Maceió climate — normals and trends
Maceió (Brazil) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.4 °C and it receives 1,201 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 March (26.4 °C on average) and the coldest is August (24.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Maceió averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 248 rainy days per year.
Maceió has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.5 °C (on 20 March 2019) and the coldest 20.6 °C (on 10 August 1956).
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
MaceióAlagoas
- coords
- -9.67°, -35.74°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.4°C
Average daily high
26.3°C
Average daily low
24.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,201mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
22.2km/h
Seasonal range
2.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
248 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
29.4 °C
Average feels-like low
26.7 °C
Average peak gust
32.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
364 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.8 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · 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
30.5 °C
20 March 2019
Coldest day
20.6 °C
10 August 1956
Wettest day
138 mm
3 August 2022
Windiest day
40.2 km/h
6 August 2019
Strongest gust
56.9 km/h
12 July 1989
Hottest feels-like
36.6 °C
21 March 2019
Coldest feels-like
20.6 °C
1 August 1988
Sunniest day
12.6 h
2 January 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 63 mm | +3 mm |
| Feb | 27.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 79 mm | +12 mm |
| Mar | 27.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 52 mm | -48 mm |
| Apr | 28.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 50 mm | -90 mm |
| May | 27.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 244 mm | +66 mm |
| Jun | 26.0 °C | +0.3 °C | 283 mm | +100 mm |
| Jul | 25.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 139 mm | -25 mm |
| Aug | 25.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 184 mm | +77 mm |
| Sep | 25.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 101 mm | +26 mm |
| Oct | 26.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 60 mm | +8 mm |
| Nov | 27.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 20 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | 27.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 30 mm | -9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Maceió?
Maceió has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.4 °C and it receives 1,201 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Maceió?
The hottest day measured in Maceió between 1940 and 2025 was 20 March 2019, reaching 30.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Maceió?
The coldest day measured in Maceió between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1956, at 20.6 °C.
Does it snow in Maceió?
Almost never: Maceió sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Maceió warmed?
Yes: Maceió warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Maceió?
The wettest day measured in Maceió between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2022, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Maceió?
The windiest day measured in Maceió between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2019, with winds reaching 40.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Maceió?
The warmest month in Maceió is March (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Maceió?
Maceió receives on average 1,201 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 248 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Maceió?
Maceió gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Maceió?
Yes: Maceió has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Maceió?
In Maceió, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.6 °C on 21 March 2019, and the lowest was 20.6 °C on 1 August 1988.
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