Barra da Tijuca climate

Name: Barra da Tijuca
Address: BR

Barra da Tijuca is warmest in February, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 17 °C. January is the wettest month (165 mm) and August the driest (36 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Barra da Tijuca averages 1,091 mm of rain and 277 days above 25 °C.

Brazil · population 421,438 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month February 31 °C
Coldest month July 17 °C
Driest month August 36 mm
Wettest month January 165 mm
Least cloud August 44 % cloud
Hottest on record October 40 °C
Coldest on record July 11 °C
Warmest sea March 26 °C

What to expectBarra da Tijuca through the year

Barra da Tijuca has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 25 °C in July to 31 °C in February, a swing of 6.5 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 277 days a year reach 25 °C, 120 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 165 mm against 36 mm in August — 4.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Barra da Tijuca is warmest in March at 26 °C and coldest in August at 21 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	31.0 °C	165 mm	69 %
February	31.5 °C	123 mm	61 %
March	30.0 °C	131 mm	61 %
April	28.4 °C	78 mm	51 %
May	26.1 °C	66 mm	51 %
June	25.6 °C	41 mm	46 %
July	25.3 °C	43 mm	45 %
August	26.3 °C	36 mm	44 %
September	27.1 °C	68 mm	56 %
October	28.2 °C	81 mm	65 %
November	28.3 °C	123 mm	70 %
December	30.0 °C	135 mm	69 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	31.0 °C	23.8 °C	26.9 °C	39.5 °C	18.5 °C	30	19
February	31.5 °C	24.0 °C	27.2 °C	37.9 °C	19.0 °C	28	19
March	30.0 °C	23.3 °C	26.1 °C	37.5 °C	18.2 °C	30	15
April	28.4 °C	21.7 °C	24.6 °C	35.5 °C	14.5 °C	26	9
May	26.1 °C	19.2 °C	22.2 °C	33.7 °C	13.8 °C	18	3
June	25.6 °C	17.8 °C	21.2 °C	33.2 °C	11.1 °C	17	2
July	25.3 °C	17.1 °C	20.7 °C	34.3 °C	10.7 °C	17	2
August	26.3 °C	17.6 °C	21.3 °C	35.7 °C	12.1 °C	19	6
September	27.1 °C	18.9 °C	22.4 °C	39.2 °C	12.8 °C	19	8
October	28.2 °C	20.4 °C	23.7 °C	39.6 °C	13.8 °C	22	11
November	28.3 °C	21.4 °C	24.4 °C	38.5 °C	15.1 °C	23	10
December	30.0 °C	22.9 °C	26.0 °C	38.6 °C	16.9 °C	29	15

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	165 mm	16	13 h/day	69 %	79 %	15 km/h	25.3 °C
February	123 mm	13	13 h/day	61 %	78 %	15 km/h	25.4 °C
March	131 mm	16	12 h/day	61 %	81 %	14 km/h	25.5 °C
April	78 mm	11	12 h/day	51 %	81 %	15 km/h	25.0 °C
May	66 mm	10	11 h/day	51 %	81 %	15 km/h	23.6 °C
June	41 mm	6	11 h/day	46 %	80 %	14 km/h	22.6 °C
July	43 mm	7	11 h/day	45 %	79 %	15 km/h	21.9 °C
August	36 mm	7	11 h/day	44 %	77 %	17 km/h	21.2 °C
September	68 mm	10	12 h/day	56 %	77 %	18 km/h	21.3 °C
October	81 mm	11	13 h/day	65 %	78 %	18 km/h	21.8 °C
November	123 mm	14	13 h/day	70 %	80 %	17 km/h	22.4 °C
December	135 mm	15	14 h/day	69 %	80 %	16 km/h	24.0 °C

How Barra da Tijuca compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Barra da Tijuca	31 °C	17 °C	1,091 mm	277
Rio de Janeiro · Brazil	31 °C	17 °C	1,601 mm	265
São João de Meriti · Brazil	32 °C	16 °C	1,633 mm	279
Duque de Caxias · Brazil	31 °C	16 °C	1,613 mm	271
Nova Iguaçu · Brazil	32 °C	16 °C	1,386 mm	277
Niterói · Brazil	31 °C	17 °C	1,550 mm	268
Magé · Brazil	31 °C	16 °C	1,588 mm	260

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Barra da Tijuca.

QuestionsCommon questions about Barra da Tijuca’s climate

When is the best time to visit Barra da Tijuca?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, February is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Barra da Tijuca get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 120 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 17 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Barra da Tijuca?

January, averaging 165 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is August with 36 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,091 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Barra da Tijuca rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: -22.998°, -43.365° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.