Caruaru climate

Name: Caruaru
Address: BR

Caruaru is warmest in December, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 18 °C. March is the wettest month (61 mm) and November the driest (14 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Caruaru averages 469 mm of rain and 305 days above 25 °C.

Brazil · population 402,290 · 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 18 °C
Driest month November 14 mm
Wettest month March 61 mm
Least cloud November 64 % cloud
Hottest on record November 35 °C
Coldest on record August 14 °C

What to expectCaruaru through the year

Caruaru has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 25 °C in August to 30 °C in December, a swing of 3.5 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 305 days a year reach 25 °C, 65 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in November.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 61 mm against 14 mm in November — 4.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.4 °C	46 mm	69 %
February	29.4 °C	46 mm	70 %
March	29.2 °C	61 mm	69 %
April	28.4 °C	59 mm	72 %
May	27.0 °C	56 mm	73 %
June	25.3 °C	55 mm	74 %
July	24.5 °C	45 mm	74 %
August	25.0 °C	28 mm	72 %
September	26.5 °C	21 mm	66 %
October	28.3 °C	17 mm	64 %
November	29.5 °C	14 mm	64 %
December	29.8 °C	21 mm	65 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.4 °C	20.7 °C	24.2 °C	33.7 °C	18.1 °C	31	11
February	29.4 °C	20.9 °C	24.3 °C	33.7 °C	17.6 °C	28	9
March	29.2 °C	21.1 °C	24.3 °C	33.5 °C	18.0 °C	31	9
April	28.4 °C	20.9 °C	23.8 °C	33.7 °C	16.3 °C	29	4
May	27.0 °C	20.3 °C	22.9 °C	32.4 °C	16.8 °C	28	1
June	25.3 °C	19.4 °C	21.7 °C	29.0 °C	15.1 °C	18	0
July	24.5 °C	18.5 °C	20.8 °C	28.2 °C	14.9 °C	9	0
August	25.0 °C	18.2 °C	20.8 °C	29.2 °C	14.2 °C	14	0
September	26.5 °C	18.6 °C	21.7 °C	32.0 °C	15.0 °C	24	1
October	28.3 °C	19.4 °C	23.0 °C	33.5 °C	15.2 °C	30	5
November	29.5 °C	19.9 °C	23.8 °C	34.6 °C	17.3 °C	30	11
December	29.8 °C	20.4 °C	24.3 °C	33.8 °C	17.3 °C	31	14

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	46 mm	12	13 h/day	69 %	75 %	16 km/h
February	46 mm	11	12 h/day	70 %	76 %	16 km/h
March	61 mm	14	12 h/day	69 %	77 %	15 km/h
April	59 mm	13	12 h/day	72 %	79 %	15 km/h
May	56 mm	13	12 h/day	73 %	82 %	16 km/h
June	55 mm	12	12 h/day	74 %	84 %	17 km/h
July	45 mm	12	12 h/day	74 %	84 %	18 km/h
August	28 mm	10	12 h/day	72 %	81 %	19 km/h
September	21 mm	8	12 h/day	66 %	78 %	18 km/h
October	17 mm	5	12 h/day	64 %	74 %	18 km/h
November	14 mm	4	12 h/day	64 %	72 %	17 km/h
December	21 mm	7	13 h/day	65 %	72 %	16 km/h

Where Caruaru ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in South America in November	36th of 50	14 mm
The driest places in South America year-round	43rd of 50	39 mm
The driest places in South America in December	50th of 50	21 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Caruaru.

QuestionsCommon questions about Caruaru’s climate

When is the best time to visit Caruaru?

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 Caruaru get?

In December, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 65 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 18 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Caruaru?

March, averaging 61 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is November with 14 mm. The year as a whole averages 469 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 Caruaru 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: -8.283°, -35.976° (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.