🇨🇻 Weather in Santa Maria in August
This is what the weather in Santa Maria (Sal, Cape Verde) was like in August in 2017–2026.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
26.9 °C
25.5 °C – 28.0 °C
Avg. night-time low
25.6 °C
24.3 °C – 26.7 °C
Avg. rain days in period
7.3
24 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
36.0 mm
8.4 mm – 80.1 mm
Avg. sunshine per day
n/a
Sunshine duration is not available from this data source.
Avg. sea temperature
–
Sea temperature unavailable for today (daily limit).
Extremes: Highest temperature 29.1 °C (23 Aug 2023) · Lowest temperature 23.0 °C (3 Aug 2019) · Avg. daily peak wind 20 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 18Sunny
- 105Partly cloudy
- 87Cloudy
- 57Light rain
- 16Rain
Summary
- On average 26.9 °C during the day and 25.6 °C at night.
- On average 7.3 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 36.0 mm of precipitation in total.
- Prevailing: Partly cloudy.
- Warmest year: 2023 (avg. 28.0 °C), coolest: 2018 (avg. 25.5 °C).
- Wettest year: 2023 (80.1 mm), driest: 2026 (8.4 mm).
- Extremes: 29.1 °C on 23 Aug 2023 and 23.0 °C on 3 Aug 2019.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
Charts
Temperatures per year
Average over your travel period
Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2026
Avg. max27.9°Avg. min26.4°- Rain days
- 4 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 8.4 mm
- Avg. sunshine per day
- n/a
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.8 °C · Min 25.5 °C
2025
Avg. max26.9°Avg. min25.7°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 67.4 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 66 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.1 °C · Min 24.8 °C
2024
Avg. max27.2°Avg. min25.9°- Rain days
- 3 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 16.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 66 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.6 °C · Min 24.9 °C
2023
Avg. max28.0°Avg. min26.7°- Rain days
- 10 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 80.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 63 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.1 °C · Min 25.5 °C
2022
Avg. max26.9°Avg. min25.8°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 54.6 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 70 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 27.8 °C · Min 24.7 °C
2021
Avg. max26.7°Avg. min25.4°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 32.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 69 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.5 °C · Min 24.3 °C
2020
Avg. max26.8°Avg. min25.5°- Rain days
- 3 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 19.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 64 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 27.8 °C · Min 24.5 °C
2019
Avg. max25.7°Avg. min24.4°- Rain days
- 2 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 22.2 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 62 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 27.2 °C · Min 23.0 °C
2018
Avg. max25.5°Avg. min24.3°- Rain days
- 3 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 14.9 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 64 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 26.9 °C · Min 23.1 °C
2017
Avg. max27.2°Avg. min25.9°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 44.2 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 63 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.4 °C · Min 24.2 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Santa Maria in August?
- Daytime highs averaged 26.9 °C, night-time lows 25.6 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 29.1 °C (23 Aug 2023), the lowest 23.0 °C (3 Aug 2019).
- How often does it rain in Santa Maria in August?
- On average there were 7.3 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 36.0 mm of precipitation in total.
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Data sources
- Weather data
- Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains. - Sea temperature
- MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis) - Place search
- Natural Earth (public domain) · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) / OpenStreetMap (ODbL)