Sousa weather in August

In August, Sousa sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.5 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-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 57% 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 Sousa's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sousa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
6th warmest
Overnight low
21°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
0.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:44 AM – 5:30 PM
Cloud cover
37%
3rd clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.02 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Sousa is capital of the Sousa municipality in Paraíba, 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 Sousa 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 32°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 Sousa

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.

Sousa weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 24°8310.112.32.9
Feb33° / 24°9511.712.23.0
Mar33° / 23°13515.9123.2
Apr32° / 23°8711.811.93.6
May32° / 23°476.611.74.3
Jun32° / 22°173.311.64.8
Jul32° / 21°71.711.64.8
Aug33° / 21°40.511.84.2
Sep35° / 22°10.3123.4
Oct36° / 23°60.712.22.9
Nov36° / 24°30.812.32.8
Dec35° / 24°193.112.42.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16832
26931
37030
47129
57228
67327
77426
87426
97426
107525
117624
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Sousa gets around 4 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 2% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 56% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1133579
2134569
3134569
4134578
5234568
6235567
7235567
8235567
9235576
10235576
11235585
12235585
13236575
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15236584
16237574
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18238573
19238573
20239563
21239563
22140563
23140563
24141553
25141553
26142543
27142543
28142543
29142543
30142543
31242533

Wind in August

Winds average 15 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
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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 5:48 AM to 5:37 AM, and sunset from 5:30 PM to 5:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:485:30
211.75:485:30
311.75:485:30
411.75:475:30
511.75:475:30
611.75:475:30
711.75:475:30
811.75:465:30
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3111.95:375:29

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.79 kWh/m² to a high of 7.15 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 6.02 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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156.0Bright
166.0Bright
176.0Intense
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216.1Intense
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236.2Intense
246.2Intense
256.3Intense
266.3Intense
276.3Intense
286.4Intense
296.4Intense
306.4Intense
316.4Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Sousa

In seasonPeak

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

Sousa's rainy season runs January–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Sousa?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Sousa in August

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

In August, Sousa sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Sousa 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 Sousa peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 16 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 13UV 15Jul 16UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Sousa 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 Sousa is worst in November — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.7× the cleanest month (July, 4 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateNov 1418 µg/m³Jul 164 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb9Good
Mar9Good
Apr9Good
May7Good
Jun5Good
Jul4Good
Aug5Good
Sep9Good
Oct15Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Sousa?

Sousa sits at 6.8°S, 38.2°W, 229 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is São João do Rio do Peixe, 25 km away.

Topography around Sousa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sousa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m around an average of 223 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 366 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 738 m.

The land around Sousa is covered by grassland (31%), cropland (26%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, shrubs (50%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and shrubs (62%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
23 m
16 km
366 m
80 km
738 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: São João do Rio do Peixe 25 km · Cajazeiras 39 km · Pombal 47 km · São José de Piranhas 50 km · Piancó 59 km · Itaporanga 61 km · São Miguel 68 km · Catolé do Rocha 70 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 Sousa (-6.7592°, -38.2281°, elevation 229 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).