Barra do Choça in Summer
In summer (December, January and February), Barra do Choça sees average daytime highs around 29°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 323 mm of rain over about 39 wet days across the season. It is the warmest season of the year and the wettest season of the year.
Across summer, daytime highs hold fairly steady around 29°C. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time across summer, and the air most often feels muggy.
Summer is Barra do Choça's weakest season of the year to visit on our travel score. For the whole year in context, see Barra do Choça's year-round climate.
- Avg daytime high
- 29°C
- warmest season of the year
- Avg overnight low
- 19°C
- Rainfall
- 323 mm
- 39 wet days
- Avg wind
- 8 km/h
- Travel score
- 5.1
- weakest season of the year
- Months
- Dec · Jan · Feb
Temperature in Barra do Choça in Summer
Across summer, daytime highs hold fairly steady around 29°C.
A typical summer day in Barra do Choça reaches about 29°C and drops to 19°C overnight. The warmest of the three months is February, the coolest December.
Barra do Choça weather by month
How the three summer months (December, January and February) compare with the rest of the year — the season's months are highlighted.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29° / 19° | 110 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 5.1 |
| Feb | 29° / 19° | 74 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 5.0 |
| Mar | 29° / 19° | 129 | 15.6 | 12.1 | 5.0 |
| Apr | 27° / 19° | 80 | 14.9 | 11.7 | 5.6 |
| May | 25° / 17° | 58 | 13.3 | 11.3 | 6.2 |
| Jun | 24° / 16° | 53 | 13.1 | 11.1 | 6.4 |
| Jul | 23° / 15° | 55 | 14 | 11.2 | 6.3 |
| Aug | 24° / 15° | 45 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 6.5 |
| Sep | 26° / 16° | 41 | 10 | 11.9 | 6.7 |
| Oct | 27° / 17° | 74 | 10.7 | 12.3 | 6.4 |
| Nov | 27° / 19° | 151 | 14.7 | 12.7 | 5.5 |
| Dec | 28° / 19° | 139 | 13.4 | 12.9 | 5.3 |
Cloud cover in Summer
The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time across summer.
Chance of precipitation in Summer
Barra do Choça gets around 323 mm of rain over 39 wet days across summer. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.
Humidity in Summer
Most of summer feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.
Wind in Summer
Winds average 8 km/h across summer.
Sunrise & sunset in Summer
Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min in early December to 12 h 18 min by late February. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.
Solar energy in Summer
Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day across summer, about 6.0 kWh/m².
Is summer a good time to visit Barra do Choça?
Our two travel scores rate summer for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal), averaged across the three months.
summer is a reasonable time to visit Barra do Choça for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.
What to pack for Barra do Choça in Summer
From summer's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.
In summer, Barra do Choça sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 39 days see rain.
UV index in Barra do Choça in Summer
Clear-sky midday UV across summer averages around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 14 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
| Level | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | Very high | Very high | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | Extreme |
| Feb | 16 | Extreme |
| Mar | 15 | Extreme |
| Apr | 12 | Extreme |
| May | 9 | Very high |
| Jun | 8 | Very high |
| Jul | 8 | Very high |
| Aug | 10 | Very high |
| Sep | 11 | Extreme |
| Oct | 13 | Extreme |
| Nov | 14 | Extreme |
| Dec | 13 | Extreme |
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.
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 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.