Matões climate — normals and trends
Matões (Brazil) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.0 °C and it receives 1,293 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 October (29.2 °C on average) and the coldest is March (25.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Matões averages 0 frost days, 283 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 145 rainy days per year.
Matões has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.8 °C (on 24 October 2012) and the coldest 17.9 °C (on 2 August 1973).
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
MatõesMaranhão
- coords
- -5.52°, -43.20°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
27.0°C
Average daily high
32.2°C
Average daily low
22.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,293mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
11.1km/h
Seasonal range
3.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
283 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
145 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
36.3 °C
Average feels-like low
25.6 °C
Average peak gust
31.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
362 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.9 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.15 · 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
39.8 °C
24 October 2012
Coldest day
17.9 °C
2 August 1973
Wettest day
177 mm
17 January 1978
Windiest day
26.2 km/h
16 July 1988
Strongest gust
59.8 km/h
5 July 2017
Hottest feels-like
44.8 °C
31 October 2012
Coldest feels-like
16.8 °C
14 August 1959
Sunniest day
12.1 h
7 November 1940
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 | 31.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 289 mm | +61 mm |
| Feb | 31.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 117 mm | -132 mm |
| Mar | 30.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 208 mm | -92 mm |
| Apr | 31.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 47 mm | -165 mm |
| May | 32.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 7 mm | -74 mm |
| Jun | 32.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 2 mm | -11 mm |
| Jul | 33.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 1 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 34.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 4 mm | +2 mm |
| Sep | 36.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 36.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 20 mm | -4 mm |
| Nov | 35.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 10 mm | -47 mm |
| Dec | 32.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 72 mm | -44 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Matões?
Matões has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.0 °C and it receives 1,293 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Matões?
The hottest day measured in Matões between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 2012, reaching 39.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Matões?
The coldest day measured in Matões between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1973, at 17.9 °C.
Does it snow in Matões?
Almost never: Matões sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Matões warmed?
Yes: Matões warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Matões?
The wettest day measured in Matões between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1978, with 177 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Matões?
The windiest day measured in Matões between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1988, with winds reaching 26.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Matões?
The warmest month in Matões is October (29.2 °C on average); the coldest is March (25.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Matões?
Matões receives on average 1,293 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Matões?
Matões gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Matões?
Yes: Matões has on average 362 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Matões?
In Matões, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.8 °C on 31 October 2012, and the lowest was 16.8 °C on 14 August 1959.
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