Franca climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Franca?

Franca has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 1,502 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Franca between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1963, reaching 38.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Franca?

The coldest day measured in Franca between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 0.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Franca?

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

Q: Has the climate of Franca warmed?

Yes: Franca warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Franca?

The wettest day measured in Franca between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1942, with 159 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Franca?

The windiest day measured in Franca between 1940 and 2025 was 30 October 1994, with winds reaching 31.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Franca?

The warmest month in Franca is February (23.1 °C on average); the coldest is June (18.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Franca?

Franca receives on average 1,502 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 163 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Franca?

Franca gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Franca (Brazil) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 1,502 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 (23.1 °C on average) and the coldest is June (18.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Franca averages 0 frost days, 54 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 163 rainy days per year.

Franca has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.5 °C (on 18 October 1963) and the coldest 0.9 °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

FrancaSão Paulo

coords: -20.54°, -47.40°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJuneWettest monthDecemberDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

21.6°C

Average daily high

26.9°C

Average daily low

17.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,502mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

13.2km/h

Seasonal range

4.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

54 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

163 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.7 °C

Average feels-like low

17.6 °C

Average peak gust

31.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

47 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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

38.5 °C

18 October 1963

Coldest day

0.9 °C

1 June 1979

Wettest day

159 mm

2 January 1942

Windiest day

31.5 km/h

30 October 1994

Strongest gust

79.2 km/h

30 July 1989

Hottest feels-like

40.8 °C

3 February 1998

Coldest feels-like

-2.4 °C

1 June 1979

Sunniest day

13.2 h

12 December 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.8 °C7 October 2025	4.0 °C11 August 2025	21.9 °C	943 mm	105
2024	37.8 °C8 October 2024	3.2 °C11 August 2024	23.0 °C	1,196 mm	126
2023	37.5 °C25 September 2023	6.7 °C15 July 2023	22.3 °C	1,203 mm	108
2022	33.6 °C10 September 2022	3.1 °C20 May 2022	21.4 °C	1,136 mm	53
2021	36.3 °C21 September 2021	2.2 °C30 July 2021	22.0 °C	902 mm	88
2020	37.1 °C7 October 2020	6.2 °C26 May 2020	22.1 °C	1,170 mm	85
2019	35.4 °C12 September 2019	4.9 °C7 July 2019	22.7 °C	1,249 mm	105
2018	34.9 °C24 September 2018	5.7 °C21 May 2018	22.4 °C	1,318 mm	70
2017	35.2 °C14 October 2017	9.0 °C11 June 2017	22.5 °C	1,046 mm	99
2016	34.3 °C18 September 2016	4.4 °C18 July 2016	22.5 °C	1,493 mm	110
2015	36.8 °C16 October 2015	11.8 °C27 June 2015	22.9 °C	1,415 mm	108
2014	37.0 °C15 October 2014	9.3 °C28 May 2014	22.5 °C	1,001 mm	105
2013	34.0 °C28 September 2013	5.3 °C28 August 2013	21.7 °C	1,468 mm	67
2012	35.6 °C28 October 2012	6.7 °C19 July 2012	22.2 °C	1,334 mm	82
2011	34.4 °C30 September 2011	6.7 °C28 June 2011	22.1 °C	1,612 mm	64
2010	33.8 °C17 September 2010	9.0 °C7 June 2010	22.2 °C	1,258 mm	92
2009	33.3 °C18 September 2009	6.1 °C3 June 2009	22.0 °C	1,787 mm	56
2008	35.3 °C29 October 2008	9.5 °C17 July 2008	21.9 °C	1,488 mm	56
2007	35.2 °C29 October 2007	7.8 °C25 May 2007	22.5 °C	1,421 mm	91
2006	34.1 °C24 January 2006	9.1 °C5 May 2006	21.9 °C	1,487 mm	52
2005	35.1 °C17 October 2005	9.7 °C11 August 2005	22.1 °C	1,459 mm	63
2004	34.6 °C25 September 2004	8.9 °C28 May 2004	21.5 °C	1,719 mm	57
2003	35.6 °C25 September 2003	8.5 °C9 May 2003	22.0 °C	1,229 mm	64
2002	35.3 °C12 October 2002	6.5 °C3 September 2002	22.8 °C	1,223 mm	94
2001	34.2 °C10 September 2001	7.8 °C19 May 2001	21.8 °C	1,255 mm	62
2000	34.6 °C22 October 2000	4.3 °C18 July 2000	21.6 °C	1,684 mm	45
1999	34.2 °C16 October 1999	7.8 °C22 May 1999	21.7 °C	1,412 mm	64
1998	34.0 °C13 September 1998	9.2 °C9 June 1998	22.0 °C	1,454 mm	79
1997	35.0 °C12 October 1997	4.1 °C9 June 1997	21.7 °C	1,726 mm	76
1996	32.8 °C28 August 1996	7.0 °C13 July 1996	21.6 °C	1,627 mm	69
1995	33.6 °C4 October 1995	9.1 °C8 June 1995	21.9 °C	1,681 mm	82
1994	34.9 °C3 October 1994	1.6 °C26 June 1994	22.2 °C	1,615 mm	90
1993	33.3 °C30 November 1993	7.6 °C20 June 1993	21.7 °C	1,404 mm	51
1992	31.0 °C15 November 1992	9.8 °C14 August 1992	21.4 °C	1,796 mm	14
1991	31.9 °C30 October 1991	9.8 °C24 July 1991	21.6 °C	1,853 mm	42
1990	33.6 °C11 October 1990	4.6 °C19 May 1990	21.9 °C	1,270 mm	80
1989	31.9 °C24 September 1989	6.8 °C11 August 1989	21.2 °C	1,582 mm	29
1988	35.4 °C27 September 1988	4.3 °C5 June 1988	21.7 °C	1,450 mm	54
1987	34.3 °C18 October 1987	5.1 °C9 August 1987	21.9 °C	1,276 mm	59
1986	33.9 °C7 October 1986	7.1 °C2 June 1986	21.5 °C	1,572 mm	46
1985	35.8 °C17 November 1985	2.0 °C9 June 1985	21.6 °C	1,361 mm	65
1984	33.5 °C14 January 1984	8.2 °C27 August 1984	22.0 °C	1,313 mm	63
1983	31.7 °C11 March 1983	7.8 °C4 August 1983	21.3 °C	2,278 mm	15
1982	31.9 °C4 November 1982	9.5 °C28 May 1982	21.4 °C	1,898 mm	31
1981	33.3 °C20 September 1981	2.9 °C21 July 1981	21.3 °C	1,399 mm	36
1980	34.9 °C28 October 1980	6.3 °C15 June 1980	21.7 °C	1,293 mm	47
1979	33.4 °C7 December 1979	0.9 °C1 June 1979	21.1 °C	1,501 mm	36
1978	32.4 °C30 January 1978	3.6 °C16 August 1978	21.3 °C	1,485 mm	38
1977	32.4 °C1 March 1977	5.2 °C18 May 1977	21.9 °C	1,270 mm	61
1976	31.6 °C25 January 1976	6.2 °C6 July 1976	20.8 °C	1,695 mm	16
1975	33.4 °C2 October 1975	5.4 °C18 July 1975	21.4 °C	1,287 mm	53
1974	33.2 °C14 September 1974	8.4 °C30 May 1974	21.4 °C	1,410 mm	53
1973	33.5 °C18 September 1973	4.8 °C20 June 1973	21.9 °C	1,423 mm	54
1972	34.0 °C26 October 1972	5.0 °C9 July 1972	21.3 °C	1,542 mm	21
1971	32.6 °C3 February 1971	8.1 °C2 June 1971	21.1 °C	1,349 mm	28
1970	32.9 °C24 December 1970	10.3 °C7 July 1970	21.6 °C	992 mm	33
1969	34.3 °C11 September 1969	4.7 °C11 July 1969	22.0 °C	926 mm	68
1968	34.9 °C8 October 1968	5.3 °C18 May 1968	20.8 °C	1,025 mm	41
1967	34.0 °C6 September 1967	6.9 °C9 June 1967	21.6 °C	1,458 mm	48
1966	34.4 °C16 September 1966	9.0 °C6 August 1966	21.1 °C	1,623 mm	26
1965	33.2 °C19 September 1965	3.4 °C12 July 1965	20.5 °C	1,949 mm	25
1964	32.7 °C2 September 1964	5.8 °C28 July 1964	20.4 °C	1,917 mm	17
1963	38.5 °C18 October 1963	6.8 °C22 June 1963	22.5 °C	976 mm	95
1962	33.3 °C12 September 1962	5.5 °C27 July 1962	20.3 °C	2,305 mm	24
1961	37.2 °C26 September 1961	9.6 °C28 May 1961	22.1 °C	1,542 mm	73
1960	36.7 °C25 September 1960	7.6 °C10 July 1960	20.9 °C	1,923 mm	29
1959	33.7 °C23 September 1959	7.0 °C8 June 1959	21.6 °C	1,448 mm	50
1958	33.8 °C24 November 1958	9.4 °C22 June 1958	21.3 °C	1,271 mm	63
1957	35.1 °C20 October 1957	4.1 °C21 July 1957	21.0 °C	1,500 mm	37
1956	32.7 °C1 February 1956	5.9 °C6 June 1956	20.4 °C	1,385 mm	44
1955	36.2 °C2 October 1955	7.0 °C23 May 1955	21.5 °C	1,339 mm	47
1954	34.5 °C19 September 1954	6.3 °C21 June 1954	21.3 °C	1,708 mm	39
1953	32.3 °C22 August 1953	10.0 °C5 July 1953	21.0 °C	1,887 mm	8
1952	33.5 °C4 September 1952	6.8 °C30 April 1952	20.7 °C	1,769 mm	21
1951	33.3 °C20 November 1951	9.4 °C22 April 1951	20.8 °C	1,410 mm	29
1950	34.1 °C19 September 1950	7.8 °C11 June 1950	20.7 °C	1,781 mm	26
1949	33.6 °C12 October 1949	9.7 °C19 May 1949	21.0 °C	1,784 mm	29
1948	35.2 °C27 September 1948	8.1 °C16 June 1948	21.3 °C	1,348 mm	30
1947	31.8 °C21 January 1947	8.4 °C8 July 1947	20.5 °C	1,935 mm	10
1946	32.4 °C8 September 1946	6.2 °C27 July 1946	21.0 °C	1,597 mm	16
1945	32.0 °C30 August 1945	10.8 °C26 June 1945	20.7 °C	2,276 mm	20
1944	34.0 °C16 September 1944	9.3 °C9 June 1944	20.9 °C	1,944 mm	26
1943	29.0 °C18 January 1943	9.1 °C27 June 1943	19.8 °C	1,817 mm	0
1942	37.2 °C28 November 1942	4.5 °C18 June 1942	20.6 °C	1,276 mm	56
1941	30.9 °C26 October 1941	7.8 °C30 May 1941	20.7 °C	2,284 mm	5
1940	32.2 °C24 August 1940	9.7 °C19 August 1940	20.8 °C	2,094 mm	7

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.0 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

105 d/yr

+51

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

943 mm

-559 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.0 °C	+1.6 °C	135 mm	-122 mm
Feb	29.6 °C	+1.9 °C	117 mm	-91 mm
Mar	29.7 °C	+2.3 °C	109 mm	-71 mm
Apr	27.0 °C	+0.4 °C	128 mm	+47 mm
May	25.8 °C	+0.9 °C	3 mm	-45 mm
Jun	25.2 °C	+0.9 °C	16 mm	-9 mm
Jul	25.2 °C	+0.5 °C	5 mm	-15 mm
Aug	27.7 °C	+0.6 °C	7 mm	-12 mm
Sep	30.4 °C	+1.5 °C	31 mm	-28 mm
Oct	28.9 °C	+0.4 °C	77 mm	-67 mm
Nov	29.3 °C	+1.7 °C	118 mm	-80 mm
Dec	28.9 °C	+1.8 °C	198 mm	-67 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.8 °C

7 Oct 2025

Coldest day

4.0 °C

11 Aug 2025

Wettest day

31.2 mm

8 Nov 2025

Windiest day

27.6 km/h

9 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

63.7 km/h

22 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.3 °C

26 Dec 2025

Coldest feels-like

1.1 °C

11 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

13.1 h

11 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Franca?

Franca has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 1,502 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Franca?

The hottest day measured in Franca between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1963, reaching 38.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Franca?

The coldest day measured in Franca between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 0.9 °C.

Does it snow in Franca?

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

Has the climate of Franca warmed?

Yes: Franca warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Franca?

The wettest day measured in Franca between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1942, with 159 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Franca?

The windiest day measured in Franca between 1940 and 2025 was 30 October 1994, with winds reaching 31.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Franca?

The warmest month in Franca is February (23.1 °C on average); the coldest is June (18.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Franca?

Franca receives on average 1,502 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 163 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Franca?

Franca gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Franca?

Yes: Franca has on average 47 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Franca?

In Franca, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.8 °C on 3 February 1998, and the lowest was -2.4 °C on 1 June 1979.

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