Sapucaia climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Sapucaia?

Sapucaia has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 1,416 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sapucaia?

The hottest day measured in Sapucaia between 1940 and 2025 was 29 September 1961, reaching 36.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Sapucaia?

The coldest day measured in Sapucaia between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 4.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Sapucaia?

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

Q: Has the climate of Sapucaia warmed?

Yes: Sapucaia warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Sapucaia?

The wettest day measured in Sapucaia between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1957, with 158 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Sapucaia?

The windiest day measured in Sapucaia between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1987, with winds reaching 28.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Sapucaia?

The warmest month in Sapucaia is February (23.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Sapucaia?

Sapucaia receives on average 1,416 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Sapucaia?

Sapucaia gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Sapucaia (Brazil) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 1,416 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 (23.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Sapucaia averages 0 frost days, 33 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 153 rainy days per year.

Sapucaia has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.3 °C (on 29 September 1961) and the coldest 4.6 °C (on 1 June 1979).

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

SapucaiaRio de Janeiro

coords: -22.00°, -42.91°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.7°C

Average daily high

25.5°C

Average daily low

16.9°C

Annual rainfall

1,416mm

Sunshine / day

9.1h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

10.1km/h

Seasonal range

6.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

33 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

153 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.7 °C

Average feels-like low

18.3 °C

Average peak gust

27.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

60 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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

36.3 °C

29 September 1961

Coldest day

4.6 °C

1 June 1979

Wettest day

158 mm

12 January 1957

Windiest day

28.2 km/h

31 July 1987

Strongest gust

68.8 km/h

3 November 1955

Hottest feels-like

40.9 °C

25 December 2017

Coldest feels-like

2.1 °C

1 June 1979

Sunniest day

13.3 h

29 December 2016

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.9 °C26 December 2025	7.1 °C31 July 2025	21.0 °C	984 mm	57
2024	33.8 °C20 January 2024	7.2 °C11 August 2024	22.0 °C	1,206 mm	71
2023	35.9 °C18 November 2023	7.8 °C4 July 2023	21.5 °C	1,270 mm	64
2022	34.6 °C10 September 2022	8.0 °C21 May 2022	20.8 °C	1,398 mm	34
2021	34.0 °C21 September 2021	6.2 °C31 July 2021	20.6 °C	1,246 mm	35
2020	34.4 °C2 October 2020	8.0 °C27 May 2020	21.1 °C	1,416 mm	41
2019	34.3 °C3 February 2019	8.8 °C19 July 2019	21.9 °C	971 mm	73
2018	33.3 °C19 January 2018	8.7 °C21 May 2018	21.5 °C	1,346 mm	56
2017	33.9 °C14 October 2017	8.6 °C4 July 2017	21.2 °C	890 mm	51
2016	33.9 °C10 February 2016	5.9 °C14 June 2016	21.6 °C	1,281 mm	70
2015	35.0 °C16 October 2015	11.1 °C10 June 2015	22.1 °C	1,106 mm	83
2014	34.9 °C19 October 2014	7.4 °C6 August 2014	21.5 °C	705 mm	59
2013	34.4 °C12 November 2013	8.4 °C8 July 2013	20.9 °C	1,431 mm	53
2012	35.4 °C31 October 2012	8.6 °C28 September 2012	21.1 °C	1,182 mm	42
2011	33.3 °C30 January 2011	7.7 °C4 September 2011	20.7 °C	1,438 mm	53
2010	34.3 °C8 February 2010	7.7 °C18 August 2010	21.4 °C	1,224 mm	83
2009	32.9 °C3 March 2009	7.8 °C4 June 2009	21.6 °C	1,533 mm	56
2008	33.6 °C27 October 2008	9.3 °C9 July 2008	20.8 °C	1,675 mm	42
2007	34.0 °C24 September 2007	6.1 °C30 July 2007	21.4 °C	1,246 mm	57
2006	35.0 °C25 January 2006	7.6 °C6 September 2006	21.4 °C	988 mm	44
2005	33.3 °C26 October 2005	9.7 °C10 July 2005	21.4 °C	1,368 mm	50
2004	34.0 °C29 September 2004	9.5 °C13 August 2004	20.8 °C	1,672 mm	27
2003	33.4 °C10 January 2003	9.4 °C12 August 2003	21.3 °C	1,302 mm	53
2002	32.9 °C17 October 2002	10.6 °C3 September 2002	21.8 °C	1,368 mm	68
2001	33.0 °C4 October 2001	10.1 °C8 August 2001	21.2 °C	1,059 mm	50
2000	33.4 °C15 January 2000	5.9 °C18 July 2000	20.6 °C	1,252 mm	38
1999	33.4 °C20 January 1999	8.2 °C24 September 1999	20.3 °C	1,180 mm	31
1998	34.1 °C5 February 1998	9.0 °C8 June 1998	21.2 °C	1,294 mm	50
1997	34.9 °C9 September 1997	8.3 °C10 June 1997	21.3 °C	1,427 mm	59
1996	33.4 °C31 January 1996	8.6 °C5 August 1996	20.8 °C	1,549 mm	58
1995	36.2 °C17 January 1995	8.9 °C6 June 1995	21.3 °C	1,537 mm	65
1994	34.2 °C17 February 1994	6.3 °C28 June 1994	21.3 °C	1,424 mm	67
1993	33.1 °C2 January 1993	9.6 °C22 June 1993	21.5 °C	1,081 mm	49
1992	32.6 °C6 April 1992	9.7 °C28 July 1992	21.0 °C	1,596 mm	23
1991	32.3 °C13 December 1991	9.7 °C4 September 1991	20.9 °C	1,612 mm	19
1990	32.8 °C8 February 1990	8.5 °C16 September 1990	21.1 °C	1,055 mm	38
1989	31.2 °C21 February 1989	8.1 °C10 July 1989	20.7 °C	1,348 mm	14
1988	33.8 °C30 January 1988	6.5 °C16 July 1988	20.7 °C	1,535 mm	33
1987	33.5 °C9 January 1987	7.9 °C27 May 1987	21.3 °C	1,614 mm	29
1986	32.3 °C2 February 1986	8.6 °C4 June 1986	21.1 °C	1,308 mm	16
1985	33.2 °C4 February 1985	7.0 °C9 June 1985	20.5 °C	1,689 mm	12
1984	33.5 °C16 January 1984	8.2 °C1 August 1984	21.3 °C	1,210 mm	42
1983	32.1 °C14 November 1983	7.0 °C6 August 1983	21.0 °C	1,918 mm	18
1982	31.3 °C21 November 1982	9.0 °C6 May 1982	20.7 °C	1,561 mm	11
1981	32.1 °C29 September 1981	7.5 °C7 July 1981	20.4 °C	1,371 mm	16
1980	31.4 °C28 October 1980	8.4 °C27 September 1980	20.9 °C	1,207 mm	18
1979	32.0 °C15 December 1979	4.6 °C1 June 1979	20.2 °C	1,814 mm	8
1978	31.5 °C21 January 1978	6.5 °C2 June 1978	20.5 °C	1,289 mm	22
1977	32.3 °C1 March 1977	8.8 °C21 May 1977	21.2 °C	1,230 mm	34
1976	32.1 °C20 January 1976	8.4 °C19 July 1976	20.5 °C	1,521 mm	18
1975	33.3 °C9 December 1975	7.0 °C7 July 1975	20.5 °C	1,618 mm	31
1974	32.2 °C21 February 1974	8.6 °C16 June 1974	20.6 °C	1,110 mm	22
1973	34.8 °C11 February 1973	9.8 °C21 June 1973	21.2 °C	1,442 mm	46
1972	33.5 °C6 January 1972	8.9 °C22 June 1972	20.8 °C	1,428 mm	26
1971	33.5 °C31 January 1971	9.5 °C21 July 1971	20.7 °C	1,251 mm	51
1970	32.7 °C9 January 1970	9.1 °C6 July 1970	20.7 °C	949 mm	36
1969	34.0 °C17 February 1969	8.9 °C6 June 1969	20.8 °C	1,131 mm	39
1968	32.9 °C24 December 1968	8.2 °C18 May 1968	19.6 °C	986 mm	19
1967	32.9 °C12 October 1967	9.6 °C10 June 1967	20.8 °C	1,606 mm	16
1966	33.5 °C5 December 1966	8.9 °C19 September 1966	20.2 °C	1,700 mm	17
1965	31.3 °C21 December 1965	6.9 °C12 July 1965	20.1 °C	1,939 mm	8
1964	31.1 °C19 February 1964	8.2 °C16 July 1964	19.3 °C	1,774 mm	4
1963	34.8 °C15 October 1963	8.8 °C23 June 1963	20.9 °C	804 mm	46
1962	30.1 °C18 February 1962	8.9 °C18 June 1962	19.3 °C	2,295 mm	2
1961	36.3 °C29 September 1961	9.7 °C19 June 1961	20.8 °C	1,502 mm	32
1960	33.8 °C25 September 1960	8.2 °C16 July 1960	19.6 °C	1,793 mm	9
1959	31.6 °C27 February 1959	9.5 °C13 June 1959	20.5 °C	1,390 mm	21
1958	32.7 °C16 November 1958	8.8 °C22 September 1958	20.3 °C	1,066 mm	23
1957	32.0 °C26 October 1957	6.7 °C23 July 1957	20.1 °C	1,684 mm	8
1956	33.1 °C27 January 1956	8.0 °C12 July 1956	19.5 °C	1,143 mm	29
1955	34.2 °C1 October 1955	10.0 °C5 August 1955	20.1 °C	989 mm	26
1954	35.3 °C19 September 1954	9.7 °C12 August 1954	20.4 °C	1,789 mm	26
1953	31.2 °C31 January 1953	8.3 °C29 July 1953	20.3 °C	1,618 mm	7
1952	31.5 °C31 January 1952	10.0 °C9 July 1952	20.0 °C	2,071 mm	7
1951	33.2 °C16 November 1951	9.2 °C14 July 1951	19.8 °C	1,130 mm	22
1950	31.6 °C14 January 1950	9.4 °C14 July 1950	19.9 °C	1,649 mm	14
1949	30.9 °C18 March 1949	9.6 °C4 July 1949	19.7 °C	1,895 mm	5
1948	32.4 °C25 January 1948	9.1 °C31 August 1948	20.1 °C	1,056 mm	31
1947	33.5 °C9 January 1947	7.9 °C4 August 1947	19.8 °C	1,593 mm	26
1946	31.2 °C2 November 1946	8.5 °C29 July 1946	20.5 °C	1,608 mm	10
1945	31.7 °C13 November 1945	8.6 °C14 July 1945	20.4 °C	1,605 mm	9
1944	33.4 °C2 October 1944	9.5 °C22 August 1944	19.9 °C	2,035 mm	11
1943	29.3 °C19 January 1943	8.7 °C10 August 1943	18.9 °C	1,680 mm	0
1942	34.0 °C7 October 1942	6.7 °C24 June 1942	19.4 °C	1,272 mm	13
1941	32.4 °C13 January 1941	9.3 °C1 July 1941	20.0 °C	2,206 mm	7
1940	31.7 °C23 August 1940	9.9 °C10 July 1940	20.2 °C	2,035 mm	13

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.9 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

57 d/yr

+24

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

984 mm

-432 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.6 °C	+0.6 °C	207 mm	-28 mm
Feb	30.4 °C	+2.1 °C	9 mm	-154 mm
Mar	28.4 °C	+0.9 °C	192 mm	+42 mm
Apr	25.7 °C	-0.1 °C	77 mm	+2 mm
May	24.0 °C	+0.3 °C	11 mm	-32 mm
Jun	23.4 °C	+0.7 °C	11 mm	-15 mm
Jul	22.1 °C	-0.3 °C	6 mm	-18 mm
Aug	23.7 °C	0.0 °C	12 mm	-20 mm
Sep	24.6 °C	-0.3 °C	37 mm	-34 mm
Oct	25.1 °C	-0.5 °C	103 mm	-37 mm
Nov	26.5 °C	+0.5 °C	121 mm	-85 mm
Dec	29.1 °C	+2.1 °C	199 mm	-53 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.9 °C

26 Dec 2025

Coldest day

7.1 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

97.9 mm

24 Mar 2025

Windiest day

23.5 km/h

19 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

68.0 km/h

10 Dec 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.7 °C

21 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

5.4 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.3 h

27 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Sapucaia?

Sapucaia has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 1,416 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sapucaia?

The hottest day measured in Sapucaia between 1940 and 2025 was 29 September 1961, reaching 36.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Sapucaia?

The coldest day measured in Sapucaia between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 4.6 °C.

Does it snow in Sapucaia?

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

Has the climate of Sapucaia warmed?

Yes: Sapucaia warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Sapucaia?

The wettest day measured in Sapucaia between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1957, with 158 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Sapucaia?

The windiest day measured in Sapucaia between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1987, with winds reaching 28.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Sapucaia?

The warmest month in Sapucaia is February (23.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Sapucaia?

Sapucaia receives on average 1,416 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Sapucaia?

Sapucaia gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Sapucaia?

Yes: Sapucaia has on average 60 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sapucaia?

In Sapucaia, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.9 °C on 25 December 2017, and the lowest was 2.1 °C on 1 June 1979.

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