The tables below give August averages for rainfall at cities and other locations in Brazil. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.
You can jump to a separate table for each region of the country: Northeast Brazil, Southeast Brazil, South Brazil, Center West Brazil and North Brazil.
The rainfall measurements are averages of weather data collected from 1961 to 1990.
Northeast Brazil
August rainfall averages
Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
1 |
Apodí |
0.3 |
6 |
13 |
Aracaju |
4.5 |
114 |
9 |
Campina Grande |
2.3 |
59 |
5 |
Fortaleza |
0.9 |
22 |
16 |
João Pessoa |
7.2 |
184 |
19 |
Maceió |
6.1 |
155 |
13 |
Natal |
4.4 |
113 |
1 |
Petrolina |
0.1 |
2 |
17 |
Recife |
8.1 |
205 |
15 |
Salvador |
5.0 |
127 |
1 |
São Gonçalo |
0.2 |
4 |
4 |
São Luis |
1.2 |
29 |
1 |
Teresina |
0.3 |
8 |
Southeast Brazil
Average August precipitation
Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
3 |
Araçatuba |
0.9 |
23 |
2 |
Belo Horizonte |
0.6 |
15 |
6 |
Cabo Frio |
1.5 |
38 |
3 |
Campinas |
1.2 |
31 |
4 |
Campos do Jordão |
2.3 |
59 |
3 |
Franca |
1.0 |
25 |
6 |
Ilha Guaíba |
2.2 |
57 |
3 |
Juiz de Fora |
0.9 |
22 |
5 |
Mogi das Cruzes |
1.1 |
27 |
5 |
Rio de Janeiro |
1.8 |
45 |
8 |
Santos |
3.1 |
78 |
3 |
São José dos Campos |
1.3 |
32 |
4 |
São Paulo |
1.6 |
40 |
4 |
Sorocaba |
1.3 |
32 |
8 |
Ubatuba |
3.1 |
80 |
2 |
Uberaba |
0.6 |
16 |
5 |
Vitória |
1.6 |
40 |
South Brazil
Average amount of rain in August
Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
11 |
Caxias do Sul |
7.3 |
185 |
7 |
Curitiba |
2.9 |
73 |
8 |
Florianópolis |
3.8 |
95 |
8 |
Foz do lguaçu |
4.2 |
107 |
5 |
Londrina |
2.4 |
60 |
5 |
Maringá |
2.6 |
67 |
6 |
Ponta Grossa |
2.5 |
63 |
9 |
Porto Alegre |
5.4 |
137 |
8 |
Rio Grande |
5.0 |
126 |
Center West Brazil
August precipitation averages
Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
1 |
Brasília |
0.5 |
14 |
3 |
Campo Grande |
1.2 |
31 |
2 |
Cuiabá |
0.5 |
14 |
2 |
Goiânia |
0.5 |
13 |
1 |
Goiás |
0.5 |
14 |
2 |
Pirenópolis |
0.4 |
11 |
North Brazil
Average rainfall in August
Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
12 |
Belém |
5.0 |
126 |
10 |
Benjamin Constant |
5.1 |
129 |
15 |
Boa Vista |
7.4 |
188 |
7 |
Cruzeiro do Sul |
3.4 |
86 |
10 |
Macapá |
10.2 |
259 |
6 |
Manaus |
1.9 |
47 |
0 |
Palmas |
0.1 |
2 |
4 |
Porto Velho |
1.4 |
36 |
4 |
Rio Branco |
1.5 |
38 |
8 |
Santarém |
2.5 |
64 |
19 |
Taracuá |
10.2 |
259 |