Salvador climate

Name: Salvador
Address: BR

Salvador is warmest in December, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 22 °C. May is the wettest month (200 mm) and December the driest (42 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Salvador averages 1,205 mm of rain and 304 days above 25 °C.

Brazil · population 2,711,840 · 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 December 29 °C
Coldest month August 22 °C
Driest month December 42 mm
Wettest month May 200 mm
Least cloud September 44 % cloud
Hottest on record March 33 °C
Coldest on record August 20 °C
Warmest sea March 28 °C

What to expectSalvador through the year

Salvador has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 25 °C in August to 29 °C in December, a swing of 3.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 304 days a year reach 25 °C, 20 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 200 mm against 42 mm in December — 4.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Salvador is warmest in March at 28 °C and coldest in August at 25 °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	28.7 °C	60 mm	53 %
February	28.7 °C	65 mm	52 %
March	28.7 °C	87 mm	53 %
April	27.6 °C	156 mm	54 %
May	26.5 °C	200 mm	53 %
June	25.5 °C	165 mm	51 %
July	24.9 °C	130 mm	48 %
August	24.8 °C	97 mm	48 %
September	25.8 °C	73 mm	44 %
October	27.1 °C	62 mm	45 %
November	28.0 °C	67 mm	57 %
December	28.7 °C	42 mm	55 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.7 °C	24.8 °C	26.5 °C	32.8 °C	23.0 °C	31	4
February	28.7 °C	25.0 °C	26.6 °C	32.3 °C	22.5 °C	28	5
March	28.7 °C	25.1 °C	26.7 °C	33.0 °C	23.1 °C	31	5
April	27.6 °C	24.7 °C	26.1 °C	32.3 °C	22.6 °C	30	1
May	26.5 °C	24.0 °C	25.2 °C	31.1 °C	21.5 °C	28	0
June	25.5 °C	23.1 °C	24.2 °C	29.0 °C	21.0 °C	20	0
July	24.9 °C	22.4 °C	23.6 °C	28.8 °C	19.8 °C	14	0
August	24.8 °C	22.2 °C	23.4 °C	28.7 °C	19.6 °C	12	0
September	25.8 °C	22.7 °C	24.0 °C	30.0 °C	20.0 °C	21	0
October	27.1 °C	23.5 °C	25.0 °C	31.1 °C	20.7 °C	29	0
November	28.0 °C	24.1 °C	25.7 °C	31.6 °C	21.7 °C	29	2
December	28.7 °C	24.6 °C	26.3 °C	32.1 °C	22.3 °C	31	4

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	60 mm	13	13 h/day	53 %	76 %	21 km/h	27.5 °C
February	65 mm	14	13 h/day	52 %	77 %	21 km/h	28.0 °C
March	87 mm	17	12 h/day	53 %	78 %	20 km/h	28.4 °C
April	156 mm	21	12 h/day	54 %	81 %	19 km/h	28.4 °C
May	200 mm	23	12 h/day	53 %	81 %	19 km/h	27.6 °C
June	165 mm	24	11 h/day	51 %	80 %	20 km/h	26.5 °C
July	130 mm	22	11 h/day	48 %	78 %	20 km/h	25.8 °C
August	97 mm	21	12 h/day	48 %	77 %	20 km/h	25.4 °C
September	73 mm	15	12 h/day	44 %	77 %	21 km/h	25.6 °C
October	62 mm	11	12 h/day	45 %	76 %	22 km/h	26.0 °C
November	67 mm	11	13 h/day	57 %	77 %	21 km/h	26.5 °C
December	42 mm	10	13 h/day	55 %	76 %	21 km/h	27.0 °C

How Salvador 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
Salvador	29 °C	22 °C	1,205 mm	304
Lauro de Freitas · Brazil	29 °C	22 °C	877 mm	323
Camaçari · Brazil	31 °C	21 °C	823 mm	339
Alagoinhas · Brazil	32 °C	19 °C	738 mm	339
Feira de Santana · Brazil	32 °C	18 °C	625 mm	321

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Salvador’s climate

When is the best time to visit Salvador?

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

How hot does Salvador get?

In December, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 20 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 Salvador?

May, averaging 200 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is December with 42 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,205 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 Salvador 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.