Rio de Janeiro

Santa Teresa, Brazil Climate

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Santa Teresa, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

The warmest month is February, with an average high of 29°C; the coldest is July, with an average low of 18°C. A normal year brings 1486 mm of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Rio De Janeiro, since 1973. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Santa Teresa through the year, in °C, with the record for each date.01020304050JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 27

Normal high
25°C
Normal low
19°C
Record high
32°Cin 2001
Record low
18°Cin 2006
Chance of a wet day
49%
Daylight
12 h 13 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet days
January28°C24°C40°C (2006)13°C (1976)208 mm21.7
February29°C24°C41°C (2025)19°C (1979)150 mm17.0
March28°C23°C41°C (1983)18°C (1979)180 mm18.6
April27°C22°C36°C (2024)11°C (1975)99 mm15.0
May25°C20°C37°C (2024)11°C (1975)81 mm12.4
June25°C19°C34°C (2001)11°C (1975)54 mm9.0
July24°C18°C35°C (2001)6°C (1998)50 mm6.2
August25°C18°C39°C (1975)11°C (1974)47 mm9.3
September26°C19°C38°C (2021)10°C (1974)87 mm12.0
October26°C20°C40°C (2020)11°C (1978)109 mm15.5
November26°C21°C41°C (2023)11°C (1977)201 mm21.0
December28°C23°C41°C (1982)11°C (1974)220 mm21.7
Year26°C21°C1486 mm179

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

1486 mm in a normal year, most in December.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Santa Teresa, in percent.020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Santa Teresa.

The muggiest month is February, when 100 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 18°C or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January22°C84%0%0%1%14%75%10%
February23°C83%0%0%1%12%78%10%
March22°C84%0%0%1%19%74%6%
April21°C82%0%1%12%39%48%1%
May19°C81%0%6%36%51%7%0%
June18°C80%2%12%49%37%1%0%
July17°C79%2%23%57%17%0%0%
August17°C78%4%22%59%16%0%0%
September17°C78%2%15%48%34%1%0%
October19°C80%1%7%28%55%9%0%
November20°C82%0%2%18%48%31%0%
December22°C84%0%0%4%28%66%2%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 13°C, comfortable to 16°C, humid to 18°C, muggy to 21°C, oppressive to 24°C, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is July, with the sky 45 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is November, at 77 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is September, averaging 15.1 km/h at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Dec 16, with 13 h 33 min of daylight; the shortest is Jun 20, with 10 h 43 min.

Hours of daylight at Santa Teresa through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Day length

Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

Month pages

The weather in Santa Teresa in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1973. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station BRM00083746, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.