Santa Fé do Sul weather in August

In August, Santa Fé do Sul sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 17 mm of rain across 2.6 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 11th-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 69% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of August to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Santa Fé do Sul's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Fé do Sul's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
5th warmest
Overnight low
18°
4th coldest
Rainfall
17 mm
2.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
7:49 AM – 7:07 PM
Cloud cover
29%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.05 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Santa Fé do Sul 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 Santa Fé do Sul reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C warmer than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
13017
23017
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How August really feels in Santa Fé do Sul

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.

Santa Fé do Sul weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 23°24622.513.13.3
Feb31° / 23°19120.312.73.3
Mar31° / 23°17219.712.13.7
Apr30° / 21°658.811.65.1
May28° / 18°445.411.16.9
Jun28° / 17°20310.87.5
Jul29° / 17°12210.97.1
Aug31° / 18°172.611.35.8
Sep32° / 20°556.411.94.4
Oct32° / 22°10512.912.53.6
Nov32° / 22°15517133.5
Dec31° / 23°20921.313.23.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17822
27822
37822
47822
57822
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77822
87822
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Santa Fé do Sul gets around 17 mm of rain over 2.6 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 8% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
16
26
36
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56
66
77
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117
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157
167
177
188
198
208
218
229
239
2410
2510
2611
2711
2812
2912
3013
3113

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 62% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15830102
25929102
36028102
46028102
56127102
66226102
76125113
86224113
96323113
106422113
116521113
126620113
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196520123
206420133
216321133
226321133
236122143
246122143
256122143
265823154
275823154
285723155
295723155
305523166
315523166

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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411calm
511calm
611calm
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811calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 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 30 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:58 AM to 7:36 AM, and sunset from 7:02 PM to 7:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.17:587:02
211.17:577:02
311.17:577:03
411.17:567:03
511.17:567:03
611.17:557:04
711.27:547:04
811.27:547:04
911.27:537:05
1011.27:537:05
1111.27:527:05
1211.27:517:06
1311.37:517:06
1411.37:507:06
1511.37:497:07
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1711.37:487:07
1811.37:477:08
1911.47:467:08
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2911.57:387:11
3011.67:377:11
3111.67:367:11

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.93 kWh/m² to a high of 6.19 kWh/m² in November across the year — August's 5.05 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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245.3Bright
255.3Bright
265.3Bright
275.4Bright
285.4Bright
295.4Bright
305.4Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Santa Fé do Sul

In seasonPeak

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

Santa Fé do Sul's monsoon runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Santa Fé do Sul?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
8.3
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Santa Fé do Sul in August

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

In August, Santa Fé do Sul sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Santa Fé do Sul in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 (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 Fé do Sul peaks around January 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 21UV 15Jun 22UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug8Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Santa Fé do Sul 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 Santa Fé do Sul is worst in September — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.5× the cleanest month (July, 5 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1717 µg/m³Jul 125 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb7Good
Mar6Good
Apr7Good
May7Good
Jun6Good
Jul5Good
Aug9Good
Sep18Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov6Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Santa Fé do Sul?

Santa Fé do Sul sits at 20.2°S, 50.9°W, 402 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Aparecida do Taboado, 22 km away.

Topography around Santa Fé do Sul

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Fé do Sul has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m around an average of 386 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 176 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 274 m.

The land around Santa Fé do Sul is covered by grassland (41%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, grassland (45%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (40%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
110 m
16 km
176 m
80 km
274 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Aparecida do Taboado 22 km · Jales 40 km · Ilha Solteira 50 km · Pereira Barreto 51 km · Paranaíba 66 km · Fernandópolis 71 km · Andradina 90 km · Iturama 93 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 Santa Fé do Sul (-20.2111°, -50.9258°, elevation 402 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).