Santa Maria climate
Santa Maria is warmest in January, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 8.9 °C. October is the wettest month (207 mm) and August the driest (122 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Santa Maria averages 1,773 mm of rain, 167 days above 25 °C and 1 days below freezing.
Brazil · population 271,735 · 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 January 29 °C
- Coldest month July 8.9 °C
- Driest month August 122 mm
- Wettest month October 207 mm
- Least cloud November 50 % cloud
- Hottest on record December 40 °C
- Coldest on record July -2.7 °C
What to expectSanta Maria through the year
Santa Maria has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in July to 29 °C in January, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 167 days a year reach 25 °C, 47 of them reach 30 °C, 1 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in December.
Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 122 mm in August to 207 mm in October. There is no dry season to aim for.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2 °C | 158 mm | 53 % |
| February | 28.4 °C | 143 mm | 52 % |
| March | 27.2 °C | 127 mm | 51 % |
| April | 24.2 °C | 147 mm | 52 % |
| May | 20.4 °C | 124 mm | 56 % |
| June | 18.5 °C | 137 mm | 59 % |
| July | 18.0 °C | 152 mm | 55 % |
| August | 20.4 °C | 122 mm | 51 % |
| September | 21.4 °C | 161 mm | 56 % |
| October | 23.7 °C | 207 mm | 61 % |
| November | 26.1 °C | 138 mm | 50 % |
| December | 28.6 °C | 158 mm | 51 % |
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 | 29.2 °C | 19.7 °C | 24.2 °C | 36.9 °C | 10.6 °C | 29 | 12 | 0 |
| February | 28.4 °C | 19.5 °C | 23.7 °C | 37.0 °C | 9.7 °C | 25 | 8 | 0 |
| March | 27.2 °C | 18.1 °C | 22.3 °C | 38.0 °C | 7.8 °C | 23 | 7 | 0 |
| April | 24.2 °C | 15.1 °C | 19.3 °C | 34.3 °C | 4.2 °C | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| May | 20.4 °C | 11.8 °C | 15.7 °C | 29.4 °C | 0.9 °C | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 18.5 °C | 10.0 °C | 13.8 °C | 28.5 °C | -2.6 °C | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 18.0 °C | 8.9 °C | 13.0 °C | 28.6 °C | -2.7 °C | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| August | 20.4 °C | 10.2 °C | 14.8 °C | 31.9 °C | -2.1 °C | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| September | 21.4 °C | 11.7 °C | 16.2 °C | 33.8 °C | 0.1 °C | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| October | 23.7 °C | 14.2 °C | 18.7 °C | 36.5 °C | 2.8 °C | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| November | 26.1 °C | 15.8 °C | 20.8 °C | 38.3 °C | 5.1 °C | 18 | 4 | 0 |
| December | 28.6 °C | 18.3 °C | 23.3 °C | 40.1 °C | 10.0 °C | 26 | 10 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 158 mm | 14 | 14 h/day | 53 % | 76 % | 16 km/h |
| February | 143 mm | 13 | 13 h/day | 52 % | 78 % | 15 km/h |
| March | 127 mm | 11 | 12 h/day | 51 % | 78 % | 15 km/h |
| April | 147 mm | 10 | 11 h/day | 52 % | 81 % | 14 km/h |
| May | 124 mm | 9 | 11 h/day | 56 % | 83 % | 14 km/h |
| June | 137 mm | 10 | 10 h/day | 59 % | 84 % | 14 km/h |
| July | 152 mm | 10 | 10 h/day | 55 % | 83 % | 15 km/h |
| August | 122 mm | 10 | 11 h/day | 51 % | 80 % | 15 km/h |
| September | 161 mm | 11 | 12 h/day | 56 % | 80 % | 16 km/h |
| October | 207 mm | 12 | 13 h/day | 61 % | 80 % | 17 km/h |
| November | 138 mm | 10 | 14 h/day | 50 % | 75 % | 16 km/h |
| December | 158 mm | 12 | 14 h/day | 51 % | 73 % | 16 km/h |
Where Santa Maria ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in South America in October | 43rd of 50 | 83/100 |
| Places with the best weather in South America in April | 50th of 50 | 86/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Santa Maria.
QuestionsCommon questions about Santa Maria’s climate
When is the best time to visit Santa Maria?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, October, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, January is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Santa Maria get?
In January, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 47 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 8.9 °C in July, the coldest month. A normal year has 1 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Santa Maria?
October, averaging 207 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is August with 122 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,773 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 Santa Maria 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
- -29.684°, -53.807° (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.