Santa Cruz Cabrália climate — normals and trends
Santa Cruz Cabrália (Brazil) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 1,159 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 (26.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (22.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Santa Cruz Cabrália averages 0 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 217 rainy days per year.
Santa Cruz Cabrália has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.3 °C (on 3 January 2016) and the coldest 17.6 °C (on 26 August 2020).
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 Cruz CabráliaEstado de Bahia
- coords
- -16.28°, -39.02°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
24.5°C
Average daily high
26.6°C
Average daily low
22.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,159mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
16.6km/h
Seasonal range
3.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
217 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
30.3 °C
Average feels-like low
25.3 °C
Average peak gust
31.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
348 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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
32.3 °C
3 January 2016
Coldest day
17.6 °C
26 August 2020
Wettest day
180 mm
27 October 1975
Windiest day
37.1 km/h
28 August 1954
Strongest gust
63.7 km/h
8 July 2005
Hottest feels-like
39.3 °C
4 April 2020
Coldest feels-like
15.7 °C
26 August 2020
Sunniest day
13.0 h
14 December 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 167 mm | +87 mm |
| Feb | 28.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 67 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 28.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 65 mm | -53 mm |
| Apr | 28.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 252 mm | +122 mm |
| May | 26.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 176 mm | +74 mm |
| Jun | 25.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 67 mm | -16 mm |
| Jul | 24.4 °C | -0.1 °C | 78 mm | +0 mm |
| Aug | 24.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 52 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 25.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 57 mm | +0 mm |
| Oct | 25.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 115 mm | +14 mm |
| Nov | 26.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 117 mm | -34 mm |
| Dec | 27.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 112 mm | -12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Santa Cruz Cabrália?
Santa Cruz Cabrália has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 1,159 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Cruz Cabrália?
The hottest day measured in Santa Cruz Cabrália between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 2016, reaching 32.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Santa Cruz Cabrália?
The coldest day measured in Santa Cruz Cabrália between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 2020, at 17.6 °C.
Does it snow in Santa Cruz Cabrália?
Almost never: Santa Cruz Cabrália sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Santa Cruz Cabrália warmed?
Yes: Santa Cruz Cabrália warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Santa Cruz Cabrália?
The wettest day measured in Santa Cruz Cabrália between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 1975, with 180 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Santa Cruz Cabrália?
The windiest day measured in Santa Cruz Cabrália between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 1954, with winds reaching 37.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Santa Cruz Cabrália?
The warmest month in Santa Cruz Cabrália is February (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (22.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Santa Cruz Cabrália?
Santa Cruz Cabrália receives on average 1,159 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 217 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Santa Cruz Cabrália?
Santa Cruz Cabrália gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Santa Cruz Cabrália?
Yes: Santa Cruz Cabrália has on average 348 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Cruz Cabrália?
In Santa Cruz Cabrália, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.3 °C on 4 April 2020, and the lowest was 15.7 °C on 26 August 2020.
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