Sobral climate

Name: Sobral
Address: BR

Sobral is warmest in October, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in June, when nights average 23 °C. April is the wettest month (197 mm) and September the driest (1.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Sobral averages 789 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Brazil · population 216,519 · 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 36 °C
Coldest month June 23 °C
Driest month September 2 mm
Wettest month April 197 mm
Least cloud September 25 % cloud
Hottest on record January 38 °C
Coldest on record July 18 °C

What to expectSobral through the year

Sobral changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 32 and 36 °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, 309 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 197 mm against 2 mm in September — 127 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	32.4 °C	100 mm	71 %
February	31.3 °C	130 mm	74 %
March	30.6 °C	187 mm	77 %
April	30.2 °C	197 mm	76 %
May	31.0 °C	90 mm	60 %
June	31.8 °C	25 mm	44 %
July	32.8 °C	18 mm	37 %
August	34.3 °C	5 mm	27 %
September	35.4 °C	2 mm	25 %
October	35.8 °C	3 mm	34 %
November	35.6 °C	5 mm	47 %
December	34.5 °C	28 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	32.4 °C	23.9 °C	27.4 °C	38.4 °C	21.4 °C	31	26
February	31.3 °C	23.6 °C	26.7 °C	38.0 °C	20.5 °C	28	20
March	30.6 °C	23.4 °C	26.3 °C	38.3 °C	21.0 °C	31	19
April	30.2 °C	23.3 °C	26.1 °C	35.7 °C	21.0 °C	30	16
May	31.0 °C	23.2 °C	26.6 °C	37.0 °C	20.9 °C	31	22
June	31.8 °C	22.9 °C	27.0 °C	36.4 °C	18.8 °C	30	26
July	32.8 °C	22.9 °C	27.4 °C	36.2 °C	18.3 °C	31	29
August	34.3 °C	23.3 °C	28.3 °C	37.1 °C	20.3 °C	31	31
September	35.4 °C	23.8 °C	28.8 °C	37.7 °C	20.3 °C	30	30
October	35.8 °C	24.2 °C	29.0 °C	38.0 °C	21.7 °C	31	31
November	35.6 °C	24.4 °C	29.1 °C	38.0 °C	21.1 °C	30	30
December	34.5 °C	24.4 °C	28.7 °C	37.7 °C	22.0 °C	31	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	100 mm	16	12 h/day	71 %	74 %	17 km/h
February	130 mm	18	12 h/day	74 %	79 %	16 km/h
March	187 mm	24	12 h/day	77 %	82 %	15 km/h
April	197 mm	23	12 h/day	76 %	84 %	14 km/h
May	90 mm	14	12 h/day	60 %	79 %	15 km/h
June	25 mm	5	12 h/day	44 %	71 %	18 km/h
July	18 mm	3	12 h/day	37 %	64 %	20 km/h
August	5 mm	1	12 h/day	27 %	58 %	21 km/h
September	2 mm	0	12 h/day	25 %	57 %	22 km/h
October	3 mm	1	12 h/day	34 %	59 %	22 km/h
November	5 mm	1	12 h/day	47 %	60 %	21 km/h
December	28 mm	5	12 h/day	55 %	65 %	20 km/h

Where Sobral ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in South America in December	1stof 50	34 °C
The warmest places in South America in November	2ndof 50	36 °C
The warmest places in South America in October	6thof 50	36 °C
The warmest places in South America year-round	8thof 50	33 °C
The warmest places in South America in January	9thof 50	32 °C
The warmest places in the world in December	12thof 50	34 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Sobral’s climate

When is the best time to visit Sobral?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, April, May 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 Sobral get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 309 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 23 °C in June, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Sobral?

April, averaging 197 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is September with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 789 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 Sobral 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.