Piracanjuba weather in August

In August, Piracanjuba sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 6 mm of rain across 0.9 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of August to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Piracanjuba's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Piracanjuba's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
17°
4th coldest
Rainfall
6 mm
0.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
7:38 AM – 7:03 PM
Cloud cover
27%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Piracanjuba 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 30°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical August day in Piracanjuba reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C warmer than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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

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.

Piracanjuba weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 20°2562312.93.7
Feb29° / 20°19119.912.63.8
Mar29° / 20°19320.912.14.0
Apr29° / 19°7510.811.65.3
May29° / 17°152.811.26.9
Jun28° / 16°61.1117.5
Jul29° / 16°20.411.17.4
Aug31° / 17°60.911.46.1
Sep32° / 20°325.511.94.4
Oct32° / 21°10414.812.43.7
Nov30° / 20°20321.512.83.7
Dec29° / 20°23624.1133.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18119
28119
38218
48218
58218
68317
78317
88416
98416
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118515
128515
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Piracanjuba gets around 6 mm of rain over 0.9 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 3% and peaks near 7% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1851320
2861220
3861220
4861220
5861130
6861130
7861130
8871030
9871030
10871030
11861040
1287940
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22831160
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24811360
25791470
26781570
27781570
28761680
29741781
30731791
31721891

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of August to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:46 AM to 7:27 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 7:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.27:466:59
211.27:456:59
311.27:456:59
411.37:446:59
511.37:447:00
611.37:437:00
711.37:437:00
811.37:427:01
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1211.47:407:02
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1711.47:377:03
1811.47:367:03
1911.57:367:03
2011.57:357:03
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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 5.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.46 kWh/m² to a high of 6.2 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.5 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 Piracanjuba

In seasonPeak

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

Piracanjuba's monsoon runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
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Mar
Apr
May
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Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Piracanjuba?

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

6.1
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
8.6
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Piracanjuba in August

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

In August, Piracanjuba sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Piracanjuba in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Piracanjuba peaks around February 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 10UV 15Jun 21UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Piracanjuba 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 Piracanjuba is worst in September — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.6× the cleanest month (July, 5 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1816 µg/m³Jul 145 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb8Good
Mar9Good
Apr7Good
May7Good
Jun6Good
Jul5Good
Aug7Good
Sep17Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov7Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Piracanjuba?

Piracanjuba sits at 17.3°S, 49.0°W, 737 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Bela Vista de Goiás, 37 km away.

Topography around Piracanjuba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Piracanjuba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 142 m around an average of 762 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 285 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 594 m.

The land around Piracanjuba is covered by cropland (40%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, cropland (44%), grassland (30%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (34%), cropland (33%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
142 m
16 km
285 m
80 km
594 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Bela Vista de Goiás 37 km · Hidrolândia 44 km · Morrinhos 48 km · Pontalina 52 km · Aparecida de Goiânia 59 km · Caldas Novas 64 km · Senador Canedo 67 km · Goiânia 74 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 Piracanjuba (-17.3028°, -49.0167°, elevation 737 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).