Porto Velho climate
Porto Velho is warmest in August, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 22 °C. March is the wettest month (336 mm) and July the driest (23 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Porto Velho averages 2,303 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.
Brazil · population 548,952 · 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 August 33 °C
- Coldest month July 22 °C
- Driest month July 23 mm
- Wettest month March 336 mm
- Least cloud July 36 % cloud
- Hottest on record August 38 °C
- Coldest on record July 14 °C
What to expectPorto Velho through the year
Porto Velho changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 31 and 33 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.
Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 197 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in August.
Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 336 mm against 23 mm in July — 14 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5 °C | 315 mm | 91 % |
| February | 29.4 °C | 319 mm | 92 % |
| March | 29.2 °C | 336 mm | 92 % |
| April | 29.2 °C | 242 mm | 88 % |
| May | 29.0 °C | 142 mm | 77 % |
| June | 29.7 °C | 46 mm | 53 % |
| July | 31.2 °C | 23 mm | 36 % |
| August | 32.8 °C | 43 mm | 41 % |
| September | 32.5 °C | 102 mm | 62 % |
| October | 31.7 °C | 176 mm | 79 % |
| November | 30.3 °C | 255 mm | 88 % |
| December | 29.7 °C | 303 mm | 90 % |
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 | 29.5 °C | 23.4 °C | 25.7 °C | 34.6 °C | 21.8 °C | 31 | 13 | 0 |
| February | 29.4 °C | 23.3 °C | 25.6 °C | 33.5 °C | 21.3 °C | 28 | 11 | 0 |
| March | 29.2 °C | 23.4 °C | 25.5 °C | 33.4 °C | 21.4 °C | 31 | 10 | 0 |
| April | 29.2 °C | 23.3 °C | 25.5 °C | 33.1 °C | 18.0 °C | 30 | 9 | 0 |
| May | 29.0 °C | 22.9 °C | 25.3 °C | 32.5 °C | 16.9 °C | 31 | 7 | 0 |
| June | 29.7 °C | 22.3 °C | 25.4 °C | 33.4 °C | 15.3 °C | 30 | 13 | 0 |
| July | 31.2 °C | 21.9 °C | 25.9 °C | 36.1 °C | 14.4 °C | 31 | 23 | 0 |
| August | 32.8 °C | 22.8 °C | 27.1 °C | 38.0 °C | 15.4 °C | 31 | 28 | 0 |
| September | 32.5 °C | 23.7 °C | 27.3 °C | 36.7 °C | 17.0 °C | 30 | 26 | 0 |
| October | 31.7 °C | 23.9 °C | 27.0 °C | 37.0 °C | 21.0 °C | 31 | 25 | 0 |
| November | 30.3 °C | 23.7 °C | 26.2 °C | 35.1 °C | 18.8 °C | 30 | 18 | 0 |
| December | 29.7 °C | 23.6 °C | 25.9 °C | 33.4 °C | 20.8 °C | 31 | 14 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 315 mm | 29 | 13 h/day | 91 % | 90 % | 8.1 km/h |
| February | 319 mm | 27 | 12 h/day | 92 % | 91 % | 7.9 km/h |
| March | 336 mm | 29 | 12 h/day | 92 % | 92 % | 7.5 km/h |
| April | 242 mm | 26 | 12 h/day | 88 % | 91 % | 7.4 km/h |
| May | 142 mm | 21 | 12 h/day | 77 % | 89 % | 7.6 km/h |
| June | 46 mm | 9 | 12 h/day | 53 % | 85 % | 7.7 km/h |
| July | 23 mm | 5 | 12 h/day | 36 % | 76 % | 8.4 km/h |
| August | 43 mm | 7 | 12 h/day | 41 % | 71 % | 8.8 km/h |
| September | 102 mm | 16 | 12 h/day | 62 % | 79 % | 8.4 km/h |
| October | 176 mm | 22 | 12 h/day | 79 % | 85 % | 8.0 km/h |
| November | 255 mm | 26 | 13 h/day | 88 % | 89 % | 7.8 km/h |
| December | 303 mm | 28 | 13 h/day | 90 % | 90 % | 8.0 km/h |
Where Porto Velho ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The warmest places in South America in August | 31stof 50 | 33 °C |
| The warmest places in South America in July | 34thof 50 | 31 °C |
| The warmest places in South America in September | 35thof 50 | 32 °C |
| The warmest places in South America in October | 39thof 50 | 32 °C |
| The warmest places in South America in November | 41stof 50 | 30 °C |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Porto Velho’s climate
When is the best time to visit Porto Velho?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, June sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Porto Velho get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 197 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 22 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Porto Velho?
March, averaging 336 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is July with 23 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,303 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 Porto Velho 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
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.