Climate and average weather in Barra do Choça

In Barra do Choça, the weather is humid, hot, showery, and partly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around November.

Best: early April to mid November

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Barra do Choça typically varies from 15°C to 29°C, and is rarely below 12°C or above 32°C. February is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Barra do Choça for warm-weather activities is from early April to mid November.

Hottest
Feb
29°
Coldest
Jul
15°
Wettest
Nov
151 mm
Driest
Sep
41 mm
Rain / yr
1007 mm
158 wet days
Daylight
11.1–12.9 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
894 m
14.9°S
Clearest
Sep
55% cloud

Barra do Choça 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 climbs highest around early April to mid November.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Barra do Choça, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Barra do Choça stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is February, with an average high of 29°C and low of 19°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 15°C and high of 23°C.

Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2919
Feb2919
Mar2919
Apr2719
May2517
Jun2416
Jul2315
Aug2415
Sep2616
Oct2717
Nov2719
Dec2819

Average hourly temperature in Barra do Choça

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 29°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 15°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Barra do Choça weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 19°11013.212.85.1
Feb29° / 19°7412.612.55.0
Mar29° / 19°12915.612.15.0
Apr27° / 19°8014.911.75.6
May25° / 17°5813.311.36.2
Jun24° / 16°5313.111.16.4
Jul23° / 15°551411.26.3
Aug24° / 15°4512.411.56.5
Sep26° / 16°411011.96.7
Oct27° / 17°7410.712.36.4
Nov27° / 19°15114.712.75.5
Dec28° / 19°13913.412.95.3

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Barra do Choça gets about 1007 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 1.3 months, from around Nov 5 to Dec 13, peaking in November at about 52% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Sep 28.

November is the wettest month by volume, with 151 mm over about 15 wet days; September is the driest, with 41 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetNov 24 · 52%Sep 28 · 32%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan4313
Feb4513
Mar4916
Apr5115
May4413
Jun4313
Jul4514
Aug4112
Sep3310
Oct3511
Nov4815
Dec4313

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Barra do Choça collects about 1007 mm of rain across 158 wet days — roughly 84 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. November is the wettest month with 151 mm, while September is the driest at just 41 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 42% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150175JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1107412980585355454174151139
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan11013
Feb7413
Mar12916
Apr8015
May5813
Jun5313
Jul5514
Aug4512
Sep4110
Oct7411
Nov15115
Dec13913

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Barra do Choça, 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 August 21 and lasts for 2.3 months, ending around October 28. The clearest month is September, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 54% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 29 and lasts for 3.0 months, ending around January 26. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 69% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSep 18 · 55%Nov 26 · 26%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4159
Feb4852
Mar4456
Apr4753
May4357
Jun4456
Jul4456
Aug4456
Sep5446
Oct4852
Nov3169
Dec3664

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

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 January 1, brings about 12 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around June 8, only 11 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.85:286:15
Feb12.55:426:12
Mar12.15:495:55
Apr11.75:535:33
May11.35:595:18
Jun11.16:095:16
Jul11.26:125:24
Aug11.56:015:31
Sep11.95:395:34
Oct12.35:175:38
Nov12.75:065:49
Dec12.95:126:05

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Barra do Choça averages about 6 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 9 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 2.5 months, from around Aug 21 to Nov 5. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 9 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is November, down near 4 sunny days — about 48% fewer than the September peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedSep 269 daysNov 263 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan6Gloomy
Feb6Gloomy
Mar6Gloomy
Apr5Gloomy
May6Gloomy
Jun6Gloomy
Jul6Gloomy
Aug7Gloomy
Sep9Mixed
Oct8Mixed
Nov4Gloomy
Dec5Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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 Barra do Choça, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 7.9 months, from around October 2 to May 30. The muggiest month is January, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around May 31 to October 1, and August is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 45% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 8 · 48%Jan 1 · 0%oppressivehumidmuggycomfortablehumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan0022717
Feb0018765
Mar00137810
Apr0122734
May0947430
Jun12069110
Jul3356020
Aug3415320
Sep2256580
Oct1862281
Nov0236603
Dec0025706

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.

Wind in Barra do Choça is steady company: average speeds sit near 8 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeOct 9 · 9 km/hMar 18 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan8calm
Feb8calm
Mar7calm
Apr8calm
May8calm
Jun8calm
Jul8calm
Aug9calm
Sep9calm
Oct9calm
Nov8calm
Dec7calm

Best time to visit Barra do Choça

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Barra do Choça throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid April, Barra do Choça is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Barra do Choça for general outdoor tourist activities is from early April to mid November, with a peak score in the first week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 5 · 6.8

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).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan5.1fair
Feb5.1fair
Mar5.0fair
Apr5.6good
May6.2good
Jun6.4good
Jul6.3good
Aug6.5good
Sep6.8good
Oct6.3good
Nov5.5good
Dec5.3fair

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 Barra do Choça for hot-weather activities is from early August to late June, with a peak score in the first week of October.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 2 · 6.6

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 Barra do Choça, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

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.

Barra do Choça packs about the same all year — highs hold near 29°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In February, Barra do Choça sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Barra do Choça by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 Barra do Choça peaks around February 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 17UV 15Jul 10UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Barra do Choça

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 February the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan8.56.5
Feb8.57
Mar86.5
Apr7.56
May74.5
Jun6.54
Jul6.54
Aug75
Sep7.55.5
Oct8.56.5
Nov8.57
Dec8.56.5
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Barra do Choça is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

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. Barra do Choça banks about 4,354 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around February.

01,0002,0003,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan427
Feb389
Mar428
Apr385
May349
Jun296
Jul281
Aug287
Sep323
Oct380
Nov389
Dec421

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.

Barra do Choça receives about 4.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.4 and 6.1 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.8 months, from around Sep 10 to Apr 4. The brightest month is December, averaging about 5.9 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is June, down near 3.5 kWh/m² — roughly 41% less than the December peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseDec 306.1 kWhJun 243.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan6.1Intense
Feb6.0Bright
Mar5.4Bright
Apr4.5Bright
May3.8Moderate
Jun3.4Moderate
Jul3.6Moderate
Aug4.2Bright
Sep5.0Bright
Oct5.5Bright
Nov5.3Bright
Dec5.9Bright

Where is Barra do Choça?

Barra do Choça sits at 14.9°S, 40.6°W, 894 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Planalto, 26 km away.

Topography around Barra do Choça

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Barra do Choça.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Barra do Choça has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 192 m around an average of 892 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 669 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 976 m.

The land around Barra do Choça is covered by grassland (68%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, grassland (58%) and trees (39%) within 16 km, and grassland (62%) and trees (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
192 m
16 km
669 m
80 km
976 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
Nearby: Planalto 26 km · Vitória da Conquista 28 km · Itambé 41 km · Poções 45 km · Itapetinga 54 km · Iguaí 54 km · Itororó 61 km · Anagé 67 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
Roman Catholic 57%Evangelical 27%none 9%other 4%

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 Barra do Choça (-14.8811°, -40.5794°, elevation 894 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. 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).