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 |