Climate and average weather in Balneário Gaivota
In Balneário Gaivota, the summers are muggy, warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are mild and mostly clear.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Balneário Gaivota typically varies from 14°C to 25°C, and is rarely below 11°C or above 27°C. February is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, Balneário Gaivota has no single best season — it scores well the whole year round, so any month is a good time to visit for warm-weather activities.
- Hottest
- Feb
- 25°
- Coldest
- Jul
- 14°
- Wettest
- Oct
- 141 mm
- Driest
- Apr
- 90 mm
- Rain / yr
- 1308 mm
- 137 wet days
- Daylight
- 10.1–13.9 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 6 m
- 29.2°S
- Clearest
- Aug
- 48% cloud
Balneário Gaivota weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score holds near its peak the whole year round.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Balneário Gaivota, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 4.1 months, from December 11 to April 15, with daily high temperatures above 23°C. The hottest month of the year in Balneário Gaivota is February, with an average high of 25°C and low of 23°C.
The cool season lasts 3.3 months, from June 11 to September 19, with daily high temperatures below 18°C. The coldest month of the year in Balneário Gaivota is July, with an average low of 14°C and high of 17°C.
Days typically run about 2°C warmer than nights year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 25 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 23 |
| Avg low (°C) | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 21 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25 | 23 |
| Feb | 25 | 23 |
| Mar | 24 | 22 |
| Apr | 23 | 21 |
| May | 20 | 18 |
| Jun | 18 | 16 |
| Jul | 17 | 14 |
| Aug | 17 | 15 |
| Sep | 18 | 16 |
| Oct | 20 | 18 |
| Nov | 22 | 20 |
| Dec | 23 | 21 |
Average hourly temperature in Balneário Gaivota
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on February afternoons, near 25°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 14°C.
Balneário Gaivota weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25° / 23° | 115 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 6.4 |
| Feb | 25° / 23° | 91 | 11.9 | 13 | 6.4 |
| Mar | 24° / 22° | 96 | 13.3 | 12.2 | 6.6 |
| Apr | 23° / 21° | 90 | 11 | 11.3 | 6.8 |
| May | 20° / 18° | 122 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 6.5 |
| Jun | 18° / 16° | 99 | 9.5 | 10.2 | 6.1 |
| Jul | 17° / 14° | 122 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 5.6 |
| Aug | 17° / 15° | 109 | 9.9 | 11 | 5.9 |
| Sep | 18° / 16° | 133 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 5.8 |
| Oct | 20° / 18° | 141 | 13.8 | 12.7 | 5.7 |
| Nov | 22° / 20° | 102 | 11.2 | 13.5 | 6.4 |
| Dec | 23° / 21° | 91 | 10.9 | 13.8 | 6.8 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Balneário Gaivota gets about 1308 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 3.2 months, from around Dec 31 to Apr 7, peaking in January at about 45% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jun 7.
October is the wettest month by volume, with 141 mm over about 14 wet days; April is the driest, with 90 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 43 | 43 | 42 | 36 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 39 | 44 | 37 | 36 |
| Rain days | 14 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 11 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 43 | 14 |
| Feb | 43 | 12 |
| Mar | 42 | 13 |
| Apr | 36 | 11 |
| May | 33 | 10 |
| Jun | 32 | 10 |
| Jul | 33 | 10 |
| Aug | 32 | 10 |
| Sep | 39 | 12 |
| Oct | 44 | 14 |
| Nov | 37 | 11 |
| Dec | 36 | 11 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Balneário Gaivota collects about 1308 mm of rain across 137 wet days — roughly 109 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. October is the wettest month with 141 mm, while April is the driest at just 90 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 30% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 115 | 91 | 96 | 90 | 122 | 99 | 122 | 109 | 133 | 141 | 102 | 91 |
| Rain days | 14 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 11 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 115 | 14 |
| Feb | 91 | 12 |
| Mar | 96 | 13 |
| Apr | 90 | 11 |
| May | 122 | 10 |
| Jun | 99 | 10 |
| Jul | 122 | 10 |
| Aug | 109 | 10 |
| Sep | 133 | 12 |
| Oct | 141 | 14 |
| Nov | 102 | 11 |
| Dec | 91 | 11 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Balneário Gaivota, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around February 26 and lasts for 3.6 months, ending around June 14. The clearest month is May, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 59% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around September 3 and lasts for 2.5 months, ending around November 18. The cloudiest month is October, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 58% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 51 | 52 | 58 | 58 | 59 | 55 | 59 | 59 | 49 | 42 | 52 | 53 |
| Cloudier (%) | 49 | 48 | 42 | 42 | 41 | 45 | 41 | 41 | 51 | 58 | 48 | 47 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 51 | 49 |
| Feb | 52 | 48 |
| Mar | 58 | 42 |
| Apr | 58 | 42 |
| May | 59 | 41 |
| Jun | 55 | 45 |
| Jul | 59 | 41 |
| Aug | 59 | 41 |
| Sep | 49 | 51 |
| Oct | 42 | 58 |
| Nov | 52 | 48 |
| Dec | 53 | 47 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around December 15, brings about 13 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around June 16, only 10 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 3 h 48 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 13.7 | 13.0 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.8 | 12.7 | 13.5 | 13.8 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 6:37 | 7:02 | 7:21 | 7:40 | 7:58 | 8:14 | 8:15 | 7:54 | 7:18 | 6:42 | 6:19 | 6:19 |
| Sunset (PM) | 8:18 | 8:04 | 7:34 | 6:58 | 6:31 | 6:23 | 6:33 | 6:51 | 7:07 | 7:25 | 7:48 | 8:10 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.7 | 6:37 | 8:18 |
| Feb | 13.0 | 7:02 | 8:04 |
| Mar | 12.2 | 7:21 | 7:34 |
| Apr | 11.3 | 7:40 | 6:58 |
| May | 10.6 | 7:58 | 6:31 |
| Jun | 10.2 | 8:14 | 6:23 |
| Jul | 10.3 | 8:15 | 6:33 |
| Aug | 11.0 | 7:54 | 6:51 |
| Sep | 11.8 | 7:18 | 7:07 |
| Oct | 12.7 | 6:42 | 7:25 |
| Nov | 13.5 | 6:19 | 7:48 |
| Dec | 13.8 | 6:19 | 8:10 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Balneário Gaivota averages about 12 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 8 and 14 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 6.1 months, from around Mar 5 to Sep 5. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 14 sunny days (mixed).
The greyest month is October, down near 9 sunny days — about 37% fewer than the July peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 12 |
| Sky | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | Mixed |
| Feb | 10 | Mixed |
| Mar | 13 | Mixed |
| Apr | 13 | Mixed |
| May | 14 | Mixed |
| Jun | 12 | Mixed |
| Jul | 14 | Mixed |
| Aug | 14 | Mixed |
| Sep | 10 | Mixed |
| Oct | 9 | Mixed |
| Nov | 12 | Mixed |
| Dec | 12 | Mixed |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Balneário Gaivota, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 6.5 months, from around October 18 to May 4. The muggiest month is March, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 94% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around May 5 to October 17, and August is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 76% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 35 | 42 | 37 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 2 |
| Comfortable (%) | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 30 | 37 | 39 | 30 | 25 | 18 | 8 |
| Humid (%) | 11 | 12 | 18 | 25 | 31 | 30 | 20 | 23 | 38 | 37 | 33 | 21 |
| Muggy (%) | 31 | 28 | 33 | 36 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 39 | 40 |
| Oppressive (%) | 48 | 48 | 40 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 |
| Miserable (%) | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | Miserable (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 48 | 6 |
| Feb | 0 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 48 | 9 |
| Mar | 1 | 5 | 18 | 33 | 40 | 3 |
| Apr | 7 | 14 | 25 | 36 | 18 | 0 |
| May | 21 | 25 | 31 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| Jun | 35 | 30 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 42 | 37 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 37 | 39 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 29 | 30 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct | 15 | 25 | 37 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov | 7 | 18 | 33 | 39 | 3 | 0 |
| Dec | 2 | 8 | 21 | 40 | 28 | 1 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Across the year, average wind speed in Balneário Gaivota is typically light breeze, near 17 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 5.0 months, from around Jul 30 to Dec 28. The windiest month is September, averaging about 20 km/h (light breeze).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Dec 29 to Jul 29, with February the calmest month at about 15 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 |
| Feels | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16 | light breeze |
| Feb | 15 | light breeze |
| Mar | 15 | light breeze |
| Apr | 16 | light breeze |
| May | 16 | light breeze |
| Jun | 16 | light breeze |
| Jul | 17 | light breeze |
| Aug | 19 | light breeze |
| Sep | 20 | light breeze |
| Oct | 20 | light breeze |
| Nov | 19 | light breeze |
| Dec | 18 | light breeze |
Best time to visit Balneário Gaivota
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Balneário Gaivota throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, Balneário Gaivota suits general outdoor tourist activities for most of the year, with a peak score in the second week of April.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| Rating | good | good | good | good | good | good | good | good | good | good | good | good |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.4 | good |
| Feb | 6.4 | good |
| Mar | 6.6 | good |
| Apr | 6.8 | good |
| May | 6.5 | good |
| Jun | 6.1 | good |
| Jul | 5.6 | good |
| Aug | 5.9 | good |
| Sep | 5.8 | good |
| Oct | 5.7 | good |
| Nov | 6.4 | good |
| Dec | 6.8 | good |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Balneário Gaivota for hot-weather activities is from late November to late April, with a peak score in the first week of March.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Balneário Gaivota, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
For a warm-season trip around February (highs near 25°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around July (highs near 17°C), pack rain gear.
In February, Balneário Gaivota sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 23°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.
Sea temperature near Balneário Gaivota
Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.
The sea at the nearest coast (about 20 km away) is warmest in February at about 25°C and coldest in August near 17°C.
It's comfortable for a long swim from Nov 1 to May 27 — about 6.8 months when the water holds above 20°C.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea temperature (°C) | 24 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 23 |
| Comfort | Warm | Warm | Warm | Refreshing | Refreshing | Cool | Cool | Cool | Cool | Cool | Refreshing | Refreshing |
| Sea temperature (°C) | Comfort | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24 | Warm |
| Feb | 25 | Warm |
| Mar | 25 | Warm |
| Apr | 23 | Refreshing |
| May | 21 | Refreshing |
| Jun | 19 | Cool |
| Jul | 17 | Cool |
| Aug | 17 | Cool |
| Sep | 18 | Cool |
| Oct | 19 | Cool |
| Nov | 21 | Refreshing |
| Dec | 23 | Refreshing |
UV index (midday) in Balneário Gaivota by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Balneário Gaivota peaks around January 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 4 (moderate).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 14 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| Level | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | High | Very high | Very high | Extreme | Extreme |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | Extreme |
| Feb | 13 | Extreme |
| Mar | 10 | Extreme |
| Apr | 8 | Very high |
| May | 5 | Moderate |
| Jun | 4 | Moderate |
| Jul | 4 | Moderate |
| Aug | 5 | High |
| Sep | 8 | Very high |
| Oct | 9 | Very high |
| Nov | 11 | Extreme |
| Dec | 12 | Extreme |
Average hourly UV index in Balneário Gaivota
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in January the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 9 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 9 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 9 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 7 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 5 | 6 | 6.5 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | 7 |
| Feb | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Mar | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Apr | 6.5 | 3.5 |
| May | 4.5 | 0 |
| Jun | 3.5 | 0 |
| Jul | 3.5 | 0 |
| Aug | 5 | 0 |
| Sep | 6.5 | 3.5 |
| Oct | 7.5 | 5 |
| Nov | 8.5 | 6 |
| Dec | 9 | 6.5 |
Growing season
Balneário Gaivota is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Balneário Gaivota banks about 3,633 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around February.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 427 | 391 | 416 | 351 | 279 | 207 | 175 | 190 | 218 | 280 | 314 | 383 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 427 |
| Feb | 391 |
| Mar | 416 |
| Apr | 351 |
| May | 279 |
| Jun | 207 |
| Jul | 175 |
| Aug | 190 |
| Sep | 218 |
| Oct | 280 |
| Nov | 314 |
| Dec | 383 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Balneário Gaivota receives about 4.7 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.6 and 6.6 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Oct 2 to Mar 28. The brightest month is December, averaging about 6.6 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is June, down near 2.7 kWh/m² — roughly 59% less than the December peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 6.3 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 6.6 |
| Level | Intense | Bright | Bright | Bright | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.3 | Intense |
| Feb | 5.8 | Bright |
| Mar | 5.1 | Bright |
| Apr | 4.1 | Bright |
| May | 3.1 | Moderate |
| Jun | 2.7 | Moderate |
| Jul | 2.9 | Moderate |
| Aug | 3.7 | Moderate |
| Sep | 4.3 | Bright |
| Oct | 5.1 | Bright |
| Nov | 6.3 | Intense |
| Dec | 6.6 | Intense |
Where is Balneário Gaivota?
Balneário Gaivota sits at 29.2°S, 49.6°W, 6 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Sombrio, 6.0 km away.
Topography around Balneário Gaivota
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Balneário Gaivota.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Balneário Gaivota has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 291 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,483 m.
The land around Balneário Gaivota is covered by water (40%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, water (53%) within 16 km, and trees (34%), water (33%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.
Brazil travel facts
- Travel advisory
- Level 2
- Exercise Increased Caution
- Power plugs
- Type C / N
- 127 / 220 V · 60 Hz
- Prices
- ≈ 46% of US
- price level, 2025
- GDP per capita
- $10,713
- 2025
- Happiness
- 6.6 / 10
- World Happiness, 2025
- Safe drinking water
- 89%
- of population, 2024
- Homicide rate
- 19.3
- per 100k, 2023
- Road deaths
- 16
- per 100k/yr, 2019
- Income group
- Upper middle
- World Bank
- English
- Low
- EF EPI 482
- Religion
Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.
Data sources
Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Balneário Gaivota (-29.1567°, -49.5794°, elevation 6 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).