Vera Cruz climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Vera Cruz?

Vera Cruz has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.7 °C and it receives 665 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vera Cruz?

The hottest day measured in Vera Cruz between 1940 and 2025 was 23 October 1954, reaching 39.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Vera Cruz?

The coldest day measured in Vera Cruz between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2008, at 12.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Vera Cruz?

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

Q: Has the climate of Vera Cruz warmed?

Yes: Vera Cruz warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Vera Cruz?

The wettest day measured in Vera Cruz between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 2014, with 179 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Vera Cruz?

The windiest day measured in Vera Cruz between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 1949, with winds reaching 24.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Vera Cruz?

The warmest month in Vera Cruz is February (25.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Vera Cruz?

Vera Cruz receives on average 665 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Vera Cruz?

Vera Cruz gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Vera Cruz (Brazil) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.7 °C and it receives 665 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 (25.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Vera Cruz averages 0 frost days, 124 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 122 rainy days per year.

Vera Cruz has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 23 October 1954) and the coldest 12.1 °C (on 26 July 2008).

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

Vera CruzEstado de Bahia

coords: -12.63°, -41.03°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthNovemberDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

23.7°C

Average daily high

28.7°C

Average daily low

19.6°C

Annual rainfall

665mm

Sunshine / day

9.8h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

11.6km/h

Seasonal range

4.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

124 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

122 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.9 °C

Average feels-like low

21.7 °C

Average peak gust

27.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

180 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.24 · 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

39.1 °C

23 October 1954

Coldest day

12.1 °C

26 July 2008

Wettest day

179 mm

17 December 2014

Windiest day

24.0 km/h

27 August 1949

Strongest gust

56.9 km/h

19 November 1968

Hottest feels-like

42.1 °C

25 November 2015

Coldest feels-like

11.4 °C

26 July 2008

Sunniest day

12.7 h

10 December 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.7 °C3 January 2025	14.9 °C1 July 2025	24.3 °C	508 mm	176
2024	35.7 °C9 October 2024	14.3 °C15 July 2024	24.5 °C	871 mm	179
2023	37.2 °C5 November 2023	14.6 °C5 July 2023	24.8 °C	517 mm	190
2022	34.1 °C23 September 2022	13.8 °C18 June 2022	23.7 °C	859 mm	137
2021	37.2 °C22 September 2021	13.8 °C14 August 2021	24.2 °C	743 mm	172
2020	36.7 °C10 October 2020	15.2 °C27 August 2020	24.0 °C	888 mm	151
2019	37.2 °C7 December 2019	15.3 °C11 July 2019	25.0 °C	530 mm	200
2018	35.7 °C20 October 2018	15.2 °C1 September 2018	24.1 °C	477 mm	156
2017	35.3 °C6 December 2017	13.5 °C18 July 2017	24.3 °C	315 mm	184
2016	37.4 °C3 January 2016	14.3 °C17 July 2016	24.5 °C	771 mm	191
2015	38.6 °C26 November 2015	15.1 °C9 August 2015	24.6 °C	455 mm	202
2014	34.8 °C22 September 2014	14.7 °C24 August 2014	23.9 °C	796 mm	145
2013	35.9 °C28 October 2013	14.8 °C2 August 2013	24.8 °C	716 mm	191
2012	35.8 °C31 October 2012	14.1 °C1 July 2012	24.7 °C	233 mm	205
2011	34.0 °C9 March 2011	13.8 °C11 July 2011	24.1 °C	442 mm	138
2010	37.0 °C9 October 2010	14.2 °C14 June 2010	24.6 °C	663 mm	173
2009	35.3 °C30 September 2009	15.7 °C15 August 2009	24.8 °C	594 mm	178
2008	36.8 °C4 November 2008	12.1 °C26 July 2008	24.3 °C	524 mm	167
2007	36.3 °C22 January 2007	13.7 °C24 July 2007	23.8 °C	566 mm	121
2006	37.2 °C11 February 2006	12.7 °C2 June 2006	23.8 °C	719 mm	118
2005	36.0 °C30 October 2005	14.8 °C19 July 2005	23.8 °C	754 mm	119
2004	35.2 °C20 November 2004	13.4 °C14 August 2004	23.7 °C	831 mm	112
2003	36.4 °C23 October 2003	14.4 °C21 July 2003	24.5 °C	359 mm	190
2002	35.7 °C24 December 2002	14.2 °C12 August 2002	24.0 °C	556 mm	127
2001	35.1 °C5 November 2001	14.8 °C28 July 2001	24.0 °C	341 mm	164
2000	34.3 °C3 February 2000	14.0 °C2 July 2000	23.5 °C	707 mm	109
1999	33.0 °C27 January 1999	13.8 °C31 August 1999	23.3 °C	814 mm	97
1998	38.2 °C18 October 1998	15.5 °C30 June 1998	24.9 °C	564 mm	206
1997	38.5 °C3 October 1997	13.0 °C25 June 1997	23.5 °C	861 mm	120
1996	34.9 °C24 March 1996	14.2 °C25 July 1996	24.2 °C	503 mm	176
1995	37.1 °C23 January 1995	14.8 °C6 June 1995	24.0 °C	740 mm	142
1994	37.4 °C19 December 1994	13.1 °C10 August 1994	23.8 °C	567 mm	138
1993	34.7 °C6 October 1993	14.8 °C11 August 1993	24.1 °C	286 mm	169
1992	32.9 °C6 January 1992	14.1 °C21 July 1992	22.8 °C	1,069 mm	32
1991	34.7 °C14 February 1991	14.4 °C11 July 1991	23.4 °C	579 mm	83
1990	32.5 °C20 December 1990	14.9 °C24 July 1990	23.6 °C	366 mm	83
1989	34.3 °C14 October 1989	12.6 °C8 August 1989	23.7 °C	1,093 mm	114
1988	35.0 °C5 March 1988	13.7 °C20 June 1988	23.6 °C	769 mm	95
1987	35.5 °C20 October 1987	13.9 °C7 August 1987	24.2 °C	561 mm	134
1986	34.6 °C8 December 1986	14.2 °C6 June 1986	23.4 °C	457 mm	89
1985	33.4 °C4 November 1985	13.9 °C25 July 1985	23.1 °C	983 mm	50
1984	34.5 °C7 March 1984	14.4 °C21 July 1984	23.8 °C	551 mm	132
1983	34.4 °C9 January 1983	13.8 °C12 August 1983	23.4 °C	660 mm	64
1982	34.0 °C25 March 1982	14.9 °C29 June 1982	23.3 °C	433 mm	85
1981	33.4 °C17 October 1981	12.2 °C29 August 1981	22.7 °C	690 mm	62
1980	33.6 °C31 October 1980	14.4 °C9 July 1980	22.8 °C	904 mm	33
1979	33.4 °C26 December 1979	14.3 °C14 July 1979	22.7 °C	863 mm	53
1978	33.9 °C6 November 1978	14.6 °C29 August 1978	22.6 °C	1,113 mm	21
1977	33.8 °C24 November 1977	14.6 °C15 August 1977	23.2 °C	775 mm	63
1976	33.5 °C7 November 1976	14.2 °C19 August 1976	23.3 °C	638 mm	79
1975	32.6 °C22 March 1975	13.1 °C18 August 1975	23.2 °C	689 mm	83
1974	33.2 °C1 January 1974	13.9 °C6 August 1974	23.2 °C	864 mm	74
1973	35.6 °C11 February 1973	15.1 °C29 July 1973	24.4 °C	671 mm	158
1972	34.6 °C6 December 1972	14.5 °C21 July 1972	23.9 °C	722 mm	131
1971	33.0 °C9 March 1971	14.6 °C19 July 1971	23.6 °C	700 mm	112
1970	33.0 °C21 October 1970	14.1 °C22 August 1970	22.8 °C	577 mm	55
1969	33.3 °C14 October 1969	15.0 °C22 August 1969	23.2 °C	855 mm	71
1968	32.7 °C9 November 1968	13.8 °C9 June 1968	22.2 °C	933 mm	33
1967	33.5 °C10 December 1967	13.4 °C21 July 1967	23.1 °C	840 mm	83
1966	34.3 °C12 October 1966	14.1 °C25 August 1966	22.9 °C	998 mm	80
1965	34.3 °C28 September 1965	14.7 °C21 July 1965	23.8 °C	577 mm	123
1964	33.1 °C27 December 1964	14.3 °C11 June 1964	23.0 °C	844 mm	43
1963	37.0 °C29 October 1963	14.6 °C6 June 1963	23.9 °C	562 mm	164
1962	36.3 °C5 October 1962	14.0 °C8 August 1962	24.6 °C	441 mm	195
1961	36.4 °C8 November 1961	14.8 °C6 August 1961	24.4 °C	388 mm	195
1960	34.5 °C23 November 1960	14.4 °C15 July 1960	23.0 °C	901 mm	93
1959	37.0 °C26 December 1959	15.2 °C15 September 1959	24.4 °C	362 mm	185
1958	34.4 °C11 December 1958	14.1 °C14 August 1958	23.8 °C	566 mm	144
1957	35.6 °C10 November 1957	13.2 °C31 May 1957	23.4 °C	645 mm	105
1956	33.6 °C3 January 1956	14.3 °C1 August 1956	23.2 °C	804 mm	88
1955	35.9 °C4 November 1955	13.5 °C7 August 1955	23.6 °C	431 mm	132
1954	39.1 °C23 October 1954	15.2 °C21 June 1954	23.7 °C	688 mm	144
1953	36.3 °C3 November 1953	15.0 °C4 August 1953	24.2 °C	482 mm	144
1952	35.9 °C29 October 1952	14.4 °C6 August 1952	24.4 °C	479 mm	168
1951	36.2 °C13 December 1951	14.4 °C15 July 1951	23.3 °C	613 mm	134
1950	34.2 °C21 September 1950	12.9 °C9 August 1950	23.4 °C	610 mm	134
1949	34.4 °C9 October 1949	14.9 °C11 August 1949	23.6 °C	689 mm	128
1948	36.1 °C27 December 1948	14.7 °C14 August 1948	23.6 °C	558 mm	127
1947	35.1 °C8 March 1947	15.0 °C19 August 1947	23.6 °C	836 mm	112
1946	35.3 °C4 November 1946	15.4 °C21 July 1946	24.1 °C	442 mm	155
1945	33.9 °C30 November 1945	13.3 °C15 August 1945	23.2 °C	824 mm	90
1944	34.8 °C9 November 1944	13.5 °C30 May 1944	22.6 °C	847 mm	48
1943	34.7 °C24 October 1943	13.1 °C20 August 1943	22.7 °C	912 mm	78
1942	34.9 °C2 April 1942	13.7 °C24 June 1942	23.6 °C	453 mm	138
1941	35.8 °C22 October 1941	15.2 °C25 July 1941	23.6 °C	828 mm	126
1940	33.3 °C27 August 1940	13.7 °C7 August 1940	23.3 °C	953 mm	80

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.6 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

176 d/yr

+52

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

508 mm

-157 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.8 °C	+1.5 °C	163 mm	+77 mm
Feb	30.5 °C	+0.1 °C	39 mm	-30 mm
Mar	31.7 °C	+1.6 °C	20 mm	-78 mm
Apr	31.4 °C	+2.5 °C	47 mm	-16 mm
May	27.7 °C	+0.3 °C	45 mm	+16 mm
Jun	27.1 °C	+1.0 °C	21 mm	+1 mm
Jul	26.3 °C	+0.7 °C	13 mm	-6 mm
Aug	27.9 °C	+1.3 °C	19 mm	+2 mm
Sep	29.2 °C	+0.6 °C	17 mm	-2 mm
Oct	29.7 °C	-0.7 °C	34 mm	-3 mm
Nov	30.9 °C	+0.8 °C	60 mm	-45 mm
Dec	31.3 °C	+1.2 °C	31 mm	-71 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.7 °C

3 Jan 2025

Coldest day

14.9 °C

1 Jul 2025

Wettest day

40.3 mm

15 Jan 2025

Windiest day

20.6 km/h

20 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

45.0 km/h

22 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.9 °C

9 Nov 2025

Coldest feels-like

14.7 °C

10 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.7 h

10 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Vera Cruz?

Vera Cruz has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.7 °C and it receives 665 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vera Cruz?

The hottest day measured in Vera Cruz between 1940 and 2025 was 23 October 1954, reaching 39.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Vera Cruz?

The coldest day measured in Vera Cruz between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2008, at 12.1 °C.

Does it snow in Vera Cruz?

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

Has the climate of Vera Cruz warmed?

Yes: Vera Cruz warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Vera Cruz?

The wettest day measured in Vera Cruz between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 2014, with 179 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Vera Cruz?

The windiest day measured in Vera Cruz between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 1949, with winds reaching 24.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Vera Cruz?

The warmest month in Vera Cruz is February (25.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Vera Cruz?

Vera Cruz receives on average 665 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Vera Cruz?

Vera Cruz gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Vera Cruz?

Yes: Vera Cruz has on average 180 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vera Cruz?

In Vera Cruz, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.1 °C on 25 November 2015, and the lowest was 11.4 °C on 26 July 2008.

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