Serra Dourada weather in August

In August, Serra Dourada sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-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 68% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Serra Dourada's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Serra Dourada's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:13 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover: 30%; 1st clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.87 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.9; out of 10

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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 Serra Dourada 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 29°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 2°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)	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	18
2	30	18
3	30	18
4	30	18
5	30	18
6	30	18
7	31	18
8	31	18
9	31	18
10	31	18
11	31	18
12	31	18
13	31	18
14	31	18
15	31	18
16	31	18
17	31	18
18	31	18
19	31	18
20	31	18
21	31	18
22	31	19
23	31	19
24	32	19
25	32	19
26	32	19
27	32	19
28	32	19
29	32	19
30	32	19
31	32	19

How August really feels in Serra Dourada

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 2 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Serra Dourada weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 21°	117	12.4	12.7	4.5
Feb	31° / 21°	85	11.6	12.4	4.4
Mar	31° / 22°	110	12.9	12.1	4.4
Apr	31° / 21°	55	7.3	11.7	5.1
May	30° / 20°	14	2.5	11.4	5.7
Jun	30° / 19°	2	0.3	11.3	6.6
Jul	30° / 18°	0	0	11.3	6.8
Aug	31° / 18°	1	0.1	11.6	5.9
Sep	33° / 20°	6	1	11.9	4.4
Oct	33° / 22°	52	5.8	12.3	3.6
Nov	31° / 22°	152	13.5	12.6	3.9
Dec	30° / 22°	124	13.4	12.7	4.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%.

	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 (%)	83	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	81	81	81	80	80	80	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	81	81	81	83	83	83	84	85
Cloudier (%)	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	17	17	17	16	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	84	16
31	85	15

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Serra Dourada gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.1 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 0% and peaks near 1% 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 (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	1
30	1
31	1

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.

	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 (%)	61	62	62	63	63	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	61	61	61	60	60	60	60	60	60	61	61	60	60	61	61	60
Comfortable (%)	38	37	37	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	36	36	36
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	61	38	1
2	62	37	1
3	62	37	1
4	63	36	1
5	63	36	1
6	64	35	1
7	64	35	1
8	64	35	1
9	64	35	1
10	64	35	1
11	64	35	1
12	64	35	1
13	64	35	1
14	63	36	1
15	63	36	1
16	61	37	2
17	61	37	2
18	61	37	2
19	60	38	2
20	60	38	2
21	60	38	2
22	60	38	2
23	60	38	2
24	60	38	2
25	61	37	2
26	61	37	2
27	60	37	3
28	60	37	3
29	61	36	3
30	61	36	3
31	60	36	4

Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:19 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 5:45 PM to 5:48 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)	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:04
Sunset (PM)	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:19	5:45
2	11.4	6:19	5:45
3	11.4	6:18	5:45
4	11.5	6:18	5:45
5	11.5	6:18	5:46
6	11.5	6:17	5:46
7	11.5	6:17	5:46
8	11.5	6:16	5:46
9	11.5	6:16	5:46
10	11.5	6:16	5:46
11	11.5	6:15	5:46
12	11.5	6:15	5:47
13	11.5	6:14	5:47
14	11.6	6:14	5:47
15	11.6	6:13	5:47
16	11.6	6:13	5:47
17	11.6	6:12	5:47
18	11.6	6:12	5:47
19	11.6	6:11	5:47
20	11.6	6:11	5:47
21	11.6	6:10	5:48
22	11.6	6:09	5:48
23	11.6	6:09	5:48
24	11.7	6:08	5:48
25	11.7	6:08	5:48
26	11.7	6:07	5:48
27	11.7	6:06	5:48
28	11.7	6:06	5:48
29	11.7	6:05	5:48
30	11.7	6:04	5:48
31	11.7	6:04	5:48

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.85 kWh/m² to a high of 6.52 kWh/m² in September across the year — August's 5.87 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)	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	6.0	Bright
22	6.0	Bright
23	6.0	Intense
24	6.0	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.1	Intense
27	6.1	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.2	Intense
30	6.2	Intense
31	6.3	Intense

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Serra Dourada

In seasonPeak

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

Serra Dourada's rainy season runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Serra Dourada?

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

5.9

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

8.6

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Serra Dourada in August

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

In August, Serra Dourada sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Serra Dourada 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 Serra Dourada peaks around February 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 9 (very 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)	14	15	15	12	10	9	9	10	12	13	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Location & terrain

Where is Serra Dourada?

Serra Dourada sits at 12.8°S, 44.0°W, 524 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Santana, 27 km away.

Topography around Serra Dourada

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Serra Dourada has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 194 m around an average of 536 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 379 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 479 m.

The land around Serra Dourada is covered by grassland (58%) within 3 km, grassland (48%), trees (23%) and shrubs (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (34%), trees (32%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

194 m

grassland 58%

16 km

379 m

grassland 48%

80 km

479 m

shrubs 34%

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← July Serra Dourada year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Santana 27 km · Santa Maria da Vitória 75 km · São Félix do Coribe 76 km · Bom Jesus da Lapa 80 km · Paratinga 83 km · Serra do Ramalho 96 km · Correntina 99 km · Ibotirama 102 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 Serra Dourada (-12.7607°, -43.95°, elevation 524 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	30	18
2	30	18
3	30	18
4	30	18
5	30	18
6	30	18
7	31	18
8	31	18
9	31	18
10	31	18
11	31	18
12	31	18
13	31	18
14	31	18
15	31	18
16	31	18
17	31	18
18	31	18
19	31	18
20	31	18
21	31	18
22	31	19
23	31	19
24	32	19
25	32	19
26	32	19
27	32	19
28	32	19
29	32	19
30	32	19
31	32	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	84	16
31	85	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	61	38	1
2	62	37	1
3	62	37	1
4	63	36	1
5	63	36	1
6	64	35	1
7	64	35	1
8	64	35	1
9	64	35	1
10	64	35	1
11	64	35	1
12	64	35	1
13	64	35	1
14	63	36	1
15	63	36	1
16	61	37	2
17	61	37	2
18	61	37	2
19	60	38	2
20	60	38	2
21	60	38	2
22	60	38	2
23	60	38	2
24	60	38	2
25	61	37	2
26	61	37	2
27	60	37	3
28	60	37	3
29	61	36	3
30	61	36	3
31	60	36	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	18
2	30	18
3	30	18
4	30	18
5	30	18
6	30	18
7	31	18
8	31	18
9	31	18
10	31	18
11	31	18
12	31	18
13	31	18
14	31	18
15	31	18
16	31	18
17	31	18
18	31	18
19	31	18
20	31	18
21	31	18
22	31	19
23	31	19
24	32	19
25	32	19
26	32	19
27	32	19
28	32	19
29	32	19
30	32	19
31	32	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	84	16
31	85	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	61	38	1
2	62	37	1
3	62	37	1
4	63	36	1
5	63	36	1
6	64	35	1
7	64	35	1
8	64	35	1
9	64	35	1
10	64	35	1
11	64	35	1
12	64	35	1
13	64	35	1
14	63	36	1
15	63	36	1
16	61	37	2
17	61	37	2
18	61	37	2
19	60	38	2
20	60	38	2
21	60	38	2
22	60	38	2
23	60	38	2
24	60	38	2
25	61	37	2
26	61	37	2
27	60	37	3
28	60	37	3
29	61	36	3
30	61	36	3
31	60	36	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	18
2	30	18
3	30	18
4	30	18
5	30	18
6	30	18
7	31	18
8	31	18
9	31	18
10	31	18
11	31	18
12	31	18
13	31	18
14	31	18
15	31	18
16	31	18
17	31	18
18	31	18
19	31	18
20	31	18
21	31	18
22	31	19
23	31	19
24	32	19
25	32	19
26	32	19
27	32	19
28	32	19
29	32	19
30	32	19
31	32	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	84	16
31	85	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	61	38	1
2	62	37	1
3	62	37	1
4	63	36	1
5	63	36	1
6	64	35	1
7	64	35	1
8	64	35	1
9	64	35	1
10	64	35	1
11	64	35	1
12	64	35	1
13	64	35	1
14	63	36	1
15	63	36	1
16	61	37	2
17	61	37	2
18	61	37	2
19	60	38	2
20	60	38	2
21	60	38	2
22	60	38	2
23	60	38	2
24	60	38	2
25	61	37	2
26	61	37	2
27	60	37	3
28	60	37	3
29	61	36	3
30	61	36	3
31	60	36	4