The midday break rule runs through the whole of August and ends on 15 September, keeping outdoor work out of direct sun between 12:30 pm and 3 pm. Indoor life carries everything else: the malls and indoor attractions run summer programmes for the school holidays, and the beaches belong entirely to the hours after dark throughout August 2030.
Leave in August 2030 runs out at the end. The school return sets the deadline for everyone with children, and the offices refill in the first week of September — after which no public holiday interrupts the working weeks anywhere in the country until the beginning of December.
The move from August into September takes the country from its emptiest weeks back to full occupancy. August 2030 hands over the peak of the humidity and the start of the school year to a month with no holiday in it at all and the first measurable easing of the heat at its far end.