Maceió climate

Name: Maceió
Address: BR

Maceió is warmest in March, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 22 °C. June is the wettest month (172 mm) and December the driest (35 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Maceió averages 1,076 mm of rain and 350 days above 25 °C.

Brazil · population 1,031,597 · 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 March 29 °C
Coldest month August 22 °C
Driest month December 35 mm
Wettest month June 172 mm
Least cloud October 47 % cloud
Hottest on record March 33 °C
Coldest on record August 20 °C
Warmest sea April 29 °C

What to expectMaceió through the year

Maceió changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 26 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, 350 days a year reach 25 °C, 19 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 172 mm against 35 mm in December — 4.9 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Maceió is warmest in April 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	28.9 °C	57 mm	55 %
February	29.0 °C	61 mm	57 %
March	29.1 °C	72 mm	54 %
April	28.6 °C	108 mm	56 %
May	27.5 °C	153 mm	58 %
June	26.4 °C	172 mm	56 %
July	25.7 °C	159 mm	57 %
August	25.7 °C	102 mm	53 %
September	26.4 °C	68 mm	47 %
October	27.4 °C	52 mm	47 %
November	28.4 °C	37 mm	51 %
December	28.9 °C	35 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	28.9 °C	24.5 °C	26.5 °C	32.8 °C	22.2 °C	31	4
February	29.0 °C	24.7 °C	26.6 °C	32.7 °C	22.7 °C	28	4
March	29.1 °C	24.7 °C	26.7 °C	33.0 °C	22.8 °C	31	5
April	28.6 °C	24.5 °C	26.3 °C	32.0 °C	22.0 °C	30	1
May	27.5 °C	23.9 °C	25.5 °C	30.7 °C	20.8 °C	31	0
June	26.4 °C	23.1 °C	24.6 °C	29.1 °C	20.6 °C	28	0
July	25.7 °C	22.4 °C	23.9 °C	27.8 °C	20.3 °C	26	0
August	25.7 °C	22.2 °C	23.8 °C	28.0 °C	19.8 °C	25	0
September	26.4 °C	22.7 °C	24.3 °C	29.3 °C	20.4 °C	28	0
October	27.4 °C	23.4 °C	25.2 °C	31.5 °C	20.8 °C	31	1
November	28.4 °C	23.9 °C	25.9 °C	32.6 °C	21.6 °C	30	1
December	28.9 °C	24.4 °C	26.3 °C	32.4 °C	22.3 °C	31	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	57 mm	15	13 h/day	55 %	77 %	19 km/h	27.7 °C
February	61 mm	16	12 h/day	57 %	78 %	18 km/h	28.1 °C
March	72 mm	18	12 h/day	54 %	79 %	18 km/h	28.4 °C
April	108 mm	20	12 h/day	56 %	81 %	16 km/h	28.6 °C
May	153 mm	23	12 h/day	58 %	83 %	16 km/h	28.0 °C
June	172 mm	25	12 h/day	56 %	82 %	17 km/h	27.0 °C
July	159 mm	26	12 h/day	57 %	81 %	18 km/h	26.2 °C
August	102 mm	23	12 h/day	53 %	79 %	18 km/h	25.8 °C
September	68 mm	19	12 h/day	47 %	78 %	19 km/h	26.0 °C
October	52 mm	16	12 h/day	47 %	77 %	20 km/h	26.5 °C
November	37 mm	11	13 h/day	51 %	76 %	20 km/h	26.8 °C
December	35 mm	12	13 h/day	53 %	76 %	20 km/h	27.1 °C

How Maceió compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Maceió	29 °C	22 °C	1,076 mm	350
Arapiraca · Brazil	32 °C	19 °C	552 mm	335
Garanhuns · Brazil	28 °C	16 °C	599 mm	200
Caruaru · Brazil	30 °C	18 °C	469 mm	305

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Maceió’s climate

When is the best time to visit Maceió?

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

How hot does Maceió get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 19 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 Maceió?

June, averaging 172 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is December with 35 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,076 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 Maceió 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.