Parauapebas climate
Parauapebas is warmest in September, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 22 °C. January is the wettest month (256 mm) and August the driest (7.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Parauapebas averages 1,511 mm of rain and 363 days above 25 °C.
Brazil · population 305,771 · 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 September 33 °C
- Coldest month January 22 °C
- Driest month August 7 mm
- Wettest month January 256 mm
- Least cloud August 28 % cloud
- Hottest on record September 36 °C
- Coldest on record June 17 °C
What to expectParauapebas through the year
Parauapebas has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in January to 33 °C in September, a swing of 3.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 363 days a year reach 25 °C, 178 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in September.
Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 256 mm against 7 mm in August — 35 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4 °C | 256 mm | 87 % |
| February | 28.4 °C | 241 mm | 88 % |
| March | 28.5 °C | 254 mm | 88 % |
| April | 28.7 °C | 188 mm | 81 % |
| May | 29.2 °C | 106 mm | 67 % |
| June | 30.4 °C | 21 mm | 40 % |
| July | 31.7 °C | 9 mm | 30 % |
| August | 32.9 °C | 7 mm | 28 % |
| September | 33.0 °C | 26 mm | 40 % |
| October | 31.8 °C | 73 mm | 59 % |
| November | 30.2 °C | 141 mm | 78 % |
| December | 29.2 °C | 188 mm | 82 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4 °C | 22.4 °C | 24.9 °C | 32.2 °C | 19.8 °C | 31 | 3 | 0 |
| February | 28.4 °C | 22.4 °C | 24.9 °C | 32.5 °C | 20.2 °C | 28 | 3 | 0 |
| March | 28.5 °C | 22.4 °C | 24.9 °C | 31.4 °C | 20.6 °C | 30 | 3 | 0 |
| April | 28.7 °C | 22.5 °C | 25.2 °C | 32.7 °C | 20.0 °C | 30 | 4 | 0 |
| May | 29.2 °C | 22.6 °C | 25.6 °C | 31.9 °C | 20.2 °C | 31 | 7 | 0 |
| June | 30.4 °C | 22.6 °C | 26.4 °C | 33.3 °C | 17.3 °C | 30 | 19 | 0 |
| July | 31.7 °C | 22.6 °C | 27.1 °C | 34.8 °C | 17.5 °C | 31 | 28 | 0 |
| August | 32.9 °C | 23.0 °C | 28.0 °C | 35.8 °C | 17.3 °C | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| September | 33.0 °C | 23.5 °C | 28.2 °C | 36.2 °C | 18.8 °C | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| October | 31.8 °C | 23.4 °C | 27.4 °C | 36.1 °C | 20.4 °C | 31 | 26 | 0 |
| November | 30.2 °C | 23.0 °C | 26.3 °C | 35.7 °C | 20.4 °C | 30 | 17 | 0 |
| December | 29.2 °C | 22.7 °C | 25.5 °C | 33.2 °C | 21.1 °C | 31 | 9 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 256 mm | 29 | 12 h/day | 87 % | 88 % | 8.7 km/h |
| February | 241 mm | 26 | 12 h/day | 88 % | 88 % | 8.6 km/h |
| March | 254 mm | 29 | 12 h/day | 88 % | 89 % | 8.4 km/h |
| April | 188 mm | 26 | 12 h/day | 81 % | 88 % | 8.3 km/h |
| May | 106 mm | 17 | 12 h/day | 67 % | 85 % | 9.5 km/h |
| June | 21 mm | 5 | 12 h/day | 40 % | 73 % | 12 km/h |
| July | 9 mm | 2 | 12 h/day | 30 % | 62 % | 13 km/h |
| August | 7 mm | 2 | 12 h/day | 28 % | 58 % | 13 km/h |
| September | 26 mm | 5 | 12 h/day | 40 % | 65 % | 12 km/h |
| October | 73 mm | 12 | 12 h/day | 59 % | 76 % | 11 km/h |
| November | 141 mm | 20 | 12 h/day | 78 % | 83 % | 9.5 km/h |
| December | 188 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 82 % | 86 % | 9.2 km/h |
How Parauapebas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parauapebas | 33 °C | 22 °C | 1,511 mm | 363 |
| Marabá · Brazil | 34 °C | 23 °C | 1,706 mm | 363 |
| Araguaína · Brazil | 34 °C | 21 °C | 1,725 mm | 363 |
| Imperatriz · Brazil | 35 °C | 23 °C | 1,235 mm | 365 |
Where Parauapebas ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The warmest places in South America in August | 30th of 50 | 33 °C |
| The warmest places in South America in July | 32nd of 50 | 32 °C |
| The warmest places in South America in September | 32nd of 50 | 33 °C |
| The warmest places in South America in June | 38th of 50 | 30 °C |
| The warmest places in South America in October | 38th of 50 | 32 °C |
| The warmest places in South America in November | 44th of 50 | 30 °C |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Parauapebas’s climate
When is the best time to visit Parauapebas?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, March sit closest to 20 °C on average, September is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Parauapebas get?
In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 178 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 22 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Parauapebas?
January, averaging 256 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is August with 7 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,511 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 Parauapebas 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
- -6.067°, -49.902° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.