Praia climate

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Praia is warmest in August, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in March, when nights average 20 °C. September is the wettest month (76 mm) and June the driest (0.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Praia averages 182 mm of rain and 306 days above 25 °C.

Cabo Verde · 0 m elevation · population 137,868 · 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 29 °C
Coldest month March 20 °C
Driest month June 0 mm
Wettest month September 76 mm
Least cloud May 29 % cloud
Hottest on record April 33 °C
Coldest on record February 15 °C
Warmest sea October 27 °C

What to expectPraia through the year

Praia has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in March to 29 °C in August, a swing of 4.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 306 days a year reach 25 °C, 30 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 76 mm against 0 mm in June — 279 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Praia is warmest in October at 27 °C and coldest in February at 23 °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	25.1 °C	4 mm	49 %
February	25.1 °C	1 mm	42 %
March	25.8 °C	1 mm	33 %
April	26.2 °C	1 mm	36 %
May	26.9 °C	under 1 mm	29 %
June	27.9 °C	under 1 mm	30 %
July	28.6 °C	9 mm	47 %
August	29.3 °C	48 mm	58 %
September	29.3 °C	76 mm	54 %
October	29.3 °C	31 mm	48 %
November	28.2 °C	6 mm	55 %
December	26.4 °C	4 mm	52 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	25.1 °C	20.3 °C	22.2 °C	30.2 °C	17.5 °C	15	0
February	25.1 °C	19.8 °C	21.9 °C	32.2 °C	14.8 °C	13	0
March	25.8 °C	19.8 °C	22.2 °C	31.2 °C	16.7 °C	19	0
April	26.2 °C	20.2 °C	22.6 °C	33.2 °C	17.6 °C	22	1
May	26.9 °C	20.8 °C	23.3 °C	32.2 °C	18.0 °C	29	1
June	27.9 °C	21.6 °C	24.2 °C	32.2 °C	18.4 °C	30	1
July	28.6 °C	22.9 °C	25.3 °C	31.9 °C	19.8 °C	31	2
August	29.3 °C	24.3 °C	26.4 °C	32.4 °C	20.5 °C	31	7
September	29.3 °C	24.8 °C	26.7 °C	32.7 °C	22.6 °C	30	7
October	29.3 °C	24.6 °C	26.5 °C	32.8 °C	21.4 °C	31	8
November	28.2 °C	23.4 °C	25.3 °C	32.2 °C	20.0 °C	30	3
December	26.4 °C	21.8 °C	23.6 °C	30.3 °C	18.4 °C	26	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	4 mm	1	11 h/day	49 %	70 %	24 km/h	23.8 °C
February	1 mm	1	12 h/day	42 %	70 %	24 km/h	23.1 °C
March	1 mm	0	12 h/day	33 %	71 %	23 km/h	23.1 °C
April	1 mm	0	12 h/day	36 %	73 %	23 km/h	23.4 °C
May	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	29 %	74 %	22 km/h	23.8 °C
June	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	30 %	75 %	19 km/h	24.1 °C
July	9 mm	2	13 h/day	47 %	77 %	16 km/h	25.3 °C
August	48 mm	8	13 h/day	58 %	79 %	16 km/h	26.8 °C
September	76 mm	9	12 h/day	54 %	81 %	18 km/h	27.3 °C
October	31 mm	4	12 h/day	48 %	78 %	19 km/h	27.4 °C
November	6 mm	1	11 h/day	55 %	74 %	20 km/h	26.6 °C
December	4 mm	1	11 h/day	52 %	72 %	22 km/h	25.1 °C

Where Praia ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in April	1st of 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in December	1st of 50	99/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in November	1st of 50	99/100
Best beach destinations in Africa year-round	1st of 50	96/100
Best beach destinations in the world year-round	1st of 50	96/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in July	2nd of 50	99/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Praia’s climate

When is the best time to visit Praia?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, March sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and June the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Praia get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 30 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 20 °C in March, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Praia?

September, averaging 76 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is June with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 182 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 Praia 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: 14.932°, -23.513° , 0 m above sea level (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.