Santa Margarida weather in August

In August, Santa Margarida sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 20 mm of rain across 4.4 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% 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 Margarida's 1st-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Margarida's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 20 mm; 4.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 7:14 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover: 46%; 1st clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.38 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.1; 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 24°C through the month.

A typical August day in Santa Margarida reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 1°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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14

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

Santa Margarida weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-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	27° / 19°	182	16.4	13.1	5.3
Feb	28° / 19°	117	12.7	12.7	5.6
Mar	27° / 18°	157	16.5	12.1	5.4
Apr	26° / 17°	80	12.4	11.5	6.3
May	24° / 15°	40	7.2	11	7.3
Jun	23° / 13°	15	3.4	10.8	8.0
Jul	23° / 13°	12	3	10.9	8.1
Aug	24° / 13°	20	4.4	11.3	8.1
Sep	25° / 15°	58	8.3	11.9	7.2
Oct	25° / 16°	111	12.8	12.5	6.2
Nov	25° / 17°	211	19.4	13	5.0
Dec	26° / 18°	255	21.7	13.2	4.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%.

	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 (%)	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	65	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	62	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	64	65	65	66	66	66	66
Cloudier (%)	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	36	35	35	34	34	34	34

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

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Santa Margarida gets around 20 mm of rain over 4.4 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 14% and peaks near 16% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

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 49% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	54	54	54	54	54	53	53	53	52	52	51	50	51	50	50	50	50	49	49	48	47	47	46	45	44	43	43	42	41	41	40
Comfortable (%)	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	43	44	44	45	45	46	46	46	47	47	48	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	50	50
Humid (%)	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	9	10

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	54	42	4
2	54	42	4
3	54	41	5
4	54	41	5
5	54	41	5
6	53	41	6
7	53	41	6
8	53	41	6
9	52	42	6
10	52	42	6
11	51	43	6
12	50	44	6
13	51	44	5
14	50	45	5
15	50	45	5
16	50	46	5
17	50	46	4
18	49	46	4
19	49	47	4
20	48	47	4
21	47	48	5
22	47	49	5
23	46	49	5
24	45	49	6
25	44	50	6
26	43	50	7
27	43	50	8
28	42	50	8
29	41	50	9
30	41	50	9
31	40	50	10

Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

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 7:23 AM to 7:02 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 6:36 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)	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	7:23	7:23	7:22	7:22	7:21	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:19	7:18	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:02
Sunset (PM)	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	7:23	6:27
2	11.1	7:23	6:27
3	11.1	7:22	6:28
4	11.1	7:22	6:28
5	11.1	7:21	6:28
6	11.1	7:21	6:29
7	11.2	7:20	6:29
8	11.2	7:19	6:29
9	11.2	7:19	6:30
10	11.2	7:18	6:30
11	11.2	7:18	6:30
12	11.2	7:17	6:31
13	11.2	7:16	6:31
14	11.3	7:16	6:31
15	11.3	7:15	6:32
16	11.3	7:14	6:32
17	11.3	7:13	6:32
18	11.3	7:13	6:33
19	11.4	7:12	6:33
20	11.4	7:11	6:33
21	11.4	7:10	6:34
22	11.4	7:10	6:34
23	11.4	7:09	6:34
24	11.4	7:08	6:34
25	11.5	7:07	6:35
26	11.5	7:06	6:35
27	11.5	7:05	6:35
28	11.5	7:05	6:35
29	11.5	7:04	6:36
30	11.6	7:03	6:36
31	11.6	7:02	6:36

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.55 kWh/m² to a high of 5.94 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 4.38 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	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.0	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.2	Bright
9	4.2	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.4	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.8	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Santa Margarida

In seasonPeak

None of Santa Margarida'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 Margarida'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 Margarida?

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

8.1

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

6.6

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Santa Margarida for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Santa Margarida in August

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

In August, Santa Margarida sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes. About 4 days see rain.

light clothes

UV index in Santa Margarida 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 Santa Margarida peaks around February 10 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	15	13	10	8	7	7	9	10	12	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	10	Extreme
May	8	Very high
Jun	7	High
Jul	7	High
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Santa Margarida?

Santa Margarida sits at 20.4°S, 42.3°W, 739 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Matipó, 15 km away.

Topography around Santa Margarida

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Margarida has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 357 m around an average of 825 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,021 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,673 m.

The land around Santa Margarida is covered by trees (48%) and grassland (48%) within 3 km, trees (62%) and grassland (37%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and grassland (49%) within 80 km.

3 km

357 m

trees 48%

16 km

1,021 m

trees 62%

80 km

2,673 m

trees 50%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

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

August weather nearby: Matipó 15 km · Manhuaçu 27 km · Divino 28 km · Manhumirim 31 km · Raul Soares 38 km · Simonésia 39 km · Carangola 45 km · Espera Feliz 46 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 Margarida (-20.3839°, -42.2506°, elevation 739 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	23	13
2	23	13
3	23	13
4	23	13
5	23	13
6	23	13
7	23	13
8	23	13
9	23	13
10	23	13
11	23	13
12	23	13
13	23	13
14	23	13
15	24	13
16	24	13
17	24	13
18	24	13
19	24	13
20	24	13
21	24	13
22	24	13
23	24	13
24	24	13
25	24	13
26	24	13
27	24	14
28	24	14
29	24	14
30	24	14
31	24	14

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	54	42	4
2	54	42	4
3	54	41	5
4	54	41	5
5	54	41	5
6	53	41	6
7	53	41	6
8	53	41	6
9	52	42	6
10	52	42	6
11	51	43	6
12	50	44	6
13	51	44	5
14	50	45	5
15	50	45	5
16	50	46	5
17	50	46	4
18	49	46	4
19	49	47	4
20	48	47	4
21	47	48	5
22	47	49	5
23	46	49	5
24	45	49	6
25	44	50	6
26	43	50	7
27	43	50	8
28	42	50	8
29	41	50	9
30	41	50	9
31	40	50	10

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	54	42	4
2	54	42	4
3	54	41	5
4	54	41	5
5	54	41	5
6	53	41	6
7	53	41	6
8	53	41	6
9	52	42	6
10	52	42	6
11	51	43	6
12	50	44	6
13	51	44	5
14	50	45	5
15	50	45	5
16	50	46	5
17	50	46	4
18	49	46	4
19	49	47	4
20	48	47	4
21	47	48	5
22	47	49	5
23	46	49	5
24	45	49	6
25	44	50	6
26	43	50	7
27	43	50	8
28	42	50	8
29	41	50	9
30	41	50	9
31	40	50	10

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	54	42	4
2	54	42	4
3	54	41	5
4	54	41	5
5	54	41	5
6	53	41	6
7	53	41	6
8	53	41	6
9	52	42	6
10	52	42	6
11	51	43	6
12	50	44	6
13	51	44	5
14	50	45	5
15	50	45	5
16	50	46	5
17	50	46	4
18	49	46	4
19	49	47	4
20	48	47	4
21	47	48	5
22	47	49	5
23	46	49	5
24	45	49	6
25	44	50	6
26	43	50	7
27	43	50	8
28	42	50	8
29	41	50	9
30	41	50	9
31	40	50	10