Brazil in August

[stellaer]

hello,

i am about to travel to Brazil in August,
i would like to have beach holidays but i am worried about the weather at this time of the year..
any suggestions for beach holidays in Brazil in August?
thanx in advance,

Stella

[Richard Leon]

Hi stella,

The best beach points in Brazil are Ilha Grande, Florianopolis and Busios. Rio de Janeiro also has good beaches combined with a busy/cool city. Salvador Bahia also has great beaches in the city and the surroundings (this is where capoeira and samba where born). Basically, all the coast of Brazil are filled with beautiful paradise-like beaches.

But, I have been to Brazil 2 times now looking for a beach vacation, but it ended up raining almost half of the days. Brazil is a tropical country so it basically rains 50% of the time no matter what month/season you go. If you want a guaranteed beach vacation I would actually consider going to the Caribean during no-rain season. But Brazil is not only about the beaches, its culture and lifestyle are contagiuos. If you go with the right mindset, you wont mind if it rains.

hope this helps

Richard Leon

[kellecarvalho]

Hi dear Stellaer
I live in Brazil and the best things to do here in august are:
beaches - northeast, specially Natal(rio grande do norte state) and Maceio(Alagoas state), these two places are capitals but not so busy and expensive like rio de janeiro. the temperature is around 30ºC.
if you don't want take the risk to get rain, go to south or southwest. A good place to isit is Minas Gerais, where you can visit churches that were made in 18century and amazing artcraft.Special attention to Ouro Preto and Tiradentes towns. I hope you enjoy!

[chris1906]

hi
just wanted to know somthing im planning a trip to brazil in september, is it safe and what precautions do i need to take?
chris