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Belém climate by month
What the weather is like
Belém has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af): .
The warmest month is October, when afternoons average 32° and nights 25°. February is the coolest month, with highs of 29° and lows of 24°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,804 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (429 mm, 30 wet days) and October the driest (95 mm, 12 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 13% in August to 62% in April.
The sea reaches about 29° in June. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Brasília, the capital, Belém is 3.9° warmer on a October afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · October
- Coldest nights
- 24° · February
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- October
- Clearest skies
- August · 13% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 29° · June
- Longest day
- 12 h 12 min
- Shortest day
- 12 h 02 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 30° | 31° | 31° | 32° | 31° | 30° |
| Average low | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° |
| Precipitation | 348 mm | 360 mm | 429 mm | 378 mm | 300 mm | 179 mm | 159 mm | 140 mm | 102 mm | 95 mm | 92 mm | 222 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 29.1 | 27.4 | 30.4 | 29.8 | 29.8 | 26.4 | 25.4 | 19.3 | 14.1 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 21.7 |
| Cloud cover | 52% | 56% | 61% | 62% | 47% | 27% | 19% | 13% | 14% | 21% | 32% | 41% |
| Sea temperature | 29° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° |
| Daylight | 12h 12 | 12h 09 | 12h 07 | 12h 05 | 12h 03 | 12h 02 | 12h 03 | 12h 04 | 12h 06 | 12h 08 | 12h 11 | 12h 12 |
| Month score | 41 | 41 | 39 | 38 | 43 | 49 | 48 | 44 | 41 | 44 | 44 | 40 |