São Bento weather in August

In August, São Bento sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 5 mm of rain across 0.5 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is São Bento's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see São Bento's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
7th warmest
Overnight low
21°
1st coldest
Rainfall
5 mm
0.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:41 AM – 5:29 PM
Cloud cover
35%
2nd clearest
Wind
17 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.95 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

São Bento is village 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 33°C through the month.

A typical August day in São Bento reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in São Bento

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.

São Bento weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 7th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 24°689.412.32.9
Feb34° / 24°8711.312.23.0
Mar33° / 23°11714.7123.2
Apr32° / 23°961311.93.5
May32° / 23°417.211.74.1
Jun32° / 22°214.111.64.7
Jul32° / 21°11211.74.8
Aug33° / 21°50.511.84.4
Sep34° / 22°10.1123.7
Oct35° / 23°90.412.13.1
Nov35° / 23°20.412.33.0
Dec35° / 24°142.712.42.9

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 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17129
27228
37228
47327
57426
67525
77624
87624
97723
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318614

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

São Bento gets around 5 mm of rain over 0.5 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 1% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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23
33
43
53
62
72
82
92
102
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 64% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 9% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
11246114
21246114
31246213
41246312
51256212
61256311
71256311
81256410
91256410
10125659
11125659
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15125668
16125677
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20126667
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22127657
23027667
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25028657
26029647
27029647
28030637
29030637
30030637
31031627

Wind in August

Winds average 17 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1117light breeze
1217light breeze
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3117light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 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 5:45 AM to 5:35 AM, and sunset from 5:29 PM to 5:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:455:29
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411.75:455:29
511.75:455:29
611.75:445:29
711.75:445:29
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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 5.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.76 kWh/m² to a high of 7.04 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.95 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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196.0Bright
206.0Intense
216.0Intense
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236.1Intense
246.1Intense
256.2Intense
266.2Intense
276.2Intense
286.3Intense
296.3Intense
306.3Intense
316.3Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit São Bento?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
7.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for São Bento in August

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

In August, São Bento sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in São Bento 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 São Bento peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 17 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 13UV 15Jul 17UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in São Bento 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 São Bento is worst in October — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.6× the cleanest month (July, 5 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateOct 2016 µg/m³Jul 135 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb9Good
Mar9Good
Apr9Good
May7Good
Jun5Good
Jul5Good
Aug6Good
Sep11Good
Oct16Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec12Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is São Bento?

São Bento sits at 6.3°S, 37.8°W, 476 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Catolé do Rocha, 7.0 km away.

Topography around São Bento

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around São Bento has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 397 m around an average of 419 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 555 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 822 m.

The land around São Bento is covered by shrubs (62%) and trees (32%) within 3 km, shrubs (64%) within 16 km, and shrubs (65%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
397 m
16 km
555 m
80 km
822 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Catolé do Rocha 7.0 km · Pau dos Ferros 54 km · Pombal 54 km · Caraúbas 59 km · Apodi 69 km · Caicó 75 km · Sousa 75 km · Pereiro 83 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 São Bento (-6.2833°, -37.75°, elevation 476 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).