Santarém climate
Santarém is warmest in October, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in March, when nights average 24 °C. March is the wettest month (499 mm) and September the driest (68 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Santarém averages 3,098 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.
Brazil · population 360,871 · 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 October 31 °C
- Coldest month March 24 °C
- Driest month September 68 mm
- Wettest month March 499 mm
- Least cloud August 43 % cloud
- Hottest on record October 35 °C
- Coldest on record January 23 °C
What to expectSantarém through the year
Santarém changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 28 and 31 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.
Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 124 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in October.
Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 499 mm against 68 mm in September — 7.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7 °C | 413 mm | 82 % |
| February | 28.4 °C | 400 mm | 86 % |
| March | 28.3 °C | 499 mm | 88 % |
| April | 28.3 °C | 463 mm | 88 % |
| May | 28.4 °C | 375 mm | 80 % |
| June | 28.6 °C | 191 mm | 60 % |
| July | 28.9 °C | 121 mm | 49 % |
| August | 30.2 °C | 73 mm | 43 % |
| September | 31.2 °C | 68 mm | 47 % |
| October | 31.4 °C | 107 mm | 59 % |
| November | 30.7 °C | 156 mm | 71 % |
| December | 29.9 °C | 233 mm | 74 % |
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 | 28.7 °C | 24.7 °C | 26.5 °C | 33.2 °C | 22.6 °C | 31 | 5 | 0 |
| February | 28.4 °C | 24.4 °C | 26.2 °C | 32.5 °C | 22.6 °C | 28 | 3 | 0 |
| March | 28.3 °C | 24.4 °C | 26.2 °C | 32.0 °C | 22.8 °C | 31 | 2 | 0 |
| April | 28.3 °C | 24.4 °C | 26.1 °C | 31.3 °C | 22.9 °C | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| May | 28.4 °C | 24.5 °C | 26.3 °C | 32.1 °C | 23.0 °C | 31 | 1 | 0 |
| June | 28.6 °C | 24.7 °C | 26.5 °C | 31.2 °C | 22.6 °C | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| July | 28.9 °C | 24.9 °C | 26.8 °C | 33.0 °C | 22.7 °C | 31 | 4 | 0 |
| August | 30.2 °C | 25.7 °C | 27.8 °C | 33.1 °C | 22.8 °C | 31 | 17 | 0 |
| September | 31.2 °C | 26.2 °C | 28.6 °C | 33.5 °C | 23.0 °C | 30 | 26 | 0 |
| October | 31.4 °C | 26.4 °C | 28.7 °C | 34.9 °C | 23.1 °C | 31 | 26 | 0 |
| November | 30.7 °C | 26.2 °C | 28.3 °C | 34.3 °C | 23.3 °C | 30 | 22 | 0 |
| December | 29.9 °C | 25.6 °C | 27.6 °C | 33.3 °C | 22.8 °C | 31 | 15 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 413 mm | 27 | 12 h/day | 82 % | 83 % | 13 km/h |
| February | 400 mm | 26 | 12 h/day | 86 % | 84 % | 14 km/h |
| March | 499 mm | 29 | 12 h/day | 88 % | 85 % | 14 km/h |
| April | 463 mm | 29 | 12 h/day | 88 % | 86 % | 13 km/h |
| May | 375 mm | 30 | 12 h/day | 80 % | 86 % | 13 km/h |
| June | 191 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 60 % | 84 % | 13 km/h |
| July | 121 mm | 19 | 12 h/day | 49 % | 81 % | 13 km/h |
| August | 73 mm | 12 | 12 h/day | 43 % | 77 % | 14 km/h |
| September | 68 mm | 10 | 12 h/day | 47 % | 73 % | 15 km/h |
| October | 107 mm | 11 | 12 h/day | 59 % | 72 % | 15 km/h |
| November | 156 mm | 16 | 12 h/day | 71 % | 75 % | 14 km/h |
| December | 233 mm | 21 | 12 h/day | 74 % | 78 % | 14 km/h |
Where Santarém ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The warmest places in South America in November | 35thof 50 | 31 °C |
| The warmest places in South America in October | 44thof 50 | 31 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Santarém.
QuestionsCommon questions about Santarém’s climate
When is the best time to visit Santarém?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, March, April sit closest to 20 °C on average, October is the warmest month and September the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Santarém get?
In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 124 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 24 °C in March, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Santarém?
March, averaging 499 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is September with 68 mm. The year as a whole averages 3,098 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 Santarém 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.