Campina Grande climate

Name: Campina Grande
Address: BR

Campina Grande is warmest in December, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 19 °C. April is the wettest month (64 mm) and November the driest (13 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Campina Grande averages 466 mm of rain and 338 days above 25 °C.

Brazil · population 443,911 · 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 December 30 °C
Coldest month August 19 °C
Driest month November 13 mm
Wettest month April 64 mm
Least cloud October 56 % cloud
Hottest on record November 35 °C
Coldest on record August 16 °C

What to expectCampina Grande through the year

Campina Grande has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in August to 30 °C in December, a swing of 3.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 338 days a year reach 25 °C, 99 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in November.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 64 mm against 13 mm in November — 4.9 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.9 °C	44 mm	67 %
February	29.9 °C	44 mm	68 %
March	29.7 °C	62 mm	69 %
April	28.8 °C	64 mm	70 %
May	27.7 °C	54 mm	68 %
June	26.1 °C	54 mm	67 %
July	25.4 °C	50 mm	66 %
August	26.2 °C	28 mm	62 %
September	27.8 °C	18 mm	57 %
October	29.5 °C	15 mm	56 %
November	30.1 °C	13 mm	59 %
December	30.2 °C	20 mm	62 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.9 °C	20.9 °C	24.6 °C	33.5 °C	19.1 °C	31	16
February	29.9 °C	21.2 °C	24.7 °C	33.7 °C	19.4 °C	28	13
March	29.7 °C	21.3 °C	24.6 °C	34.2 °C	19.0 °C	31	12
April	28.8 °C	21.2 °C	24.2 °C	33.3 °C	17.6 °C	29	7
May	27.7 °C	20.6 °C	23.5 °C	32.9 °C	17.5 °C	30	2
June	26.1 °C	19.7 °C	22.3 °C	29.6 °C	16.6 °C	25	0
July	25.4 °C	18.9 °C	21.5 °C	29.0 °C	16.0 °C	19	0
August	26.2 °C	18.5 °C	21.6 °C	30.5 °C	15.5 °C	24	0
September	27.8 °C	18.9 °C	22.5 °C	32.4 °C	16.5 °C	29	3
October	29.5 °C	19.6 °C	23.6 °C	33.9 °C	17.2 °C	31	12
November	30.1 °C	20.1 °C	24.3 °C	34.5 °C	18.2 °C	30	17
December	30.2 °C	20.6 °C	24.6 °C	33.5 °C	18.4 °C	31	17

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	44 mm	10	12 h/day	67 %	74 %	19 km/h
February	44 mm	11	12 h/day	68 %	75 %	19 km/h
March	62 mm	13	12 h/day	69 %	77 %	18 km/h
April	64 mm	14	12 h/day	70 %	79 %	18 km/h
May	54 mm	12	12 h/day	68 %	80 %	18 km/h
June	54 mm	12	12 h/day	67 %	82 %	20 km/h
July	50 mm	11	12 h/day	66 %	81 %	21 km/h
August	28 mm	8	12 h/day	62 %	77 %	21 km/h
September	18 mm	6	12 h/day	57 %	74 %	22 km/h
October	15 mm	5	12 h/day	56 %	72 %	21 km/h
November	13 mm	4	12 h/day	59 %	71 %	21 km/h
December	20 mm	6	13 h/day	62 %	71 %	20 km/h

Where Campina Grande ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in South America in November	34th of 50	13 mm
The driest places in South America year-round	42nd of 50	39 mm
The driest places in South America in December	47th of 50	20 mm
The warmest places in South America in December	47th of 50	30 °C
The warmest places in South America in November	47th of 50	30 °C
The driest places in South America in October	48th of 50	15 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Campina Grande.

QuestionsCommon questions about Campina Grande’s climate

When is the best time to visit Campina Grande?

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, December is the warmest month and November the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Campina Grande get?

In December, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 99 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 19 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Campina Grande?

April, averaging 64 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is November with 13 mm. The year as a whole averages 466 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 Campina Grande 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: -7.231°, -35.881° (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.