Santana weather in August

In August, Santana sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 59 mm of rain across 16.6 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Santana's 2nd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santana's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
4th warmest
Overnight low
24°
8th coldest
Rainfall
59 mm
16.6 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:29 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover
39%
2nd clearest
Wind
9 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Santana is locality 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 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Santana reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Santana

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Santana weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 24°22927.1122.9
Feb29° / 24°27925.9122.9
Mar30° / 24°33528.7122.9
Apr30° / 24°35028.8122.7
May30° / 24°32429.4122.7
Jun31° / 24°17226.5122.9
Jul31° / 24°12724.9123.1
Aug32° / 24°5916.6123.6
Sep33° / 24°248.5124.0
Oct33° / 24°185124.0
Nov33° / 24°317.3123.8
Dec32° / 24°10619.3123.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18119
28218
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48317
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Santana gets around 59 mm of rain over 16.6 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 54% and peaks near 68% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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24654
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Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 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

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:31 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 6:31 PM to 6:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 5.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.76 kWh/m² to a high of 6.3 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.62 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Santana

In seasonPeak

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

Santana's monsoon runs January–June, 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 Santana?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Santana.

What to pack for Santana in August

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

In August, Santana sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Santana in August

The nearest coast averages about 29°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 38 km away) is warmest in October at about 30°C and coldest in March near 28°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb28Tropical
Mar28Tropical
Apr28Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov30Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Santana 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 Santana peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 10 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 14UV 15Aug 10UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Santana 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 Santana is worst in February — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.0× the cleanest month (July, 7 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateFeb 2020 µg/m³Jul 177 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb21Moderate
Mar20Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May10Good
Jun8Good
Jul7Good
Aug7Good
Sep9Good
Oct13Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Santana?

Santana sits at 0.0°S, 51.2°W, 1 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Macapá, 15 km away.

Topography around Santana

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santana has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 171 m.

The land around Santana is covered by trees (36%), artificial surfaces (31%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (44%) and water (29%) within 16 km, and trees (63%) within 80 km.

3 km
35 m
16 km
42 m
80 km
171 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Macapá 15 km · Mazagão 15 km · Porto Grande 88 km · Afuá 89 km · Chaves 133 km · Gurupá 161 km · Laranjal do Jari 172 km · Anajás 173 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 Santana (-0.0382°, -51.1748°, elevation 1 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. 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).