Curaçá climate — normals and trends
Curaçá (Brazil) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 405 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 November (28.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (24.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Curaçá averages 0 frost days, 292 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 58 rainy days per year.
Curaçá has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.6 °C (on 24 November 2019) and the coldest 15.4 °C (on 8 August 1989).
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
CuraçáEstado de Bahia
- coords
- -8.99°, -39.91°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
26.9°C
Average daily high
32.4°C
Average daily low
22.0°C
Annual rainfall
405mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
58%
Average peak wind
20.8km/h
Seasonal range
4.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
292 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
58 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
33.2 °C
Average feels-like low
23.0 °C
Average peak gust
37.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
309 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.20 · p = < 0.001
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
39.6 °C
24 November 2019
Coldest day
15.4 °C
8 August 1989
Wettest day
184 mm
9 March 1943
Windiest day
37.5 km/h
17 June 1967
Strongest gust
62.6 km/h
4 July 2017
Hottest feels-like
43.1 °C
15 October 2018
Coldest feels-like
14.3 °C
8 August 1989
Sunniest day
12.5 h
25 December 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 130 mm | +58 mm |
| Feb | 34.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 11 mm | -59 mm |
| Mar | 35.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 14 mm | -88 mm |
| Apr | 34.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 75 mm | +19 mm |
| May | 31.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 17 mm | +1 mm |
| Jun | 30.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 10 mm | +4 mm |
| Jul | 30.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 2 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 32.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 2 mm | +0 mm |
| Sep | 32.8 °C | -0.2 °C | 2 mm | +0 mm |
| Oct | 34.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 2 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 35.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 6 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 35.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 7 mm | -35 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Curaçá?
Curaçá has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 405 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Curaçá?
The hottest day measured in Curaçá between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 2019, reaching 39.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Curaçá?
The coldest day measured in Curaçá between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1989, at 15.4 °C.
Does it snow in Curaçá?
Almost never: Curaçá sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Curaçá warmed?
Yes: Curaçá warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Curaçá?
The wettest day measured in Curaçá between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 1943, with 184 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Curaçá?
The windiest day measured in Curaçá between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 1967, with winds reaching 37.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Curaçá?
The warmest month in Curaçá is November (28.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (24.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Curaçá?
Curaçá receives on average 405 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 58 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Curaçá?
Curaçá gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Curaçá?
Yes: Curaçá has on average 309 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Curaçá?
In Curaçá, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.1 °C on 15 October 2018, and the lowest was 14.3 °C on 8 August 1989.
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