Juazeiro do Norte climate

Name: Juazeiro do Norte
Address: BR

Juazeiro do Norte is warmest in October, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 20 °C. March is the wettest month (164 mm) and September the driest (2.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Juazeiro do Norte averages 649 mm of rain and 363 days above 25 °C.

Brazil · population 305,531 · 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 August 20 °C
Driest month September 2 mm
Wettest month March 164 mm
Least cloud September 29 % cloud
Hottest on record December 38 °C
Coldest on record July 16 °C

What to expectJuazeiro do Norte through the year

Juazeiro do Norte has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 31 °C in August to 34 °C in October, a swing of 4.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 363 days a year reach 25 °C, 233 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in December.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 164 mm against 2 mm in September — 73 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	31.1 °C	119 mm	68 %
February	30.2 °C	127 mm	70 %
March	29.8 °C	164 mm	69 %
April	29.8 °C	102 mm	65 %
May	29.8 °C	39 mm	58 %
June	29.3 °C	16 mm	49 %
July	29.5 °C	7 mm	44 %
August	30.9 °C	4 mm	34 %
September	32.9 °C	2 mm	29 %
October	34.0 °C	10 mm	38 %
November	33.9 °C	19 mm	51 %
December	33.1 °C	39 mm	57 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	31.1 °C	22.6 °C	26.6 °C	37.3 °C	19.3 °C	30	20
February	30.2 °C	22.2 °C	25.9 °C	37.2 °C	19.3 °C	28	14
March	29.8 °C	22.1 °C	25.6 °C	36.5 °C	19.3 °C	31	12
April	29.8 °C	22.0 °C	25.6 °C	36.1 °C	18.6 °C	30	12
May	29.8 °C	21.8 °C	25.5 °C	34.6 °C	16.3 °C	31	14
June	29.3 °C	20.8 °C	24.8 °C	33.8 °C	17.0 °C	30	11
July	29.5 °C	20.0 °C	24.4 °C	33.7 °C	16.2 °C	31	12
August	30.9 °C	19.8 °C	25.1 °C	35.2 °C	16.9 °C	31	22
September	32.9 °C	21.1 °C	26.9 °C	36.5 °C	17.3 °C	30	29
October	34.0 °C	22.6 °C	28.3 °C	37.3 °C	18.5 °C	31	30
November	33.9 °C	23.3 °C	28.6 °C	37.4 °C	19.4 °C	30	29
December	33.1 °C	23.2 °C	28.1 °C	37.6 °C	19.1 °C	31	28

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	119 mm	14	12 h/day	68 %	66 %	12 km/h
February	127 mm	14	12 h/day	70 %	72 %	11 km/h
March	164 mm	17	12 h/day	69 %	75 %	11 km/h
April	102 mm	13	12 h/day	65 %	74 %	12 km/h
May	39 mm	7	12 h/day	58 %	69 %	15 km/h
June	16 mm	3	12 h/day	49 %	65 %	18 km/h
July	7 mm	2	12 h/day	44 %	61 %	20 km/h
August	4 mm	1	12 h/day	34 %	55 %	19 km/h
September	2 mm	0	12 h/day	29 %	49 %	18 km/h
October	10 mm	2	12 h/day	38 %	47 %	16 km/h
November	19 mm	3	12 h/day	51 %	50 %	15 km/h
December	39 mm	6	13 h/day	57 %	54 %	14 km/h

Where Juazeiro do Norte ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in South America in December	5th of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in South America in November	5th of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in South America in October	13th of 50	34 °C
The driest places in South America in September	31st of 50	2.2 mm
The warmest places in South America year-round	31st of 50	31 °C
The warmest places in South America in January	32nd of 50	31 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Juazeiro do Norte.

QuestionsCommon questions about Juazeiro do Norte’s climate

When is the best time to visit Juazeiro do Norte?

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

How hot does Juazeiro do Norte get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 233 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 20 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Juazeiro do Norte?

March, averaging 164 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is September with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 649 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 Juazeiro do Norte 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: -7.213°, -39.315° (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.