Piancó weather in August

In August, Piancó sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.4 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 34°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Piancó's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Piancó's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
7th warmest
Overnight low
21°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
0.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:43 AM – 5:29 PM
Cloud cover
40%
3rd clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.91 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Piancó 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

Highs climb over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 34°C by the end.

A typical August day in Piancó reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
13321
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How August really feels in Piancó

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
heat index over the day's high
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.

Piancó weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 24°829.512.42.8
Feb34° / 24°10110.812.23.0
Mar33° / 24°14214.1123.1
Apr33° / 23°9410.611.83.5
May33° / 23°436.611.74.0
Jun32° / 22°163.311.64.7
Jul32° / 21°61.411.64.8
Aug33° / 21°40.411.84.2
Sep35° / 22°10.2123.1
Oct36° / 23°60.812.22.5
Nov36° / 24°6112.32.4
Dec36° / 24°202.912.42.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16634
26733
36733
46832
56931
67129
77129
87228
97228
107228
117228
127228
137327
147228
157228
167228
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227327
237525
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257624
267822
277822
287921
298020
308119
318119

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Piancó gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.4 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 1% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
12
22
32
42
52
62
72
82
92
102
111
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311

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 59% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
11305910
2131599
3131599
4131608
5131608
6131617
7132607
8132607
9132616
10132616
11132625
12132625
13132625
14132634
15133624
16133624
17133633
18134623
19134623
20135613
21136603
22137593
23138583
24139573
25140563
26141553
27141553
28142543
29142543
30143533
31143533

Wind in August

Winds average 15 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
1215light breeze
1315light breeze
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3115light breeze

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 5:47 AM to 5:36 AM, and sunset from 5:28 PM to 5:27 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:475:28
211.75:475:28
311.75:475:28
411.75:475:28
511.75:465:29
611.75:465:29
711.75:465:29
811.75:465:29
911.75:455:29
1011.75:455:29
1111.75:455:29
1211.75:445:29
1311.75:445:29
1411.85:445:29
1511.85:435:29
1611.85:435:29
1711.85:435:29
1811.85:425:29
1911.85:425:29
2011.85:415:28
2111.85:415:28
2211.85:405:28
2311.85:405:28
2411.85:405:28
2511.85:395:28
2611.85:395:28
2711.85:385:28
2811.85:385:28
2911.85:375:28
3011.85:375:28
3111.95:365:27

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.71 kWh/m² to a high of 7.07 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.91 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
25.4Bright
35.5Bright
45.5Bright
55.6Bright
65.6Bright
75.6Bright
85.7Bright
95.7Bright
105.7Bright
115.8Bright
125.8Bright
135.8Bright
145.8Bright
155.8Bright
165.9Bright
175.9Bright
185.9Bright
196.0Bright
206.0Bright
216.0Intense
226.0Intense
236.1Intense
246.1Intense
256.2Intense
266.2Intense
276.2Intense
286.3Intense
296.3Intense
306.3Intense
316.3Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Piancó

In seasonPeak

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

Piancó's rainy season runs January–April, 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 Piancó?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Piancó for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Piancó in August

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

In August, Piancó sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Piancó 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 Piancó peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 17 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 14UV 15Jul 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Piancó?

Piancó sits at 7.2°S, 37.9°W, 268 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Itaporanga, 27 km away.

Topography around Piancó

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Piancó has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 196 m around an average of 270 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 391 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,017 m.

The land around Piancó is covered by grassland (47%) and shrubs (37%) within 3 km, shrubs (67%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and shrubs (65%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
196 m
16 km
391 m
80 km
1,017 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Itaporanga 27 km · Pombal 50 km · Sousa 59 km · Princesa Isabel 60 km · Tabira 61 km · São José de Piranhas 64 km · Carnaíba 69 km · Afogados da Ingazeira 69 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 Piancó (-7.1981°, -37.9292°, elevation 268 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).