Climate guideThirty-year normals for Praia
Praia climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Mar–May
Annual mean24°day and night
Seasonal swing5°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation212 mm56 wet days a year
14.93° N, 23.51° WElevation 0 mUTC−1 · Cape Verde Standard Time
When to goPraia · weather score
Best timeMar–May
October: high / low28° / 24°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Praia has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is September, when afternoons average 28° and nights 25°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 24° and lows of 20°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 5°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 212 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. September is the wettest month (80 mm, 17 wet days) and March the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 14% in June to 37% in November.
The sea reaches about 27° in October. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · September
- Coldest nights
- 20° · February
- Wettest month
- September
- Driest month
- March
- Clearest skies
- June · 14% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 27° · October
- Longest day
- 13 h 00 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 15 min
iiCharts
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 monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 24° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 25° |
| Average low | 20° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 21° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 22° |
| Precipitation | 4 mm | 2 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 10 mm | 77 mm | 80 mm | 31 mm | 5 mm | 2 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 13.3 | 17.3 | 8.8 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| Cloud cover | 31% | 27% | 20% | 18% | 15% | 14% | 22% | 29% | 27% | 30% | 37% | 35% |
| Sea temperature | 24° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 25° |
| Daylight | 11h 20 | 11h 40 | 12h 02 | 12h 28 | 12h 49 | 13h 00 | 12h 56 | 12h 38 | 12h 13 | 11h 49 | 11h 26 | 11h 15 |
| Month score | 94 | 97 | 100 | 99 | 98 | 94 | 83 | 56 | 53 | 67 | 79 | 87 |
ivMonth by month
Praia in every month
January94
24° / 20°
4 mm · 2.2 wet days
February97
24° / 20°
2 mm · 1.3 wet day
March100
25° / 20°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
April99
25° / 20°
0 mm · 0.3 wet days
May98
25° / 20°
0 mm · 0.3 wet days
June94
26° / 21°
1 mm · 0.5 wet day
July83
27° / 23°
10 mm · 3.3 wet days
August56
28° / 24°
77 mm · 13.3 wet days
September53
28° / 25°
80 mm · 17.3 wet days
October67
28° / 24°
31 mm · 8.8 wet days
November79
27° / 23°
5 mm · 3.8 wet days
December87
25° / 22°
2 mm · 4.2 wet days