Santa Maria da Boa Vista climate — normals and trends
Santa Maria da Boa Vista (Brazil) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 431 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 November (28.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (24.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Santa Maria da Boa Vista averages 0 frost days, 292 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 61 rainy days per year.
Santa Maria da Boa Vista has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.7 °C (on 26 October 2023) and the coldest 15.4 °C (on 31 July 1974).
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 Maria da Boa VistaPernambuco
- coords
- -8.81°, -39.83°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
26.9°C
Average daily high
32.3°C
Average daily low
22.0°C
Annual rainfall
431mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
58%
Average peak wind
21.0km/h
Seasonal range
4.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
292 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
61 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
33.3 °C
Average feels-like low
23.0 °C
Average peak gust
38.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
307 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.8 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.16 · 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
39.7 °C
26 October 2023
Coldest day
15.4 °C
31 July 1974
Wettest day
162 mm
12 January 1988
Windiest day
37.8 km/h
17 July 1970
Strongest gust
63.0 km/h
15 August 1991
Hottest feels-like
42.8 °C
20 October 2019
Coldest feels-like
14.8 °C
8 August 1989
Sunniest day
12.5 h
21 December 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32.6 °C | -0.7 °C | 105 mm | +33 mm |
| Feb | 33.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 13 mm | -64 mm |
| Mar | 34.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 13 mm | -97 mm |
| Apr | 34.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 59 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 31.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 19 mm | -0 mm |
| Jun | 30.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 15 mm | +7 mm |
| Jul | 30.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 3 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 31.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 2 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 32.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 3 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 34.2 °C | -0.2 °C | 5 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 35.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 10 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 35.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 10 mm | -31 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Santa Maria da Boa Vista?
Santa Maria da Boa Vista has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 431 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Maria da Boa Vista?
The hottest day measured in Santa Maria da Boa Vista between 1940 and 2025 was 26 October 2023, reaching 39.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Santa Maria da Boa Vista?
The coldest day measured in Santa Maria da Boa Vista between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1974, at 15.4 °C.
Does it snow in Santa Maria da Boa Vista?
Almost never: Santa Maria da Boa Vista sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Santa Maria da Boa Vista warmed?
Yes: Santa Maria da Boa Vista warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Santa Maria da Boa Vista?
The wettest day measured in Santa Maria da Boa Vista between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1988, with 162 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Santa Maria da Boa Vista?
The windiest day measured in Santa Maria da Boa Vista between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 1970, with winds reaching 37.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Santa Maria da Boa Vista?
The warmest month in Santa Maria da Boa Vista is November (28.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (24.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Santa Maria da Boa Vista?
Santa Maria da Boa Vista receives on average 431 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 61 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Santa Maria da Boa Vista?
Santa Maria da Boa Vista 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 Maria da Boa Vista?
Yes: Santa Maria da Boa Vista has on average 307 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Maria da Boa Vista?
In Santa Maria da Boa Vista, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.8 °C on 20 October 2019, and the lowest was 14.8 °C on 8 August 1989.
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