Quissamã climate — normals and trends

Quissamã (Brazil) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 1,230 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 (26.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Quissamã averages 0 frost days, 121 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 145 rainy days per year.

Quissamã has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.1 °C (on 18 November 2023) and the coldest 10.2 °C (on 18 July 2000).

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

QuissamãRio de Janeiro

coords
-22.11°, -41.47°
period
19402025 · 86 yrs
AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

23.9°C

Average daily high

28.2°C

Average daily low

20.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,230mm

Sunshine / day

9.8h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

15.6km/h

Seasonal range

5.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

121 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

145 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.4 °C

Average feels-like low

22.9 °C

Average peak gust

33.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

214 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · p = < 0.001

1940Each stripe is one year, from 1940 (left) to 2025 (right). Blue = colder than the period average, red = warmer.2025

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

41.1 °C

18 November 2023

Coldest day

10.2 °C

18 July 2000

Wettest day

209 mm

24 March 2024

Windiest day

38.3 km/h

12 September 1995

Strongest gust

78.5 km/h

12 September 1995

Hottest feels-like

47.3 °C

25 February 2019

Coldest feels-like

9.1 °C

18 July 2000

Sunniest day

13.3 h

8 January 1950

YearHottest dayColdest dayAnnual meanRainfallHot daysFrost days
202539.4 °C17 February 202512.1 °C28 September 202524.5 °C765 mm1710
202438.5 °C20 January 202412.1 °C14 August 202425.1 °C1,306 mm2100
202341.1 °C18 November 202312.6 °C8 July 202324.9 °C864 mm2010
202238.6 °C26 March 202211.4 °C28 June 202224.3 °C1,249 mm1770
202137.6 °C28 January 202111.5 °C2 July 202123.9 °C978 mm1590
202037.6 °C2 October 202012.3 °C27 May 202024.0 °C1,420 mm1430
201940.5 °C5 November 201912.1 °C12 July 201925.3 °C884 mm2210
201839.0 °C19 January 201813.1 °C22 May 201824.7 °C1,254 mm1690
201737.7 °C13 March 201712.6 °C7 August 201724.7 °C664 mm1870
201638.5 °C1 January 201610.7 °C15 June 201625.1 °C988 mm2000
201538.4 °C2 January 201514.3 °C4 June 201525.5 °C764 mm2150
201438.4 °C29 December 201411.7 °C8 August 201424.8 °C683 mm2020
201339.5 °C12 November 201312.2 °C31 July 201324.4 °C1,157 mm1530
201239.0 °C26 December 201211.1 °C1 September 201224.3 °C900 mm1500
201136.3 °C22 February 201110.8 °C4 September 201123.7 °C1,040 mm1260
201039.4 °C24 February 201012.5 °C8 June 201024.7 °C1,062 mm1670
200936.6 °C3 December 200911.4 °C4 June 200924.5 °C1,460 mm1430
200837.0 °C27 October 200813.2 °C15 July 200823.8 °C1,541 mm1260
200737.4 °C24 September 200712.1 °C31 July 200724.4 °C1,026 mm1650
200637.5 °C25 January 200615.1 °C6 September 200624.4 °C1,000 mm1520
200536.2 °C14 October 200514.2 °C12 July 200524.5 °C1,396 mm1340
200437.2 °C6 November 200413.5 °C11 August 200424.0 °C1,293 mm1180
200337.1 °C2 March 200313.7 °C18 October 200324.5 °C1,056 mm1530
200237.0 °C2 December 200214.4 °C3 September 200225.0 °C971 mm1720
200137.1 °C1 February 200114.5 °C8 August 200124.6 °C890 mm1560
200036.1 °C15 January 200010.2 °C18 July 200023.8 °C821 mm1300
199937.1 °C29 March 199913.5 °C18 August 199923.6 °C1,067 mm1220
199838.2 °C5 February 199812.9 °C14 July 199824.3 °C1,168 mm1360
199737.9 °C9 September 199712.3 °C12 August 199724.2 °C1,387 mm1540
199637.4 °C10 February 199613.2 °C25 July 199623.8 °C1,134 mm1340
199539.4 °C17 January 199514.5 °C29 May 199524.6 °C1,168 mm1520
199437.5 °C27 February 199410.9 °C28 June 199424.4 °C1,198 mm1410
199336.6 °C18 November 199313.7 °C23 June 199324.5 °C1,013 mm1620
199235.5 °C22 February 199212.5 °C28 July 199224.0 °C1,304 mm1070
199136.5 °C27 December 199113.5 °C5 August 199123.8 °C1,460 mm920
199035.9 °C23 January 199014.7 °C7 August 199024.3 °C1,034 mm1400
198934.8 °C22 February 198912.6 °C18 July 198923.7 °C1,411 mm1040
198836.5 °C29 January 198812.0 °C6 June 198823.7 °C1,309 mm960
198736.9 °C9 January 198713.0 °C26 June 198724.2 °C1,530 mm1290
198636.0 °C15 April 198613.3 °C13 July 198624.3 °C820 mm1370
198536.1 °C4 February 198511.8 °C14 June 198523.5 °C1,561 mm820
198436.2 °C20 January 198413.9 °C1 August 198424.3 °C1,145 mm1220
198334.8 °C11 March 198311.5 °C8 August 198324.0 °C1,527 mm990
198235.0 °C30 October 198214.5 °C1 August 198223.7 °C1,112 mm760
198135.0 °C29 September 198113.0 °C12 June 198123.5 °C1,330 mm840
198034.5 °C14 March 198013.6 °C8 July 198023.9 °C1,067 mm1010
197935.1 °C15 December 197911.9 °C1 June 197923.2 °C1,607 mm760
197835.0 °C27 November 197812.2 °C2 June 197823.6 °C1,209 mm900
197737.0 °C2 November 197714.2 °C21 May 197724.2 °C1,119 mm1270
197636.3 °C8 December 197614.6 °C7 July 197623.8 °C1,216 mm1190
197535.4 °C17 January 197511.9 °C7 July 197523.5 °C1,305 mm1030
197436.5 °C25 February 197413.3 °C12 July 197423.9 °C804 mm1130
197336.3 °C11 January 197314.4 °C27 July 197324.1 °C1,466 mm980
197236.6 °C6 January 197214.6 °C30 July 197224.0 °C1,085 mm1100
197136.8 °C22 December 197113.9 °C22 July 197123.7 °C1,396 mm1200
197036.1 °C12 December 197014.2 °C17 July 197023.6 °C724 mm1080
196937.5 °C9 January 196914.2 °C27 July 196923.7 °C1,019 mm930
196836.7 °C3 November 196812.9 °C2 June 196822.5 °C916 mm680
196735.9 °C12 October 196713.6 °C22 July 196723.7 °C1,486 mm740
196636.9 °C5 December 196613.4 °C25 September 196623.4 °C1,514 mm1020
196534.5 °C25 October 196513.0 °C13 July 196523.2 °C1,814 mm760
196434.9 °C18 February 196412.6 °C31 July 196422.5 °C1,861 mm510
196338.6 °C28 October 196312.6 °C8 July 196323.8 °C692 mm1390
196234.3 °C18 February 196212.8 °C26 August 196222.5 °C2,035 mm570
196136.7 °C28 September 196114.7 °C8 August 196123.7 °C1,421 mm1110
196036.9 °C25 September 196012.5 °C15 July 196022.9 °C1,705 mm630
195937.1 °C23 February 195913.4 °C13 June 195924.0 °C965 mm1340
195837.5 °C9 December 195813.4 °C22 September 195823.6 °C901 mm1240
195735.8 °C26 October 195714.2 °C22 July 195723.2 °C1,355 mm830
195638.0 °C27 January 195612.9 °C13 July 195622.8 °C1,077 mm1010
195538.4 °C1 October 195513.0 °C15 August 195523.2 °C900 mm1110
195436.2 °C19 September 195413.7 °C12 August 195423.4 °C1,381 mm960
195336.3 °C31 January 195314.0 °C14 July 195323.4 °C1,351 mm950
195234.4 °C19 September 195215.0 °C17 July 195223.1 °C1,828 mm640
195137.8 °C16 November 195112.4 °C14 July 195123.0 °C1,022 mm1070
195034.5 °C5 March 195013.3 °C14 July 195023.0 °C1,568 mm790
194934.4 °C6 January 194913.3 °C27 August 194922.7 °C1,739 mm670
194836.4 °C27 January 194813.4 °C19 August 194823.2 °C968 mm940
194737.3 °C10 February 194711.2 °C4 August 194723.0 °C1,243 mm840
194635.1 °C2 November 194613.5 °C3 August 194623.8 °C1,327 mm1160
194534.8 °C13 November 194514.1 °C13 July 194523.5 °C1,384 mm880
194435.5 °C2 October 194413.1 °C22 August 194423.1 °C1,671 mm650
194332.7 °C19 January 194312.9 °C25 July 194322.1 °C1,773 mm360
194235.8 °C7 October 194211.0 °C26 June 194222.5 °C1,255 mm840
194135.3 °C13 January 194113.0 °C1 July 194123.2 °C1,849 mm850
194035.1 °C24 August 194014.0 °C27 September 194023.6 °C1,682 mm890

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Across the whole year

Average daily high
29.9 °C
+1.7 °C
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
171 d/yr
+50
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
0
Annual rainfall
765 mm
-465 mm

Month by month

Highvs. normalPrecipitationvs. normal
Jan32.5 °C+1.6 °C126 mm-57 mm
Feb35.8 °C+4.5 °C4 mm-119 mm
Mar32.3 °C+2.0 °C125 mm-28 mm
Apr29.0 °C+0.5 °C111 mm+28 mm
May28.5 °C+1.7 °C14 mm-35 mm
Jun28.6 °C+2.6 °C13 mm-17 mm
Jul26.2 °C+0.5 °C16 mm-12 mm
Aug27.6 °C+1.1 °C21 mm-9 mm
Sep27.7 °C+0.6 °C35 mm-20 mm
Oct28.3 °C+0.4 °C89 mm-15 mm
Nov29.5 °C+1.3 °C74 mm-108 mm
Dec32.6 °C+3.1 °C137 mm-74 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day
39.4 °C
17 Feb 2025
Coldest day
12.1 °C
28 Sep 2025
Wettest day
35.1 mm
5 Apr 2025
Windiest day
32.7 km/h
6 Nov 2025
Strongest gust
66.2 km/h
6 Nov 2025
Hottest feels-like
45.1 °C
21 Jan 2025
Coldest feels-like
11.9 °C
28 Sep 2025
Sunniest day
13.1 h
27 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Quissamã?

Quissamã has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 1,230 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Quissamã?

The hottest day measured in Quissamã between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 2023, reaching 41.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Quissamã?

The coldest day measured in Quissamã between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2000, at 10.2 °C.

Does it snow in Quissamã?

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

Has the climate of Quissamã warmed?

Yes: Quissamã warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Quissamã?

The wettest day measured in Quissamã between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 2024, with 209 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Quissamã?

The windiest day measured in Quissamã between 1940 and 2025 was 12 September 1995, with winds reaching 38.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Quissamã?

The warmest month in Quissamã is February (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Quissamã?

Quissamã receives on average 1,230 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Quissamã?

Quissamã gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Quissamã?

Yes: Quissamã has on average 214 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Quissamã?

In Quissamã, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.3 °C on 25 February 2019, and the lowest was 9.1 °C on 18 July 2000.

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