Pilar climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Pilar?

Pilar has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 1,556 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Pilar between 1940 and 2025 was 1 October 2020, reaching 43.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Pilar?

The coldest day measured in Pilar between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2000, at -0.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Pilar?

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

Q: Has the climate of Pilar warmed?

Yes: Pilar warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Pilar?

The wettest day measured in Pilar between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1958, with 149 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Pilar?

The windiest day measured in Pilar between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1942, with winds reaching 54.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Pilar?

The warmest month in Pilar is January (27.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Pilar?

Pilar receives on average 1,556 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Pilar?

Pilar gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Pilar (Paraguay) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 1,556 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 (27.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Pilar averages 0 frost days, 125 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.

Pilar has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.08 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.1 °C (on 1 October 2020) and the coldest -0.6 °C (on 13 July 2000).

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

PilarÑeembucú Department

coords: -26.86°, -58.31°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.9°C

Average daily high

27.0°C

Average daily low

17.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,556mm

Sunshine / day

9.4h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

17.9km/h

Seasonal range

11.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

125 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

120 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.8 °C

Average feels-like low

17.7 °C

Average peak gust

34.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

139 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.7 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.13 · 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

43.1 °C

1 October 2020

Coldest day

-0.6 °C

13 July 2000

Wettest day

149 mm

23 February 1958

Windiest day

54.1 km/h

5 October 1942

Strongest gust

89.6 km/h

5 June 1992

Hottest feels-like

45.9 °C

27 January 1979

Coldest feels-like

-4.7 °C

2 August 1991

Sunniest day

13.7 h

15 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.1 °C11 February 2025	1.8 °C1 July 2025	22.2 °C	1,490 mm	133	0
2024	39.7 °C3 February 2024	0.7 °C10 July 2024	22.9 °C	1,353 mm	173	0
2023	40.1 °C1 January 2023	4.0 °C19 July 2023	23.4 °C	1,349 mm	166	0
2022	41.4 °C16 January 2022	2.4 °C12 June 2022	22.1 °C	1,094 mm	144	0
2021	39.0 °C30 December 2021	0.5 °C30 June 2021	22.1 °C	1,071 mm	153	0
2020	43.1 °C1 October 2020	0.3 °C21 August 2020	22.7 °C	929 mm	189	0
2019	39.7 °C30 October 2019	1.6 °C6 July 2019	22.6 °C	1,322 mm	137	0
2018	37.5 °C11 December 2018	2.7 °C17 June 2018	22.2 °C	1,293 mm	149	0
2017	40.2 °C16 December 2017	-0.2 °C18 July 2017	22.8 °C	1,616 mm	151	1
2016	37.3 °C26 August 2016	1.9 °C12 June 2016	21.6 °C	1,514 mm	131	0
2015	37.0 °C13 January 2015	4.7 °C12 September 2015	22.8 °C	1,826 mm	141	0
2014	39.5 °C16 October 2014	3.2 °C25 July 2014	22.8 °C	1,970 mm	128	0
2013	39.3 °C1 February 2013	-0.4 °C27 August 2013	21.8 °C	1,222 mm	129	1
2012	39.1 °C10 March 2012	0.9 °C8 June 2012	23.1 °C	1,081 mm	167	0
2011	40.6 °C21 December 2011	1.0 °C27 June 2011	21.9 °C	1,225 mm	136	0
2010	39.3 °C3 February 2010	1.1 °C5 August 2010	21.5 °C	1,542 mm	133	0
2009	39.5 °C2 November 2009	0.3 °C24 July 2009	22.0 °C	1,269 mm	160	0
2008	39.5 °C8 December 2008	1.6 °C16 June 2008	22.1 °C	1,136 mm	146	0
2007	37.8 °C10 January 2007	1.9 °C11 July 2007	21.8 °C	1,596 mm	156	0
2006	39.2 °C15 January 2006	2.7 °C31 July 2006	22.8 °C	1,358 mm	155	0
2005	38.8 °C21 February 2005	2.4 °C19 July 2005	22.1 °C	1,291 mm	148	0
2004	39.5 °C31 January 2004	1.5 °C8 August 2004	21.8 °C	1,311 mm	142	0
2003	40.5 °C23 September 2003	3.1 °C12 July 2003	22.1 °C	1,493 mm	139	0
2002	37.4 °C7 October 2002	2.4 °C2 September 2002	22.3 °C	2,028 mm	144	0
2001	36.6 °C9 February 2001	-0.4 °C28 July 2001	22.3 °C	1,607 mm	146	1
2000	38.9 °C21 January 2000	-0.6 °C13 July 2000	21.5 °C	1,892 mm	129	1
1999	39.3 °C30 November 1999	0.7 °C15 August 1999	21.6 °C	1,483 mm	142	0
1998	37.7 °C26 January 1998	4.3 °C10 July 1998	21.5 °C	2,487 mm	97	0
1997	36.8 °C7 September 1997	4.6 °C30 June 1997	22.8 °C	1,746 mm	154	0
1996	38.1 °C11 January 1996	0.4 °C30 June 1996	21.4 °C	2,053 mm	113	0
1995	41.3 °C17 December 1995	2.6 °C5 August 1995	22.1 °C	1,161 mm	145	0
1994	38.5 °C20 January 1994	1.0 °C9 July 1994	22.4 °C	1,696 mm	134	0
1993	36.8 °C3 December 1993	0.8 °C31 July 1993	21.6 °C	1,670 mm	135	0
1992	38.4 °C8 February 1992	1.3 °C19 July 1992	21.3 °C	1,448 mm	105	0
1991	38.4 °C21 January 1991	-0.4 °C2 August 1991	21.9 °C	1,708 mm	121	1
1990	38.5 °C14 March 1990	2.0 °C29 July 1990	21.5 °C	1,965 mm	123	0
1989	36.7 °C17 January 1989	1.5 °C6 July 1989	21.4 °C	1,445 mm	116	0
1988	38.0 °C11 November 1988	0.6 °C25 July 1988	21.2 °C	1,379 mm	138	0
1987	38.7 °C11 October 1987	1.4 °C16 June 1987	21.4 °C	1,747 mm	125	0
1986	38.2 °C7 January 1986	4.6 °C31 May 1986	22.4 °C	2,268 mm	135	0
1985	40.5 °C8 December 1985	2.7 °C12 July 1985	22.4 °C	1,402 mm	143	0
1984	38.9 °C9 January 1984	2.0 °C26 August 1984	21.8 °C	1,783 mm	128	0
1983	37.4 °C9 December 1983	3.8 °C7 June 1983	21.4 °C	1,555 mm	129	0
1982	38.6 °C16 January 1982	4.1 °C29 June 1982	22.0 °C	1,693 mm	122	0
1981	35.6 °C24 October 1981	0.7 °C19 July 1981	21.8 °C	1,412 mm	120	0
1980	36.9 °C21 March 1980	0.7 °C31 July 1980	21.7 °C	1,615 mm	133	0
1979	39.1 °C27 January 1979	2.1 °C31 May 1979	21.6 °C	1,575 mm	109	0
1978	38.7 °C30 January 1978	3.1 °C14 August 1978	21.9 °C	1,263 mm	142	0
1977	39.8 °C10 March 1977	3.0 °C14 August 1977	22.6 °C	1,258 mm	139	0
1976	37.8 °C14 December 1976	0.9 °C10 July 1976	21.2 °C	1,050 mm	131	0
1975	39.1 °C14 February 1975	1.2 °C18 July 1975	21.2 °C	1,461 mm	102	0
1974	37.7 °C4 November 1974	2.4 °C19 August 1974	21.2 °C	1,374 mm	123	0
1973	36.6 °C7 January 1973	5.0 °C3 July 1973	21.3 °C	2,187 mm	105	0
1972	37.7 °C12 January 1972	1.9 °C8 July 1972	21.6 °C	2,179 mm	112	0
1971	38.4 °C29 December 1971	1.0 °C12 June 1971	21.1 °C	1,388 mm	119	0
1970	40.3 °C8 December 1970	1.1 °C2 July 1970	22.0 °C	1,740 mm	142	0
1969	38.2 °C7 February 1969	1.8 °C2 August 1969	21.6 °C	1,965 mm	125	0
1968	39.6 °C12 December 1968	3.4 °C17 May 1968	21.9 °C	1,466 mm	135	0
1967	38.6 °C29 December 1967	1.7 °C14 June 1967	21.9 °C	1,926 mm	126	0
1966	37.5 °C13 December 1966	1.7 °C5 August 1966	21.4 °C	1,766 mm	100	0
1965	37.4 °C26 January 1965	1.2 °C11 July 1965	21.3 °C	1,452 mm	105	0
1964	38.4 °C26 January 1964	1.9 °C9 July 1964	21.0 °C	1,042 mm	125	0
1963	39.8 °C3 January 1963	2.0 °C18 June 1963	22.3 °C	1,493 mm	132	0
1962	39.2 °C24 December 1962	1.8 °C17 July 1962	20.5 °C	1,364 mm	118	0
1961	38.6 °C21 January 1961	0.4 °C16 June 1961	22.3 °C	1,702 mm	132	0
1960	38.0 °C24 December 1960	0.4 °C10 July 1960	21.4 °C	1,153 mm	140	0
1959	35.2 °C20 January 1959	6.1 °C6 July 1959	21.6 °C	2,450 mm	109	0
1958	39.9 °C11 February 1958	3.0 °C10 August 1958	21.8 °C	1,941 mm	112	0
1957	36.8 °C8 October 1957	2.7 °C21 July 1957	21.6 °C	1,493 mm	111	0
1956	33.9 °C28 December 1956	3.0 °C20 September 1956	20.6 °C	1,607 mm	66	0
1955	37.4 °C10 February 1955	0.9 °C31 July 1955	21.1 °C	1,495 mm	86	0
1954	36.4 °C1 December 1954	6.1 °C4 July 1954	21.5 °C	1,642 mm	93	0
1953	39.2 °C5 January 1953	4.6 °C20 July 1953	22.3 °C	1,757 mm	83	0
1952	37.3 °C11 December 1952	5.1 °C18 June 1952	21.9 °C	1,292 mm	102	0
1951	33.3 °C10 September 1951	4.9 °C29 June 1951	21.8 °C	1,981 mm	65	0
1950	35.5 °C10 November 1950	4.3 °C11 July 1950	21.5 °C	1,434 mm	69	0
1949	36.3 °C20 December 1949	4.6 °C17 July 1949	21.4 °C	1,602 mm	90	0
1948	34.3 °C23 September 1948	5.5 °C23 May 1948	21.6 °C	2,099 mm	58	0
1947	34.2 °C29 November 1947	4.2 °C11 July 1947	21.5 °C	1,630 mm	73	0
1946	35.7 °C2 January 1946	3.1 °C21 July 1946	21.3 °C	2,159 mm	70	0
1945	39.2 °C10 January 1945	2.7 °C24 June 1945	22.7 °C	1,321 mm	122	0
1944	38.6 °C7 February 1944	3.2 °C27 June 1944	23.4 °C	1,178 mm	125	0
1943	40.8 °C17 January 1943	5.8 °C23 August 1943	23.2 °C	816 mm	143	0
1942	40.5 °C25 November 1942	2.1 °C19 June 1942	22.2 °C	1,081 mm	152	0
1941	35.6 °C15 February 1941	4.1 °C26 June 1941	21.7 °C	1,814 mm	79	0
1940	33.1 °C25 December 1940	5.6 °C9 August 1940	21.4 °C	1,602 mm	86	0

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

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

133 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1490 mm

-66 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.8 °C	+2.4 °C	31 mm	-112 mm
Feb	36.9 °C	+5.3 °C	44 mm	-94 mm
Mar	33.0 °C	+2.9 °C	86 mm	-46 mm
Apr	26.2 °C	-0.6 °C	62 mm	-95 mm
May	25.1 °C	+1.7 °C	257 mm	+135 mm
Jun	18.7 °C	-2.6 °C	179 mm	+82 mm
Jul	23.1 °C	+1.6 °C	33 mm	-35 mm
Aug	23.6 °C	+0.2 °C	83 mm	+2 mm
Sep	25.7 °C	+0.5 °C	200 mm	+65 mm
Oct	27.0 °C	-0.4 °C	184 mm	+7 mm
Nov	29.6 °C	+0.1 °C	92 mm	-64 mm
Dec	31.3 °C	-0.3 °C	238 mm	+91 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.1 °C

11 Feb 2025

Coldest day

1.8 °C

1 Jul 2025

Wettest day

100.2 mm

27 May 2025

Windiest day

37.4 km/h

27 May 2025

Strongest gust

68.0 km/h

8 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.8 °C

7 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.1 °C

2 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.7 h

1 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Pilar?

Pilar has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 1,556 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pilar?

The hottest day measured in Pilar between 1940 and 2025 was 1 October 2020, reaching 43.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Pilar?

The coldest day measured in Pilar between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2000, at -0.6 °C.

Does it snow in Pilar?

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

Has the climate of Pilar warmed?

Yes: Pilar warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Pilar?

The wettest day measured in Pilar between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1958, with 149 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Pilar?

The windiest day measured in Pilar between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1942, with winds reaching 54.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Pilar?

The warmest month in Pilar is January (27.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Pilar?

Pilar receives on average 1,556 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Pilar?

Pilar gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Pilar?

Yes: Pilar has on average 139 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pilar?

In Pilar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.9 °C on 27 January 1979, and the lowest was -4.7 °C on 2 August 1991.

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