Pedras de Fogo weather in August

In August, Pedras de Fogo sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 56 mm of rain across 17.2 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Pedras de Fogo's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pedras de Fogo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
11th warmest
Overnight low
22°
1st coldest
Rainfall
56 mm
17.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:32 AM – 5:17 PM
Cloud cover
49%
3rd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.93 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Pedras de Fogo is human 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 27°C through the month.

A typical August day in Pedras de Fogo reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with 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 Pedras de Fogo

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.

Pedras de Fogo weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 24°5416.912.44.4
Feb30° / 24°661612.24.2
Mar30° / 24°8619.412.14.0
Apr29° / 24°10521.311.83.9
May29° / 23°10622.311.74.3
Jun27° / 22°11221.111.64.8
Jul27° / 22°10221.511.65.0
Aug27° / 22°5617.211.85.6
Sep28° / 22°3614125.9
Oct29° / 23°2410.212.25.8
Nov29° / 23°239.312.35.5
Dec30° / 24°3011.712.45.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 44% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17030
27030
37129
47228
57327
67327
77327
87426
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Pedras de Fogo gets around 56 mm of rain over 17.2 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 57% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
164
263
362
461
560
658
757
857
956
1056
1156
1256
1356
1456
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1757
1857
1956
2056
2156
2256
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2455
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2754
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3054
3154

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 64% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
106238
206337
316237
416336
516435
616435
716534
816534
916534
1016633
1116633
1216633
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2906139
3006139
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Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
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414light breeze
514light breeze
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914light breeze
1014light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 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 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:36 AM to 5:25 AM, and sunset from 5:17 PM to 5:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:365:17
211.75:365:17
311.75:365:17
411.75:365:17
511.75:355:17
611.75:355:17
711.75:355:17
811.75:355:17
911.75:345:17
1011.75:345:17
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1211.75:335:17
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1911.85:315:17
2011.85:305:17
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2211.85:295:17
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2711.85:275:16
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2911.85:265:16
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3111.95:255:16

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.15 kWh/m² to a high of 6.11 kWh/m² in November across the year — August's 4.93 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.6Bright
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255.1Bright
265.1Bright
275.2Bright
285.2Bright
295.2Bright
305.2Bright
315.2Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Pedras de Fogo

In seasonPeak

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

Pedras de Fogo's rainy season runs January–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 Pedras de Fogo?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Pedras de Fogo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Pedras de Fogo in August

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

In August, Pedras de Fogo sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 22°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Pedras de Fogo 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 54 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
Jul27Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov27Warm
Dec28Warm

UV index in Pedras de Fogo 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 Pedras de Fogo peaks around March 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 15 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 12UV 15Jul 15UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Pedras de Fogo?

Pedras de Fogo sits at 7.4°S, 35.1°W, 174 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Itambé, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Pedras de Fogo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pedras de Fogo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m around an average of 135 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 260 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 711 m.

The land around Pedras de Fogo is covered by grassland (67%) within 3 km, grassland (61%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%) and water (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
112 m
16 km
260 m
80 km
711 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves
August weather nearby: Itambé 1.0 km · Ferreiros 15 km · Condado 20 km · Goiana 22 km · Alhandra 23 km · Timbaúba 25 km · Itabaiana 25 km · Aliança 26 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 Pedras de Fogo (-7.4019°, -35.1164°, elevation 174 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).