Paulista weather in August

In August, Paulista sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 82 mm of rain across 21 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Paulista's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Paulista's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
11th warmest
Overnight low
23°
1st coldest
Rainfall
82 mm
21 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:31 AM – 5:16 PM
Cloud cover
44%
3rd clearest
Wind
20 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Paulista is 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 26°C through the month.

A typical August day in Paulista reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Paulista

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Paulista weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 25°5315.912.45.0
Feb29° / 26°611512.34.8
Mar29° / 26°8218.412.14.6
Apr29° / 25°12421.211.84.3
May28° / 25°14623.811.64.5
Jun27° / 24°1622411.54.6
Jul26° / 23°1432411.64.8
Aug26° / 23°822111.75.2
Sep27° / 24°4515.3126.0
Oct28° / 24°3112.412.26.3
Nov28° / 25°249.812.46.0
Dec29° / 25°2910.712.55.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 38% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17921
27921
37921
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68119
78218
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Paulista gets around 82 mm of rain over 21 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 69% and peaks near 73% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
173
272
371
470
569
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768
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3164

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 62% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
115742
215841
315940
416039
516138
616237
716336
816435
916435
1016534
1116534
1216534
1316534
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2016336
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2216237
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2716138
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3125939

Wind in August

Winds average 20 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
120breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:36 AM to 5:24 AM, and sunset from 5:15 PM to 5:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.65:365:15
211.75:365:15
311.75:365:15
411.75:355:15
511.75:355:15
611.75:355:15
711.75:355:16
811.75:345:16
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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 5.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.39 kWh/m² to a high of 6.43 kWh/m² in November across the year — August's 5.21 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 Paulista

In seasonPeak

In August, Paulista sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Paulista's rainy season runs March–August, 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 Paulista?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Paulista for sightseeing.

What to pack for Paulista in August

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

In August, Paulista sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 23°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes, sun protection and a windbreaker. About 21 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Paulista in August

The nearest coast averages about 26°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 20 km away) is warmest in April at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Warm
Feb28Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May28Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov27Warm
Dec28Warm

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

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 13UV 15Jul 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Paulista?

Paulista sits at 7.9°S, 34.9°W, 20 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Abreu e Lima, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Paulista

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Paulista has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 22 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 154 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 725 m.

The land around Paulista is covered by artificial surfaces (42%) and trees (41%) within 3 km, water (38%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (36%) and water (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
78 m
16 km
154 m
80 km
725 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
August weather nearby: Abreu e Lima 5.0 km · Olinda 8.0 km · Igarassu 12 km · Recife 13 km · Camaragibe 15 km · São Lourenço da Mata 17 km · Itapissuma 18 km · Ilha de Itamaracá 22 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 Paulista (-7.9408°, -34.8731°, elevation 20 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).