Viçosa do Ceará climate — normals and trends
Viçosa do Ceará (Brazil) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.1 °C and it receives 905 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 (27.5 °C on average) and the coldest is March (24.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Viçosa do Ceará averages 0 frost days, 244 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 119 rainy days per year.
Viçosa do Ceará has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.8 °C (on 2 November 2010) and the coldest 17.8 °C (on 4 March 1940).
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
Viçosa do CearáCeará
- coords
- -3.56°, -41.09°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
26.1°C
Average daily high
31.2°C
Average daily low
22.1°C
Annual rainfall
905mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
16.5km/h
Seasonal range
2.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
244 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
119 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
33.6 °C
Average feels-like low
25.1 °C
Average peak gust
42.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
359 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.9 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.23 · 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
36.8 °C
2 November 2010
Coldest day
17.8 °C
4 March 1940
Wettest day
261 mm
20 February 1980
Windiest day
27.4 km/h
16 July 1988
Strongest gust
67.7 km/h
14 December 2001
Hottest feels-like
39.5 °C
2 November 2020
Coldest feels-like
17.9 °C
4 July 1974
Sunniest day
12.2 h
22 November 1953
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30.5 °C | -0.3 °C | 250 mm | +128 mm |
| Feb | 29.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 143 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 29.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 171 mm | -68 mm |
| Apr | 29.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 96 mm | -109 mm |
| May | 29.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 17 mm | -77 mm |
| Jun | 29.7 °C | -0.4 °C | 17 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 31.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 2 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 32.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 6 mm | +4 mm |
| Sep | 33.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 34.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Nov | 33.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 1 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | 32.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 17 mm | -22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Viçosa do Ceará?
Viçosa do Ceará has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.1 °C and it receives 905 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Viçosa do Ceará?
The hottest day measured in Viçosa do Ceará between 1940 and 2025 was 2 November 2010, reaching 36.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Viçosa do Ceará?
The coldest day measured in Viçosa do Ceará between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1940, at 17.8 °C.
Does it snow in Viçosa do Ceará?
Almost never: Viçosa do Ceará sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Viçosa do Ceará warmed?
Yes: Viçosa do Ceará warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Viçosa do Ceará?
The wettest day measured in Viçosa do Ceará between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1980, with 261 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Viçosa do Ceará?
The windiest day measured in Viçosa do Ceará between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1988, with winds reaching 27.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Viçosa do Ceará?
The warmest month in Viçosa do Ceará is November (27.5 °C on average); the coldest is March (24.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Viçosa do Ceará?
Viçosa do Ceará receives on average 905 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 119 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Viçosa do Ceará?
Viçosa do Ceará gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Viçosa do Ceará?
Yes: Viçosa do Ceará has on average 359 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Viçosa do Ceará?
In Viçosa do Ceará, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.5 °C on 2 November 2020, and the lowest was 17.9 °C on 4 July 1974.
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