Pão de Açúcar climate — normals and trends
Pão de Açúcar (Brazil) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.5 °C and it receives 330 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 January (28.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (23.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Pão de Açúcar averages 0 frost days, 254 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 88 rainy days per year.
Pão de Açúcar 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 41.3 °C (on 20 March 2019) and the coldest 15.8 °C (on 15 September 1968).
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
Pão de AçúcarAlagoas
- coords
- -9.75°, -37.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
26.5°C
Average daily high
31.9°C
Average daily low
22.3°C
Annual rainfall
330mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
19.6km/h
Seasonal range
4.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
254 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
88 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
33.7 °C
Average feels-like low
24.9 °C
Average peak gust
38.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
332 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.8 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · 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
41.3 °C
20 March 2019
Coldest day
15.8 °C
15 September 1968
Wettest day
101 mm
21 February 2007
Windiest day
31.1 km/h
17 June 1967
Strongest gust
58.3 km/h
9 January 1972
Hottest feels-like
44.1 °C
26 November 2015
Coldest feels-like
16.2 °C
15 September 1968
Sunniest day
12.6 h
3 January 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 | 34.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 92 mm | +65 mm |
| Feb | 33.2 °C | -0.8 °C | 36 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | 34.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 10 mm | -37 mm |
| Apr | 34.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 23 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 30.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 89 mm | +50 mm |
| Jun | 28.0 °C | -0.7 °C | 72 mm | +38 mm |
| Jul | 27.6 °C | -0.4 °C | 23 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 28.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 31 mm | +11 mm |
| Sep | 29.5 °C | -1.4 °C | 26 mm | +12 mm |
| Oct | 32.2 °C | -1.2 °C | 14 mm | +5 mm |
| Nov | 34.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 20 mm | +4 mm |
| Dec | 35.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 2 mm | -17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pão de Açúcar?
Pão de Açúcar has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.5 °C and it receives 330 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pão de Açúcar?
The hottest day measured in Pão de Açúcar between 1940 and 2025 was 20 March 2019, reaching 41.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pão de Açúcar?
The coldest day measured in Pão de Açúcar between 1940 and 2025 was 15 September 1968, at 15.8 °C.
Does it snow in Pão de Açúcar?
Almost never: Pão de Açúcar sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Pão de Açúcar warmed?
Yes: Pão de Açúcar warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pão de Açúcar?
The wettest day measured in Pão de Açúcar between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2007, with 101 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pão de Açúcar?
The windiest day measured in Pão de Açúcar between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 1967, with winds reaching 31.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pão de Açúcar?
The warmest month in Pão de Açúcar is January (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (23.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Pão de Açúcar?
Pão de Açúcar receives on average 330 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 88 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pão de Açúcar?
Pão de Açúcar gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Pão de Açúcar?
Yes: Pão de Açúcar has on average 332 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pão de Açúcar?
In Pão de Açúcar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.1 °C on 26 November 2015, and the lowest was 16.2 °C on 15 September 1968.
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