Ribeira do Pombal climate — normals and trends
Ribeira do Pombal (Brazil) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.1 °C and it receives 418 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 (26.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (22.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Ribeira do Pombal averages 0 frost days, 215 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.
Ribeira do Pombal has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.0 °C (on 20 March 2019) and the coldest 12.9 °C (on 28 August 1981).
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
Ribeira do PombalEstado de Bahia
- coords
- -10.83°, -38.54°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.1°C
Average daily high
30.8°C
Average daily low
20.8°C
Annual rainfall
418mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
18.7km/h
Seasonal range
4.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
215 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
110 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
32.5 °C
Average feels-like low
23.1 °C
Average peak gust
36.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
257 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · 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
40.0 °C
20 March 2019
Coldest day
12.9 °C
28 August 1981
Wettest day
141 mm
19 November 1991
Windiest day
30.6 km/h
14 August 1991
Strongest gust
60.1 km/h
15 August 1991
Hottest feels-like
43.2 °C
19 March 2019
Coldest feels-like
12.7 °C
26 August 1950
Sunniest day
12.6 h
30 December 2025
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 | 33.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 103 mm | +65 mm |
| Feb | 33.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 20 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 34.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 16 mm | -38 mm |
| Apr | 34.7 °C | +3.4 °C | 12 mm | -38 mm |
| May | 27.9 °C | -1.3 °C | 164 mm | +116 mm |
| Jun | 26.7 °C | -1.0 °C | 58 mm | +20 mm |
| Jul | 26.5 °C | -0.5 °C | 35 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 27.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 32 mm | +7 mm |
| Sep | 28.5 °C | -1.4 °C | 21 mm | +3 mm |
| Oct | 30.1 °C | -2.1 °C | 41 mm | +24 mm |
| Nov | 33.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 23 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 34.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 4 mm | -26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ribeira do Pombal?
Ribeira do Pombal has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.1 °C and it receives 418 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ribeira do Pombal?
The hottest day measured in Ribeira do Pombal between 1940 and 2025 was 20 March 2019, reaching 40.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ribeira do Pombal?
The coldest day measured in Ribeira do Pombal between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 1981, at 12.9 °C.
Does it snow in Ribeira do Pombal?
Almost never: Ribeira do Pombal sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Ribeira do Pombal warmed?
Yes: Ribeira do Pombal warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ribeira do Pombal?
The wettest day measured in Ribeira do Pombal between 1940 and 2025 was 19 November 1991, with 141 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ribeira do Pombal?
The windiest day measured in Ribeira do Pombal between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 1991, with winds reaching 30.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ribeira do Pombal?
The warmest month in Ribeira do Pombal is January (26.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (22.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Ribeira do Pombal?
Ribeira do Pombal receives on average 418 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ribeira do Pombal?
Ribeira do Pombal gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Ribeira do Pombal?
Yes: Ribeira do Pombal has on average 257 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ribeira do Pombal?
In Ribeira do Pombal, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.2 °C on 19 March 2019, and the lowest was 12.7 °C on 26 August 1950.
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