Barreiras climate
Barreiras is warmest in October, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 19 °C. November is the wettest month (155 mm) and July the driest (0.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Barreiras averages 846 mm of rain and 361 days above 25 °C.
Brazil · population 171,634 · 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 October 34 °C
- Coldest month July 19 °C
- Driest month July 0 mm
- Wettest month November 155 mm
- Least cloud August 30 % cloud
- Hottest on record October 40 °C
- Coldest on record May 14 °C
What to expectBarreiras through the year
Barreiras has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 30 °C in July to 34 °C in October, a swing of 4.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 361 days a year reach 25 °C, 237 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in October.
Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 155 mm against 0 mm in July — 478 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2 °C | 137 mm | 70 % |
| February | 30.1 °C | 121 mm | 69 % |
| March | 30.1 °C | 143 mm | 70 % |
| April | 30.1 °C | 70 mm | 60 % |
| May | 30.3 °C | 19 mm | 51 % |
| June | 30.1 °C | 2 mm | 39 % |
| July | 30.1 °C | under 1 mm | 32 % |
| August | 31.6 °C | under 1 mm | 30 % |
| September | 33.7 °C | 8 mm | 34 % |
| October | 34.0 °C | 49 mm | 52 % |
| November | 31.3 °C | 155 mm | 73 % |
| December | 30.6 °C | 142 mm | 73 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2 °C | 21.7 °C | 25.7 °C | 35.6 °C | 18.6 °C | 30 | 18 | 0 |
| February | 30.1 °C | 21.6 °C | 25.6 °C | 35.3 °C | 18.5 °C | 28 | 15 | 0 |
| March | 30.1 °C | 21.6 °C | 25.5 °C | 35.6 °C | 18.2 °C | 30 | 16 | 0 |
| April | 30.1 °C | 21.5 °C | 25.6 °C | 37.0 °C | 17.5 °C | 30 | 15 | 0 |
| May | 30.3 °C | 20.8 °C | 25.4 °C | 35.1 °C | 13.9 °C | 31 | 18 | 0 |
| June | 30.1 °C | 19.6 °C | 24.7 °C | 34.5 °C | 14.1 °C | 30 | 15 | 0 |
| July | 30.1 °C | 18.8 °C | 24.5 °C | 34.0 °C | 13.9 °C | 31 | 16 | 0 |
| August | 31.6 °C | 19.4 °C | 25.6 °C | 36.4 °C | 15.0 °C | 31 | 26 | 0 |
| September | 33.7 °C | 21.4 °C | 27.7 °C | 38.4 °C | 16.5 °C | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| October | 34.0 °C | 23.0 °C | 28.5 °C | 39.8 °C | 19.1 °C | 31 | 29 | 0 |
| November | 31.3 °C | 22.4 °C | 26.5 °C | 38.5 °C | 18.2 °C | 29 | 20 | 0 |
| December | 30.6 °C | 22.0 °C | 26.0 °C | 36.7 °C | 18.1 °C | 30 | 20 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 137 mm | 16 | 13 h/day | 70 % | 74 % | 9.9 km/h |
| February | 121 mm | 15 | 13 h/day | 69 % | 75 % | 9.6 km/h |
| March | 143 mm | 16 | 12 h/day | 70 % | 76 % | 9.3 km/h |
| April | 70 mm | 10 | 12 h/day | 60 % | 72 % | 9.7 km/h |
| May | 19 mm | 3 | 12 h/day | 51 % | 63 % | 10 km/h |
| June | 2 mm | 0 | 11 h/day | 39 % | 54 % | 12 km/h |
| July | under 1 mm | 0 | 11 h/day | 32 % | 49 % | 12 km/h |
| August | under 1 mm | 0 | 12 h/day | 30 % | 43 % | 12 km/h |
| September | 8 mm | 1 | 12 h/day | 34 % | 40 % | 13 km/h |
| October | 49 mm | 6 | 12 h/day | 52 % | 47 % | 12 km/h |
| November | 155 mm | 14 | 13 h/day | 73 % | 66 % | 11 km/h |
| December | 142 mm | 15 | 13 h/day | 73 % | 72 % | 10.0 km/h |
Where Barreiras ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The warmest places in South America in October | 14thof 50 | 34 °C |
| The driest places in South America in August | 18thof 50 | 0.4 mm |
| The driest places in South America in July | 19thof 50 | 0.3 mm |
| The warmest places in South America in November | 23rdof 50 | 31 °C |
| The driest places in South America in June | 25thof 50 | 1.8 mm |
| The warmest places in South America in September | 29thof 50 | 34 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Barreiras.
QuestionsCommon questions about Barreiras’s climate
When is the best time to visit Barreiras?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, July sit closest to 20 °C on average, October is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Barreiras get?
In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 237 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 19 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Barreiras?
November, averaging 155 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 846 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 Barreiras 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
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.