Caraguatatuba climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Caraguatatuba?

Caraguatatuba has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.7 °C and it receives 1,830 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Caraguatatuba?

The hottest day measured in Caraguatatuba between 1940 and 2025 was 2 October 2020, reaching 35.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Caraguatatuba?

The coldest day measured in Caraguatatuba between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 5.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Caraguatatuba?

Almost never: Caraguatatuba sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Caraguatatuba warmed?

Yes: Caraguatatuba warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Caraguatatuba?

The wettest day measured in Caraguatatuba between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 1970, with 210 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Caraguatatuba?

The windiest day measured in Caraguatatuba between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2022, with winds reaching 37.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Caraguatatuba?

The warmest month in Caraguatatuba is February (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Caraguatatuba?

Caraguatatuba receives on average 1,830 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 209 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Caraguatatuba?

Caraguatatuba gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Caraguatatuba (Brazil) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.7 °C and it receives 1,830 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is February (22.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Caraguatatuba averages 0 frost days, 10 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 209 rainy days per year.

Caraguatatuba has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.2 °C (on 2 October 2020) and the coldest 5.2 °C (on 1 June 1979).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

CaraguatatubaSão Paulo

coords: -23.62°, -45.41°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

19.7°C

Average daily high

23.4°C

Average daily low

17.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,830mm

Sunshine / day

9.0h

Mean relative humidity

85%

Average peak wind

11.0km/h

Seasonal range

6.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

10 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

209 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.8 °C

Average feels-like low

18.0 °C

Average peak gust

28.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

69 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

35.2 °C

2 October 2020

Coldest day

5.2 °C

1 June 1979

Wettest day

210 mm

14 March 1970

Windiest day

37.5 km/h

10 August 2022

Strongest gust

84.6 km/h

17 December 1947

Hottest feels-like

39.8 °C

18 January 1988

Coldest feels-like

1.0 °C

31 May 1979

Sunniest day

13.5 h

16 December 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.7 °C17 February 2025	7.8 °C30 July 2025	20.0 °C	1,518 mm	18
2024	33.2 °C2 October 2024	7.4 °C27 August 2024	20.9 °C	1,696 mm	32
2023	33.6 °C12 November 2023	9.8 °C4 July 2023	20.8 °C	1,669 mm	27
2022	32.2 °C9 September 2022	8.0 °C13 June 2022	19.7 °C	1,999 mm	10
2021	32.4 °C14 September 2021	5.3 °C30 July 2021	19.7 °C	1,561 mm	11
2020	35.2 °C2 October 2020	9.6 °C28 May 2020	20.2 °C	1,650 mm	19
2019	33.5 °C12 September 2019	7.5 °C7 July 2019	20.9 °C	1,733 mm	30
2018	32.4 °C18 January 2018	9.6 °C21 May 2018	20.5 °C	1,590 mm	18
2017	31.5 °C19 October 2017	10.4 °C19 July 2017	20.5 °C	1,556 mm	21
2016	32.8 °C31 January 2016	5.6 °C13 June 2016	20.4 °C	1,695 mm	20
2015	34.5 °C15 October 2015	11.4 °C27 June 2015	21.1 °C	1,945 mm	29
2014	33.7 °C3 January 2014	10.0 °C3 June 2014	20.6 °C	1,517 mm	24
2013	32.9 °C5 December 2013	8.0 °C24 July 2013	20.0 °C	1,923 mm	18
2012	33.8 °C19 September 2012	9.8 °C27 September 2012	20.3 °C	1,660 mm	17
2011	31.6 °C5 February 2011	8.2 °C5 August 2011	19.7 °C	1,806 mm	10
2010	32.9 °C16 February 2010	8.8 °C17 August 2010	20.2 °C	1,855 mm	34
2009	32.8 °C19 November 2009	9.2 °C4 June 2009	20.4 °C	2,092 mm	11
2008	30.8 °C17 January 2008	10.3 °C17 June 2008	19.8 °C	1,844 mm	13
2007	32.0 °C1 November 2007	7.1 °C30 July 2007	20.2 °C	1,467 mm	15
2006	33.0 °C15 September 2006	7.9 °C6 September 2006	20.1 °C	1,726 mm	13
2005	33.4 °C14 October 2005	10.1 °C9 July 2005	20.4 °C	1,696 mm	10
2004	31.0 °C31 October 2004	9.4 °C6 June 2004	19.7 °C	1,715 mm	3
2003	32.7 °C16 December 2003	9.0 °C18 August 2003	20.4 °C	1,612 mm	19
2002	32.3 °C1 December 2002	8.2 °C2 September 2002	20.9 °C	1,690 mm	18
2001	32.0 °C8 January 2001	7.8 °C29 July 2001	20.3 °C	1,529 mm	4
2000	30.7 °C11 January 2000	7.0 °C17 July 2000	19.8 °C	1,767 mm	7
1999	31.6 °C20 January 1999	7.8 °C15 August 1999	19.5 °C	1,674 mm	11
1998	32.9 °C1 February 1998	10.4 °C12 July 1998	20.2 °C	1,836 mm	14
1997	33.8 °C9 September 1997	9.2 °C11 June 1997	20.2 °C	1,521 mm	19
1996	32.1 °C27 January 1996	8.4 °C24 July 1996	19.7 °C	2,146 mm	14
1995	33.0 °C16 January 1995	10.9 °C20 May 1995	20.3 °C	2,029 mm	29
1994	31.9 °C1 November 1994	6.2 °C10 July 1994	20.5 °C	1,889 mm	25
1993	32.5 °C7 September 1993	8.4 °C1 August 1993	20.3 °C	1,691 mm	16
1992	30.9 °C22 February 1992	9.1 °C27 July 1992	20.0 °C	1,830 mm	4
1991	31.6 °C16 October 1991	8.5 °C2 August 1991	19.9 °C	1,912 mm	5
1990	31.4 °C25 January 1990	7.1 °C23 June 1990	20.1 °C	1,636 mm	9
1989	31.4 °C21 February 1989	8.2 °C9 July 1989	19.5 °C	1,738 mm	7
1988	32.3 °C19 January 1988	7.8 °C13 July 1988	19.6 °C	2,042 mm	16
1987	31.2 °C7 January 1987	7.6 °C9 August 1987	20.1 °C	1,791 mm	14
1986	31.6 °C1 February 1986	8.8 °C13 July 1986	20.4 °C	2,264 mm	9
1985	31.3 °C27 August 1985	8.0 °C8 June 1985	19.7 °C	1,626 mm	3
1984	32.6 °C5 February 1984	6.1 °C27 August 1984	20.2 °C	1,401 mm	17
1983	31.9 °C17 February 1983	8.5 °C6 August 1983	20.0 °C	2,396 mm	7
1982	31.3 °C4 November 1982	10.2 °C6 May 1982	19.8 °C	1,788 mm	4
1981	31.6 °C20 September 1981	6.5 °C21 July 1981	19.5 °C	2,001 mm	10
1980	31.0 °C27 October 1980	8.6 °C23 September 1980	20.0 °C	1,856 mm	8
1979	30.6 °C29 September 1979	5.2 °C1 June 1979	19.3 °C	1,728 mm	4
1978	31.7 °C24 January 1978	7.5 °C2 June 1978	19.6 °C	1,668 mm	16
1977	31.4 °C9 February 1977	9.8 °C17 May 1977	20.4 °C	1,766 mm	5
1976	32.5 °C25 January 1976	8.4 °C16 August 1976	19.5 °C	2,421 mm	4
1975	30.8 °C13 February 1975	5.8 °C18 July 1975	19.5 °C	1,936 mm	3
1974	31.5 °C19 November 1974	8.5 °C17 August 1974	19.5 °C	2,113 mm	3
1973	32.9 °C11 February 1973	9.2 °C13 May 1973	20.0 °C	1,954 mm	12
1972	31.3 °C27 October 1972	8.9 °C9 July 1972	20.0 °C	1,772 mm	4
1971	31.5 °C24 January 1971	8.0 °C25 April 1971	19.4 °C	1,641 mm	10
1970	31.4 °C9 December 1970	8.2 °C3 July 1970	19.5 °C	1,631 mm	2
1969	31.5 °C1 January 1969	7.3 °C11 July 1969	19.7 °C	1,345 mm	11
1968	31.9 °C15 December 1968	7.9 °C18 May 1968	18.7 °C	1,326 mm	4
1967	30.3 °C14 January 1967	8.7 °C20 July 1967	19.8 °C	2,026 mm	3
1966	30.5 °C21 January 1966	8.9 °C7 August 1966	19.2 °C	2,291 mm	7
1965	30.6 °C10 September 1965	5.3 °C12 July 1965	19.2 °C	2,321 mm	3
1964	29.4 °C1 September 1964	7.7 °C29 July 1964	18.5 °C	1,916 mm	0
1963	32.0 °C14 October 1963	8.1 °C22 June 1963	19.7 °C	1,641 mm	13
1962	30.3 °C8 September 1962	7.8 °C25 August 1962	18.2 °C	2,257 mm	1
1961	35.1 °C28 September 1961	10.8 °C19 June 1961	20.1 °C	1,849 mm	14
1960	31.0 °C24 September 1960	9.3 °C2 September 1960	18.7 °C	1,877 mm	3
1959	30.9 °C7 September 1959	10.0 °C10 June 1959	19.6 °C	1,795 mm	2
1958	31.9 °C15 November 1958	8.8 °C22 June 1958	19.5 °C	1,951 mm	7
1957	30.5 °C19 October 1957	7.6 °C21 July 1957	19.0 °C	1,981 mm	2
1956	31.2 °C9 January 1956	8.3 °C11 August 1956	18.4 °C	1,634 mm	7
1955	30.0 °C1 September 1955	8.6 °C31 July 1955	18.7 °C	1,387 mm	1
1954	31.2 °C18 September 1954	9.6 °C30 August 1954	19.4 °C	1,907 mm	6
1953	30.0 °C22 August 1953	10.2 °C13 July 1953	19.4 °C	1,907 mm	1
1952	30.6 °C6 October 1952	8.4 °C16 July 1952	19.1 °C	1,536 mm	1
1951	32.2 °C23 November 1951	10.4 °C15 July 1951	18.9 °C	1,556 mm	5
1950	30.5 °C19 February 1950	9.3 °C14 July 1950	19.0 °C	2,036 mm	2
1949	29.5 °C17 March 1949	10.0 °C28 August 1949	18.7 °C	2,235 mm	0
1948	32.3 °C27 September 1948	10.1 °C6 June 1948	19.1 °C	1,606 mm	3
1947	31.2 °C8 January 1947	8.9 °C2 September 1947	18.6 °C	2,234 mm	6
1946	30.0 °C19 October 1946	10.4 °C30 July 1946	19.6 °C	2,234 mm	1
1945	30.3 °C28 September 1945	11.2 °C28 June 1945	19.4 °C	2,476 mm	1
1944	31.2 °C7 September 1944	10.2 °C15 July 1944	19.3 °C	2,021 mm	1
1943	29.8 °C19 January 1943	8.2 °C8 August 1943	18.4 °C	1,638 mm	0
1942	34.0 °C6 October 1942	7.9 °C25 June 1942	18.6 °C	1,537 mm	3
1941	31.1 °C12 January 1941	9.3 °C15 September 1941	19.4 °C	2,435 mm	1
1940	30.2 °C22 August 1940	10.4 °C28 August 1940	19.6 °C	2,209 mm	1

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.8 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

18 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1518 mm

-312 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.6 °C	+0.6 °C	318 mm	+35 mm
Feb	28.8 °C	+2.6 °C	154 mm	-86 mm
Mar	26.1 °C	+0.8 °C	123 mm	-94 mm
Apr	23.7 °C	-0.1 °C	247 mm	+127 mm
May	23.0 °C	+1.1 °C	44 mm	-50 mm
Jun	21.3 °C	+0.1 °C	66 mm	-0 mm
Jul	19.6 °C	-1.3 °C	33 mm	-33 mm
Aug	21.3 °C	-0.5 °C	26 mm	-39 mm
Sep	22.5 °C	0.0 °C	44 mm	-65 mm
Oct	22.7 °C	-0.4 °C	142 mm	-9 mm
Nov	23.6 °C	0.0 °C	106 mm	-70 mm
Dec	26.9 °C	+2.0 °C	215 mm	-29 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.7 °C

17 Feb 2025

Coldest day

7.8 °C

30 Jul 2025

Wettest day

60.4 mm

9 Jan 2025

Windiest day

32.8 km/h

8 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

72.7 km/h

10 Dec 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.1 °C

25 Dec 2025

Coldest feels-like

6.2 °C

30 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.5 h

21 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Caraguatatuba?

Caraguatatuba has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.7 °C and it receives 1,830 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Caraguatatuba?

The hottest day measured in Caraguatatuba between 1940 and 2025 was 2 October 2020, reaching 35.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Caraguatatuba?

The coldest day measured in Caraguatatuba between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 5.2 °C.

Does it snow in Caraguatatuba?

Almost never: Caraguatatuba sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Caraguatatuba warmed?

Yes: Caraguatatuba warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Caraguatatuba?

The wettest day measured in Caraguatatuba between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 1970, with 210 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Caraguatatuba?

The windiest day measured in Caraguatatuba between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2022, with winds reaching 37.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Caraguatatuba?

The warmest month in Caraguatatuba is February (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Caraguatatuba?

Caraguatatuba receives on average 1,830 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 209 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Caraguatatuba?

Caraguatatuba gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Caraguatatuba?

Yes: Caraguatatuba has on average 69 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Caraguatatuba?

In Caraguatatuba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.8 °C on 18 January 1988, and the lowest was 1.0 °C on 31 May 1979.

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