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Macaé climate by month
What the weather is like
Macaé has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 29° and nights 24°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 24° and lows of 19°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 5°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,375 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (198 mm, 20 wet days) and July the driest (51 mm, 4 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 27% in June to 50% in December.
The sea reaches about 25° in March. 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, Macaé is 2.7° warmer on a February afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 29° · February
- Coldest nights
- 19° · July
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- June · 27% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 25° · March
- Longest day
- 13 h 30 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 46 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 | 28° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 27° |
| Average low | 24° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 21° | 20° | 19° | 19° | 20° | 21° | 22° | 23° |
| Precipitation | 192 mm | 117 mm | 157 mm | 116 mm | 63 mm | 48 mm | 51 mm | 39 mm | 92 mm | 123 mm | 179 mm | 198 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 17 | 16.3 | 14.3 | 11.5 | 7.3 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 15.5 | 17.7 | 19.7 |
| Cloud cover | 48% | 39% | 38% | 29% | 29% | 27% | 27% | 29% | 40% | 44% | 47% | 50% |
| Sea temperature | 24° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 23° | 24° |
| Daylight | 13h 21 | 12h 50 | 12h 14 | 11h 35 | 11h 03 | 10h 46 | 10h 53 | 11h 20 | 11h 57 | 12h 36 | 13h 11 | 13h 30 |
| Month score | 46 | 48 | 51 | 66 | 83 | 90 | 91 | 85 | 82 | 60 | 55 | 49 |