Piracanjuba climate — normals and trends
Piracanjuba (Brazil) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.3 °C and it receives 1,358 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 September (25.4 °C on average) and the coldest is June (21.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Piracanjuba averages 0 frost days, 115 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 154 rainy days per year.
Piracanjuba 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 39.6 °C (on 16 October 1963) and the coldest 4.1 °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
PiracanjubaGoiás
- coords
- -17.30°, -49.02°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
23.3°C
Average daily high
28.8°C
Average daily low
18.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,358mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
12.4km/h
Seasonal range
4.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
115 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
154 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
31.3 °C
Average feels-like low
19.5 °C
Average peak gust
30.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
119 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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
16 October 1963
Coldest day
4.1 °C
1 June 1979
Wettest day
162 mm
20 January 1960
Windiest day
32.1 km/h
13 January 1978
Strongest gust
65.2 km/h
15 November 2011
Hottest feels-like
41.0 °C
15 November 2023
Coldest feels-like
1.3 °C
1 June 1979
Sunniest day
12.9 h
16 January 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 229 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | 30.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 75 mm | -126 mm |
| Mar | 30.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 100 mm | -89 mm |
| Apr | 29.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 77 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 28.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 1 mm | -22 mm |
| Jun | 28.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 4 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 28.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 30.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 32.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 27 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 32.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 21 mm | -106 mm |
| Nov | 31.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 122 mm | -81 mm |
| Dec | 29.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 159 mm | -81 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Piracanjuba?
Piracanjuba has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.3 °C and it receives 1,358 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Piracanjuba?
The hottest day measured in Piracanjuba between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1963, reaching 39.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Piracanjuba?
The coldest day measured in Piracanjuba between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 4.1 °C.
Does it snow in Piracanjuba?
Almost never: Piracanjuba sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Piracanjuba warmed?
Yes: Piracanjuba warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Piracanjuba?
The wettest day measured in Piracanjuba between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1960, with 162 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Piracanjuba?
The windiest day measured in Piracanjuba between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1978, with winds reaching 32.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Piracanjuba?
The warmest month in Piracanjuba is September (25.4 °C on average); the coldest is June (21.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Piracanjuba?
Piracanjuba receives on average 1,358 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 154 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Piracanjuba?
Piracanjuba gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Piracanjuba?
Yes: Piracanjuba has on average 119 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Piracanjuba?
In Piracanjuba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.0 °C on 15 November 2023, and the lowest was 1.3 °C on 1 June 1979.
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