São Felipe climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of São Felipe?

São Felipe has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.2 °C and it receives 1,071 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in São Felipe?

The hottest day measured in São Felipe between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1951, reaching 36.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in São Felipe?

The coldest day measured in São Felipe between 1940 and 2025 was 2 September 2006, at 14.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in São Felipe?

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

Q: Has the climate of São Felipe warmed?

Yes: São Felipe warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in São Felipe?

The wettest day measured in São Felipe between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 1943, with 92 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in São Felipe?

The windiest day measured in São Felipe between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 2017, with winds reaching 27.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in São Felipe?

The warmest month in São Felipe is January (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in São Felipe?

São Felipe receives on average 1,071 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 237 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in São Felipe?

São Felipe gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

São Felipe (Brazil) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.2 °C and it receives 1,071 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 (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

São Felipe averages 0 frost days, 81 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 237 rainy days per year.

São Felipe has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.8 °C (on 13 December 1951) and the coldest 14.3 °C (on 2 September 2006).

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

São FelipeEstado de Bahia

coords: -12.85°, -39.09°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

24.2°C

Average daily high

27.9°C

Average daily low

21.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,071mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

84%

Average peak wind

14.2km/h

Seasonal range

3.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

81 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

237 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.8 °C

Average feels-like low

24.7 °C

Average peak gust

33.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

299 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

36.8 °C

13 December 1951

Coldest day

14.3 °C

2 September 2006

Wettest day

92 mm

21 December 1943

Windiest day

27.1 km/h

3 July 2017

Strongest gust

58.7 km/h

14 July 1988

Hottest feels-like

42.6 °C

3 January 2016

Coldest feels-like

14.8 °C

2 September 2006

Sunniest day

12.8 h

14 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.2 °C5 January 2025	17.8 °C8 August 2025	24.3 °C	1,288 mm	92
2024	34.8 °C24 January 2024	18.4 °C21 August 2024	25.0 °C	1,381 mm	124
2023	34.0 °C19 April 2023	17.4 °C13 July 2023	24.7 °C	1,098 mm	103
2022	33.0 °C14 April 2022	16.7 °C9 August 2022	24.3 °C	1,451 mm	73
2021	33.5 °C31 March 2021	17.5 °C2 August 2021	24.4 °C	1,119 mm	87
2020	34.1 °C10 October 2020	17.6 °C27 August 2020	24.5 °C	1,192 mm	102
2019	35.8 °C16 February 2019	17.2 °C17 July 2019	25.4 °C	902 mm	141
2018	35.4 °C6 March 2018	18.2 °C30 July 2018	25.0 °C	899 mm	106
2017	33.3 °C5 December 2017	17.1 °C15 August 2017	24.5 °C	898 mm	103
2016	36.0 °C3 January 2016	18.3 °C13 July 2016	25.2 °C	1,006 mm	123
2015	35.4 °C26 November 2015	17.8 °C4 August 2015	25.2 °C	936 mm	137
2014	32.1 °C9 November 2014	17.3 °C11 July 2014	24.5 °C	1,123 mm	57
2013	34.4 °C6 April 2013	18.2 °C2 August 2013	24.8 °C	1,125 mm	110
2012	33.6 °C2 January 2012	16.5 °C6 August 2012	24.8 °C	660 mm	127
2011	35.3 °C15 March 2011	17.1 °C7 July 2011	24.7 °C	994 mm	83
2010	33.8 °C4 March 2010	17.2 °C5 September 2010	25.3 °C	1,133 mm	137
2009	34.2 °C1 April 2009	19.0 °C11 August 2009	25.4 °C	983 mm	141
2008	34.0 °C24 February 2008	15.6 °C25 July 2008	24.9 °C	956 mm	107
2007	35.2 °C12 February 2007	17.0 °C3 June 2007	24.5 °C	1,104 mm	78
2006	35.4 °C26 February 2006	14.3 °C2 September 2006	24.5 °C	1,085 mm	90
2005	34.1 °C26 January 2005	17.5 °C26 August 2005	24.6 °C	1,203 mm	93
2004	33.9 °C19 November 2004	15.8 °C4 September 2004	24.4 °C	1,023 mm	73
2003	34.1 °C7 January 2003	17.7 °C7 July 2003	24.6 °C	1,027 mm	99
2002	33.7 °C24 December 2002	17.5 °C4 August 2002	24.4 °C	1,023 mm	69
2001	33.0 °C7 February 2001	17.8 °C16 August 2001	24.3 °C	883 mm	85
2000	34.8 °C3 February 2000	16.9 °C16 July 2000	24.2 °C	1,311 mm	63
1999	32.8 °C13 March 1999	16.7 °C29 August 1999	24.1 °C	1,331 mm	82
1998	35.5 °C26 March 1998	18.2 °C25 August 1998	25.2 °C	907 mm	153
1997	34.1 °C29 November 1997	16.9 °C13 August 1997	24.5 °C	1,038 mm	95
1996	34.7 °C25 March 1996	17.1 °C25 July 1996	24.6 °C	1,159 mm	116
1995	35.7 °C23 January 1995	18.4 °C3 September 1995	24.7 °C	1,016 mm	119
1994	34.8 °C19 December 1994	15.5 °C11 August 1994	24.6 °C	965 mm	114
1993	33.9 °C9 April 1993	17.4 °C8 July 1993	24.7 °C	707 mm	101
1992	32.3 °C6 January 1992	17.7 °C29 July 1992	24.1 °C	1,276 mm	30
1991	33.1 °C14 February 1991	16.7 °C11 July 1991	24.3 °C	1,067 mm	83
1990	32.2 °C11 April 1990	18.0 °C25 July 1990	24.5 °C	884 mm	63
1989	33.1 °C5 March 1989	17.2 °C8 August 1989	24.4 °C	1,405 mm	72
1988	34.3 °C5 March 1988	16.7 °C2 August 1988	24.5 °C	1,204 mm	72
1987	33.5 °C7 March 1987	16.9 °C7 August 1987	25.0 °C	769 mm	104
1986	32.7 °C16 February 1986	17.1 °C5 September 1986	24.1 °C	1,050 mm	33
1985	33.4 °C23 February 1985	17.1 °C27 July 1985	24.2 °C	1,521 mm	53
1984	35.1 °C13 March 1984	18.6 °C28 May 1984	24.6 °C	945 mm	94
1983	33.2 °C9 January 1983	17.4 °C14 August 1983	24.3 °C	924 mm	62
1982	34.0 °C25 March 1982	17.3 °C26 June 1982	24.0 °C	924 mm	51
1981	33.4 °C10 March 1981	16.5 °C29 August 1981	23.7 °C	1,185 mm	36
1980	32.0 °C28 January 1980	17.5 °C18 July 1980	23.9 °C	1,267 mm	35
1979	32.4 °C26 November 1979	16.6 °C13 August 1979	23.8 °C	1,096 mm	40
1978	31.7 °C1 April 1978	17.6 °C29 August 1978	23.8 °C	1,644 mm	20
1977	33.5 °C1 April 1977	17.4 °C8 August 1977	24.0 °C	1,216 mm	58
1976	33.3 °C27 December 1976	17.5 °C5 July 1976	24.0 °C	896 mm	51
1975	32.9 °C14 December 1975	17.4 °C28 July 1975	23.9 °C	1,101 mm	73
1974	33.3 °C1 January 1974	17.3 °C1 July 1974	23.9 °C	1,532 mm	50
1973	36.3 °C6 March 1973	17.3 °C29 July 1973	24.8 °C	1,058 mm	113
1972	35.2 °C6 December 1972	17.6 °C23 August 1972	24.5 °C	960 mm	84
1971	32.7 °C9 March 1971	17.3 °C20 July 1971	23.9 °C	1,098 mm	58
1970	32.8 °C3 December 1970	17.4 °C18 July 1970	23.5 °C	1,235 mm	28
1969	33.1 °C14 October 1969	18.0 °C29 August 1969	23.8 °C	1,287 mm	47
1968	31.7 °C9 December 1968	16.8 °C11 July 1968	23.0 °C	1,516 mm	17
1967	35.2 °C15 February 1967	16.2 °C22 July 1967	23.6 °C	1,176 mm	50
1966	33.1 °C5 January 1966	16.4 °C21 August 1966	23.6 °C	1,414 mm	44
1965	34.1 °C6 February 1965	17.4 °C28 July 1965	24.1 °C	814 mm	90
1964	34.4 °C29 December 1964	17.5 °C17 June 1964	23.6 °C	1,249 mm	50
1963	36.0 °C13 December 1963	16.1 °C10 July 1963	24.0 °C	921 mm	125
1962	36.2 °C25 February 1962	17.1 °C24 August 1962	24.3 °C	720 mm	136
1961	34.0 °C13 February 1961	17.2 °C6 September 1961	24.2 °C	592 mm	125
1960	34.0 °C24 January 1960	16.9 °C24 September 1960	23.4 °C	1,350 mm	55
1959	35.0 °C24 December 1959	17.6 °C27 August 1959	24.1 °C	671 mm	89
1958	33.7 °C8 February 1958	18.0 °C18 August 1958	23.8 °C	1,086 mm	60
1957	35.0 °C10 November 1957	17.2 °C31 May 1957	23.7 °C	1,107 mm	62
1956	32.4 °C4 March 1956	17.1 °C30 July 1956	23.6 °C	1,099 mm	37
1955	35.3 °C19 December 1955	17.1 °C24 August 1955	23.5 °C	814 mm	50
1954	34.2 °C1 April 1954	17.5 °C3 August 1954	23.9 °C	837 mm	103
1953	36.5 °C14 December 1953	17.6 °C11 July 1953	24.0 °C	872 mm	59
1952	35.3 °C21 November 1952	17.5 °C4 September 1952	24.3 °C	832 mm	130
1951	36.8 °C13 December 1951	16.7 °C15 September 1951	23.6 °C	922 mm	85
1950	33.1 °C13 January 1950	17.2 °C27 August 1950	23.7 °C	896 mm	77
1949	34.1 °C6 February 1949	17.0 °C10 August 1949	23.8 °C	1,183 mm	75
1948	34.2 °C27 December 1948	17.7 °C28 August 1948	23.7 °C	1,142 mm	71
1947	34.9 °C27 February 1947	18.1 °C17 July 1947	23.9 °C	1,091 mm	86
1946	34.9 °C10 November 1946	17.1 °C26 July 1946	24.1 °C	746 mm	96
1945	34.3 °C30 November 1945	17.1 °C27 July 1945	23.8 °C	1,066 mm	81
1944	33.0 °C18 January 1944	15.7 °C25 August 1944	23.4 °C	1,265 mm	39
1943	33.0 °C22 January 1943	15.6 °C21 August 1943	23.2 °C	1,322 mm	44
1942	35.1 °C2 January 1942	17.1 °C10 September 1942	23.6 °C	831 mm	74
1941	33.6 °C1 January 1941	17.4 °C25 July 1941	24.2 °C	934 mm	96
1940	33.5 °C27 January 1940	17.8 °C9 August 1940	23.9 °C	1,206 mm	72

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.9 °C

0.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

92 d/yr

+11

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1288 mm

+217 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.7 °C	+0.7 °C	192 mm	+111 mm
Feb	29.2 °C	-0.7 °C	92 mm	+14 mm
Mar	29.6 °C	-0.1 °C	67 mm	-33 mm
Apr	29.6 °C	+1.1 °C	73 mm	-40 mm
May	26.4 °C	-0.5 °C	216 mm	+105 mm
Jun	26.0 °C	+0.4 °C	134 mm	+25 mm
Jul	24.9 °C	0.0 °C	90 mm	-12 mm
Aug	25.6 °C	+0.3 °C	102 mm	+17 mm
Sep	26.2 °C	-0.3 °C	83 mm	+17 mm
Oct	27.2 °C	-1.1 °C	105 mm	+41 mm
Nov	29.3 °C	0.0 °C	108 mm	+24 mm
Dec	30.4 °C	+0.6 °C	26 mm	-51 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.2 °C

5 Jan 2025

Coldest day

17.8 °C

8 Aug 2025

Wettest day

59.7 mm

11 Jan 2025

Windiest day

24.3 km/h

27 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

48.6 km/h

20 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.8 °C

20 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

19.3 °C

27 Sep 2025

Sunniest day

12.8 h

16 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of São Felipe?

São Felipe has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.2 °C and it receives 1,071 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in São Felipe?

The hottest day measured in São Felipe between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1951, reaching 36.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in São Felipe?

The coldest day measured in São Felipe between 1940 and 2025 was 2 September 2006, at 14.3 °C.

Does it snow in São Felipe?

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

Has the climate of São Felipe warmed?

Yes: São Felipe warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in São Felipe?

The wettest day measured in São Felipe between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 1943, with 92 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in São Felipe?

The windiest day measured in São Felipe between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 2017, with winds reaching 27.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in São Felipe?

The warmest month in São Felipe is January (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.9 °C).

How much does it rain in São Felipe?

São Felipe receives on average 1,071 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 237 rainy days.

Is it sunny in São Felipe?

São Felipe gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in São Felipe?

Yes: São Felipe has on average 299 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in São Felipe?

In São Felipe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.6 °C on 3 January 2016, and the lowest was 14.8 °C on 2 September 2006.

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