88	12	0
3	88	12	0
4	87	13	0
5	87	13	0
6	87	13	0
7	87	13	0
8	86	14	0
9	86	14	0
10	86	14	0
11	86	14	0
12	84	15	1
13	84	15	1
14	84	15	1
15	84	15	1
16	84	15	1
17	84	15	1
18	84	15	1
19	83	16	1
20	83	16	1
21	82	17	1
22	82	17	1
23	81	18	1
24	80	19	1
25	79	20	1
26	79	20	1
27	78	21	1
28	78	21	1
29	77	22	1
30	76	23	1
31	75	24	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	62	38
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	63	37

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	88	12	0
2	88	12	0
3	88	12	0
4	87	13	0
5	87	13	0
6	87	13	0
7	87	13	0
8	86	14	0
9	86	14	0
10	86	14	0
11	86	14	0
12	84	15	1
13	84	15	1
14	84	15	1
15	84	15	1
16	84	15	1
17	84	15	1
18	84	15	1
19	83	16	1
20	83	16	1
21	82	17	1
22	82	17	1
23	81	18	1
24	80	19	1
25	79	20	1
26	79	20	1
27	78	21	1
28	78	21	1
29	77	22	1
30	76	23	1
31	75	24	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	62	38
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	63	37

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	88	12	0
2	88	12	0
3	88	12	0
4	87	13	0
5	87	13	0
6	87	13	0
7	87	13	0
8	86	14	0
9	86	14	0
10	86	14	0
11	86	14	0
12	84	15	1
13	84	15	1
14	84	15	1
15	84	15	1
16	84	15	1
17	84	15	1
18	84	15	1
19	83	16	1
20	83	16	1
21	82	17	1
22	82	17	1
23	81	18	1
24	80	19	1
25	79	20	1
26	79	20	1
27	78	21	1
28	78	21	1
29	77	22	1
30	76	23	1
31	75	24	1