Santana do Ipanema weather in August

In August, Santana do Ipanema sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 30 mm of rain across 10.7 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-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 15% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Santana do Ipanema's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santana do Ipanema's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
11th warmest
Overnight low
20°
1st coldest
Rainfall
30 mm
10.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:42 AM – 5:24 PM
Cloud cover
59%
11th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
4.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Santana do Ipanema 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 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Santana do Ipanema reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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42720
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How August really feels in Santana do Ipanema

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.

Santana do Ipanema weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 23°355.812.53.4
Feb34° / 23°356.412.33.4
Mar33° / 24°428.412.13.5
Apr32° / 23°469.811.84.0
May30° / 22°5112.711.64.8
Jun28° / 21°4613.811.55.6
Jul27° / 20°4214.511.55.8
Aug28° / 20°3010.711.76.1
Sep30° / 21°186.611.95.4
Oct32° / 22°143.412.24.5
Nov34° / 23°192.412.43.7
Dec34° / 23°173.512.53.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 38% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15347
25248
35248
45248
55248
65248
75248
85248
95149
105149
115149
125149
135149
145149
155149
165149
175149
185149
195248
205248
215248
225347
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255446
265545
275545
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315644

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Santana do Ipanema gets around 30 mm of rain over 10.7 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 36% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
143
242
342
441
540
639
739
838
938
1037
1137
1237
1337
1437
1537
1636
1736
1836
1935
2035
2134
2234
2333
2432
2531
2631
2730
2829
2929
3028
3128

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 78% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 79% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
121781
221781
321790
422780
522780
622780
722780
822780
923770
1022780
1122780
1222780
1322780
1422771
1522771
1622771
1722771
1822771
1922771
2021781
2121781
2221781
2320791
2420791
2520791
2620791
2720800
2820800
2920800
3020800
3120800

Wind in August

Winds average 13 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
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413light breeze
513light breeze
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813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 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 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:48 AM to 5:35 AM, and sunset from 5:23 PM to 5:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.65:485:23
211.65:475:23
311.65:475:23
411.65:475:23
511.65:465:23
611.65:465:23
711.65:465:23
811.65:455:23
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1011.65:455:23
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1611.75:425:24
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1911.75:415:24
2011.75:415:24
2111.75:405:24
2211.75:405:24
2311.75:395:24
2411.85:395:24
2511.85:385:24
2611.85:385:24
2711.85:375:24
2811.85:365:24
2911.85:365:23
3011.85:355:23
3111.85:355:23

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.82 kWh/m² to a high of 6.57 kWh/m² in November across the year — August's 4.44 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.1Bright
24.1Bright
34.2Bright
44.2Bright
54.2Bright
64.2Bright
74.2Bright
84.3Bright
94.3Bright
104.3Bright
114.3Bright
124.3Bright
134.3Bright
144.4Bright
154.4Bright
164.4Bright
174.4Bright
184.4Bright
194.5Bright
204.5Bright
214.5Bright
224.5Bright
234.6Bright
244.6Bright
254.6Bright
264.7Bright
274.7Bright
284.7Bright
294.8Bright
304.8Bright
314.8Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Santana do Ipanema?

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

6.1
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.6
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Santana do Ipanema in August

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

In August, Santana do Ipanema sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Santana do Ipanema 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 do Ipanema peaks around March 10 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 10UV 15Jul 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Santana do Ipanema?

Santana do Ipanema sits at 9.4°S, 37.2°W, 240 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Olho d'Água das Flores, 18 km away.

Topography around Santana do Ipanema

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santana do Ipanema has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 215 m around an average of 270 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 598 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,080 m.

The land around Santana do Ipanema is covered by grassland (41%) and shrubs (37%) within 3 km, grassland (61%) and shrubs (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (64%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
215 m
16 km
598 m
80 km
1,080 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Olho d'Água das Flores 18 km · São José da Tapera 25 km · Águas Belas 33 km · Major Isidoro 33 km · Batalha 36 km · Pão de Açúcar 46 km · Canapi 49 km · Itaíba 52 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 do Ipanema (-9.3783°, -37.2453°, elevation 240 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).