Pitimbu weather in August

In August, Pitimbu sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 78 mm of rain across 20.1 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-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 50% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Pitimbu's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pitimbu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
1st coldest
Rainfall
78 mm
20.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:31 AM – 5:16 PM
Cloud cover
43%
3rd clearest
Wind
20 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Pitimbu 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 26°C through the month.

A typical August day in Pitimbu 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 Pitimbu

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.

Pitimbu weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 25°5716.412.45.2
Feb29° / 25°7116.112.24.8
Mar29° / 26°9418.912.14.7
Apr28° / 25°13222.211.84.3
May28° / 25°14923.211.74.7
Jun27° / 24°16423.411.64.7
Jul26° / 23°14824.311.64.8
Aug26° / 23°7820.111.85.4
Sep27° / 24°4315.3126.1
Oct27° / 24°2911.612.26.5
Nov28° / 25°231012.36.6
Dec28° / 25°3111.712.45.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 35% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18020
28119
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48119
58218
68218
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88317
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Pitimbu gets around 78 mm of rain over 20.1 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 66% and peaks near 73% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
173
272
371
470
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668
767
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1966
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3062
3161

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
104654
214752
314851
414950
514950
615049
715148
815148
915148
1015247
1115247
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1415148
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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
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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 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:35 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)
111.75:355:15
211.75:355:15
311.75:355:16
411.75:355:16
511.75:345:16
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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 5.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.43 kWh/m² in November across the year — August's 5.25 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 Pitimbu

In seasonPeak

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

Pitimbu'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 Pitimbu?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Pitimbu for sightseeing.

What to pack for Pitimbu in August

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

In August, Pitimbu sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 23°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes, sun protection and a windbreaker. About 20 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Pitimbu 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 23 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 Pitimbu 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 Pitimbu peaks around March 11 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 14 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 11UV 15Jul 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Pitimbu?

Pitimbu sits at 7.5°S, 34.8°W, 12 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Caaporã, 12 km away.

Topography around Pitimbu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pitimbu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m around an average of 12 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 142 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 704 m.

The land around Pitimbu is covered by water (54%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, water (53%) within 16 km, and water (37%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
61 m
16 km
142 m
80 km
704 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
August weather nearby: Caaporã 12 km · Alhandra 12 km · Goiana 24 km · Conde 26 km · Ilha de Itamaracá 31 km · Itambé 34 km · Pedras de Fogo 35 km · Condado 35 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 Pitimbu (-7.4706°, -34.8086°, elevation 12 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).