Santa Bárbara weather in August

In August, Santa Bárbara sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 32 mm of rain across 12.9 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Santa Bárbara's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Bárbara's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 32 mm; 12.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 5:52 AM – 5:28 PM
Cloud cover: 60%; 7th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.22 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.8; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Santa Bárbara reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	19
2	27	19
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	27	19
15	28	19
16	28	19
17	28	19
18	28	19
19	28	19
20	28	19
21	28	19
22	28	19
23	28	19
24	28	19
25	28	19
26	28	19
27	28	19
28	28	19
29	28	19
30	28	19
31	29	19

How August really feels in Santa Bárbara

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Santa Bárbara weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 23°	55	8.8	12.6	3.5
Feb	33° / 23°	40	9.5	12.4	3.4
Mar	33° / 23°	54	11.9	12.1	3.4
Apr	31° / 22°	53	14.7	11.7	3.9
May	29° / 21°	53	14.6	11.5	4.9
Jun	27° / 20°	48	16.4	11.3	5.5
Jul	27° / 19°	39	14.2	11.4	5.9
Aug	28° / 19°	32	12.9	11.6	5.8
Sep	30° / 20°	25	8.8	11.9	5.3
Oct	32° / 21°	25	6.2	12.3	4.6
Nov	32° / 22°	44	7.4	12.6	4.0
Dec	33° / 23°	39	7.3	12.7	3.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 39% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	56	55	54	53	52	51	51	50	49	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	49	50	51	52	54	54	55	55	56	57	57	56
Cloudier (%)	44	45	46	47	48	49	49	50	51	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	51	50	49	48	46	46	45	45	44	43	43	44

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	53	47
5	52	48
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	50	50
9	49	51
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	47	53
13	47	53
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	49	51
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	56	44
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	56	44

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Santa Bárbara gets around 32 mm of rain over 12.9 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 42% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	46	45	45	44	44	43	43	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	44	43	43	42	41	39	38	37	36	35	35	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	45
3	45
4	44
5	44
6	43
7	43
8	42
9	42
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	44
14	44
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	45
19	45
20	44
21	43
22	43
23	42
24	41
25	39
26	38
27	37
28	36
29	35
30	35
31	34

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 64% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Comfortable (%)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Humid (%)	34	35	35	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	32	31
Muggy (%)	65	65	65	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	63	62	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	65	65	65	65	65	66	66	67	67	67	66	67

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	34	65
2	0	35	65
3	0	35	65
4	0	36	64
5	0	36	64
6	0	37	63
7	0	37	63
8	0	37	63
9	0	37	63
10	0	37	63
11	0	37	63
12	0	38	62
13	0	37	63
14	0	37	63
15	0	37	63
16	0	37	63
17	0	36	64
18	0	36	64
19	0	36	64
20	0	35	65
21	0	35	65
22	1	34	65
23	1	34	65
24	1	34	65
25	1	33	66
26	1	33	66
27	1	32	67
28	1	32	67
29	1	32	67
30	2	32	66
31	2	31	67

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
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13	12	light breeze
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16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
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20	12	light breeze
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22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze
31	12	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 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 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:58 AM to 5:43 AM, and sunset from 5:26 PM to 5:29 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:43
Sunset (PM)	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	5:58	5:26
2	11.5	5:58	5:26
3	11.5	5:57	5:26
4	11.5	5:57	5:26
5	11.5	5:57	5:27
6	11.5	5:56	5:27
7	11.5	5:56	5:27
8	11.5	5:56	5:27
9	11.5	5:55	5:27
10	11.5	5:55	5:27
11	11.6	5:54	5:27
12	11.6	5:54	5:28
13	11.6	5:53	5:28
14	11.6	5:53	5:28
15	11.6	5:52	5:28
16	11.6	5:52	5:28
17	11.6	5:51	5:28
18	11.6	5:51	5:28
19	11.6	5:50	5:28
20	11.6	5:50	5:28
21	11.7	5:49	5:28
22	11.7	5:49	5:28
23	11.7	5:48	5:28
24	11.7	5:48	5:28
25	11.7	5:47	5:29
26	11.7	5:46	5:29
27	11.7	5:46	5:29
28	11.7	5:45	5:29
29	11.7	5:45	5:29
30	11.7	5:44	5:29
31	11.8	5:43	5:29

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.56 kWh/m² to a high of 6.04 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 4.22 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.0	Moderate
2	4.0	Moderate
3	4.0	Moderate
4	4.0	Bright
5	4.0	Bright
6	4.0	Bright
7	4.0	Bright
8	4.0	Bright
9	4.1	Bright
10	4.1	Bright
11	4.1	Bright
12	4.1	Bright
13	4.1	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.6	Bright
31	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Santa Bárbara?

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

5.8

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

6.3

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Santa Bárbara in August

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

In August, Santa Bárbara sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Santa Bárbara 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 Santa Bárbara peaks around February 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	15	14	12	9	9	9	10	11	12	13	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Santa Bárbara?

Santa Bárbara sits at 12.0°S, 39.0°W, 277 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Irará, 25 km away.

Topography around Santa Bárbara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Bárbara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m around an average of 255 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 386 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 626 m.

The land around Santa Bárbara is covered by grassland (76%) within 3 km, grassland (85%) within 16 km, and grassland (73%) within 80 km.

3 km

97 m

grassland 76%

16 km

386 m

grassland 85%

80 km

626 m

grassland 73%

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← July Santa Bárbara year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Irará 25 km · Serrinha 33 km · Feira de Santana 34 km · Coração de Maria 39 km · Biritinga 42 km · Serra Preta 45 km · Conceição do Jacuípe 46 km · Riachão do Jacuípe 48 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

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 Santa Bárbara (-11.9583°, -38.975°, elevation 277 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	19
2	27	19
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	27	19
15	28	19
16	28	19
17	28	19
18	28	19
19	28	19
20	28	19
21	28	19
22	28	19
23	28	19
24	28	19
25	28	19
26	28	19
27	28	19
28	28	19
29	28	19
30	28	19
31	29	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	53	47
5	52	48
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	50	50
9	49	51
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	47	53
13	47	53
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	49	51
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	56	44
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	45
3	45
4	44
5	44
6	43
7	43
8	42
9	42
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	44
14	44
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	45
19	45
20	44
21	43
22	43
23	42
24	41
25	39
26	38
27	37
28	36
29	35
30	35
31	34

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	34	65
2	0	35	65
3	0	35	65
4	0	36	64
5	0	36	64
6	0	37	63
7	0	37	63
8	0	37	63
9	0	37	63
10	0	37	63
11	0	37	63
12	0	38	62
13	0	37	63
14	0	37	63
15	0	37	63
16	0	37	63
17	0	36	64
18	0	36	64
19	0	36	64
20	0	35	65
21	0	35	65
22	1	34	65
23	1	34	65
24	1	34	65
25	1	33	66
26	1	33	66
27	1	32	67
28	1	32	67
29	1	32	67
30	2	32	66
31	2	31	67

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	19
2	27	19
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	27	19
15	28	19
16	28	19
17	28	19
18	28	19
19	28	19
20	28	19
21	28	19
22	28	19
23	28	19
24	28	19
25	28	19
26	28	19
27	28	19
28	28	19
29	28	19
30	28	19
31	29	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	53	47
5	52	48
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	50	50
9	49	51
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	47	53
13	47	53
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	49	51
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	56	44
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	45
3	45
4	44
5	44
6	43
7	43
8	42
9	42
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	44
14	44
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	45
19	45
20	44
21	43
22	43
23	42
24	41
25	39
26	38
27	37
28	36
29	35
30	35
31	34

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	34	65
2	0	35	65
3	0	35	65
4	0	36	64
5	0	36	64
6	0	37	63
7	0	37	63
8	0	37	63
9	0	37	63
10	0	37	63
11	0	37	63
12	0	38	62
13	0	37	63
14	0	37	63
15	0	37	63
16	0	37	63
17	0	36	64
18	0	36	64
19	0	36	64
20	0	35	65
21	0	35	65
22	1	34	65
23	1	34	65
24	1	34	65
25	1	33	66
26	1	33	66
27	1	32	67
28	1	32	67
29	1	32	67
30	2	32	66
31	2	31	67

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	19
2	27	19
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	27	19
15	28	19
16	28	19
17	28	19
18	28	19
19	28	19
20	28	19
21	28	19
22	28	19
23	28	19
24	28	19
25	28	19
26	28	19
27	28	19
28	28	19
29	28	19
30	28	19
31	29	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	53	47
5	52	48
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	50	50
9	49	51
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	47	53
13	47	53
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	49	51
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	56	44
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	45
3	45
4	44
5	44
6	43
7	43
8	42
9	42
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	44
14	44
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	45
19	45
20	44
21	43
22	43
23	42
24	41
25	39
26	38
27	37
28	36
29	35
30	35
31	34

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	34	65
2	0	35	65
3	0	35	65
4	0	36	64
5	0	36	64
6	0	37	63
7	0	37	63
8	0	37	63
9	0	37	63
10	0	37	63
11	0	37	63
12	0	38	62
13	0	37	63
14	0	37	63
15	0	37	63
16	0	37	63
17	0	36	64
18	0	36	64
19	0	36	64
20	0	35	65
21	0	35	65
22	1	34	65
23	1	34	65
24	1	34	65
25	1	33	66
26	1	33	66
27	1	32	67
28	1	32	67
29	1	32	67
30	2	32	66
31	2	31	67