Santa Bárbara climate — normals and trends
Santa Bárbara (Brazil) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.0 °C and it receives 544 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 (22.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Santa Bárbara averages 0 frost days, 190 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.
Santa Bárbara has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 26 November 2015) and the coldest 13.4 °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
Santa BárbaraEstado de Bahia
- coords
- -11.96°, -38.98°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.0°C
Average daily high
30.2°C
Average daily low
21.0°C
Annual rainfall
544mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
17.2km/h
Seasonal range
4.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
190 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
150 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
32.4 °C
Average feels-like low
23.5 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
263 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °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
39.5 °C
26 November 2015
Coldest day
13.4 °C
28 August 1981
Wettest day
96 mm
1 October 1976
Windiest day
31.4 km/h
15 August 1991
Strongest gust
60.8 km/h
15 August 1991
Hottest feels-like
44.6 °C
6 March 2018
Coldest feels-like
13.2 °C
25 August 1944
Sunniest day
12.7 h
27 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 | 32.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 132 mm | +79 mm |
| Feb | 32.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 49 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 33.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 33 mm | -30 mm |
| Apr | 33.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 30 mm | -29 mm |
| May | 27.2 °C | -1.3 °C | 125 mm | +74 mm |
| Jun | 27.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 57 mm | +11 mm |
| Jul | 25.9 °C | -0.5 °C | 43 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 27.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 39 mm | +5 mm |
| Sep | 28.1 °C | -1.2 °C | 24 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 29.5 °C | -2.1 °C | 54 mm | +26 mm |
| Nov | 31.6 °C | -0.6 °C | 68 mm | +20 mm |
| Dec | 33.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 10 mm | -36 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Santa Bárbara?
Santa Bárbara has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.0 °C and it receives 544 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Bárbara?
The hottest day measured in Santa Bárbara between 1940 and 2025 was 26 November 2015, reaching 39.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Santa Bárbara?
The coldest day measured in Santa Bárbara between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 1981, at 13.4 °C.
Does it snow in Santa Bárbara?
Almost never: Santa Bárbara sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Santa Bárbara warmed?
Yes: Santa Bárbara warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Santa Bárbara?
The wettest day measured in Santa Bárbara between 1940 and 2025 was 1 October 1976, with 96 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Santa Bárbara?
The windiest day measured in Santa Bárbara between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 1991, with winds reaching 31.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Santa Bárbara?
The warmest month in Santa Bárbara is January (26.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (22.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Santa Bárbara?
Santa Bárbara receives on average 544 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Santa Bárbara?
Santa Bárbara gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Santa Bárbara?
Yes: Santa Bárbara has on average 263 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Bárbara?
In Santa Bárbara, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.6 °C on 6 March 2018, and the lowest was 13.2 °C on 25 August 1944.
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