João Pessoa climate

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João Pessoa is warmest in February, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 22 °C. June is the wettest month (135 mm) and November the driest (25 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year João Pessoa averages 947 mm of rain and 362 days above 25 °C.

Brazil · population 817,511 · 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 29 °C
Coldest month August 22 °C
Driest month November 25 mm
Wettest month June 135 mm
Least cloud September 42 % cloud
Hottest on record May 33 °C
Coldest on record August 20 °C
Warmest sea March 29 °C

What to expectJoão Pessoa through the year

João Pessoa changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 27 and 29 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 362 days a year reach 25 °C, 25 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 135 mm against 25 mm in November — 5.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off João Pessoa is warmest in March at 29 °C and coldest in August at 26 °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	29.2 °C	61 mm	58 %
February	29.3 °C	81 mm	59 %
March	29.2 °C	100 mm	59 %
April	28.7 °C	130 mm	62 %
May	28.0 °C	131 mm	56 %
June	27.0 °C	135 mm	55 %
July	26.4 °C	127 mm	51 %
August	26.6 °C	58 mm	46 %
September	27.3 °C	38 mm	42 %
October	28.4 °C	26 mm	45 %
November	28.9 °C	25 mm	49 %
December	29.2 °C	36 mm	53 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.2 °C	24.6 °C	26.6 °C	31.7 °C	22.9 °C	31	5
February	29.3 °C	24.7 °C	26.7 °C	31.7 °C	22.7 °C	28	7
March	29.2 °C	24.7 °C	26.7 °C	32.3 °C	23.0 °C	31	6
April	28.7 °C	24.5 °C	26.3 °C	31.6 °C	22.8 °C	30	2
May	28.0 °C	24.0 °C	25.8 °C	32.5 °C	21.3 °C	31	0
June	27.0 °C	23.2 °C	24.8 °C	29.5 °C	21.1 °C	29	0
July	26.4 °C	22.5 °C	24.2 °C	28.5 °C	20.8 °C	29	0
August	26.6 °C	22.4 °C	24.2 °C	28.7 °C	20.4 °C	30	0
September	27.3 °C	22.9 °C	24.8 °C	29.9 °C	21.1 °C	30	0
October	28.4 °C	23.6 °C	25.7 °C	30.2 °C	21.7 °C	31	0
November	28.9 °C	24.2 °C	26.2 °C	30.8 °C	22.3 °C	30	1
December	29.2 °C	24.5 °C	26.6 °C	31.2 °C	22.6 °C	31	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	61 mm	17	12 h/day	58 %	77 %	19 km/h	27.9 °C
February	81 mm	17	12 h/day	59 %	78 %	19 km/h	28.4 °C
March	100 mm	20	12 h/day	59 %	80 %	18 km/h	28.7 °C
April	130 mm	22	12 h/day	62 %	82 %	18 km/h	28.7 °C
May	131 mm	21	12 h/day	56 %	83 %	18 km/h	28.2 °C
June	135 mm	21	12 h/day	55 %	83 %	20 km/h	27.3 °C
July	127 mm	21	12 h/day	51 %	82 %	21 km/h	26.6 °C
August	58 mm	17	12 h/day	46 %	80 %	22 km/h	26.2 °C
September	38 mm	14	12 h/day	42 %	77 %	22 km/h	26.3 °C
October	26 mm	10	12 h/day	45 %	75 %	21 km/h	26.7 °C
November	25 mm	10	12 h/day	49 %	74 %	20 km/h	27.2 °C
December	36 mm	12	13 h/day	53 %	75 %	20 km/h	27.6 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit João Pessoa.

QuestionsCommon questions about João Pessoa’s climate

When is the best time to visit João Pessoa?

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

How hot does João Pessoa get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 25 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in João Pessoa?

June, averaging 135 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is November with 25 mm. The year as a whole averages 947 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 João Pessoa 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: 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.