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Natal climate by month
What the weather is like
Natal has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 28° and nights 25°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 26° and lows of 23°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,473 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (198 mm, 25 wet days) and November the driest (22 mm, 3 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 15% in September to 39% in April.
The sea reaches about 29° 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, Natal is 2.1° warmer on a February afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · February
- Coldest nights
- 23° · August
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- November
- Clearest skies
- September · 15% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 29° · March
- Longest day
- 12 h 27 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 47 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° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 28° |
| Average low | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 25° |
| Precipitation | 74 mm | 110 mm | 198 mm | 225 mm | 209 mm | 249 mm | 190 mm | 97 mm | 42 mm | 20 mm | 22 mm | 37 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 15.5 | 17.8 | 25.3 | 23.8 | 23.5 | 22.3 | 21.7 | 15.5 | 8.2 | 4 | 2.5 | 7.2 |
| Cloud cover | 29% | 32% | 35% | 39% | 28% | 23% | 21% | 17% | 15% | 16% | 20% | 25% |
| Sea temperature | 28° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 28° |
| Daylight | 12h 25 | 12h 17 | 12h 08 | 11h 59 | 11h 51 | 11h 47 | 11h 49 | 11h 55 | 12h 04 | 12h 14 | 12h 23 | 12h 27 |
| Month score | 55 | 53 | 52 | 51 | 56 | 60 | 62 | 62 | 73 | 81 | 83 | 71 |