Forquilha weather in July

In July, Forquilha sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 14 mm of rain across 2.5 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in July, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of July to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Forquilha's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Forquilha's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
7th warmest
Overnight low
23°
1st coldest
Rainfall
14 mm
2.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:53 AM – 5:41 PM
Cloud cover
40%
4th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.41 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Forquilha is human settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical July day in Forquilha reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 1°C cooler than August.

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How July really feels in Forquilha

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Forquilha weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 24°9515.512.23.0
Feb32° / 24°12218.612.13.1
Mar31° / 23°17723.7123.0
Apr31° / 23°18722.211.93.2
May31° / 23°8213.111.84.0
Jun32° / 23°225.211.84.5
Jul33° / 23°142.511.84.5
Aug34° / 23°40.511.94.0
Sep35° / 24°10.2123.4
Oct35° / 24°30.512.13.0
Nov35° / 24°50.712.23.0
Dec34° / 24°224.712.23.1

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Forquilha gets around 14 mm of rain over 2.5 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 8% and peaks near 14% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the muggy band about 68% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 79% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1097021
2097021
30107020
40107020
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70127018
80136918
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28132643
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Wind in July

Winds average 12 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of July to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:51 AM to 5:52 AM, and sunset from 5:38 PM to 5:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:515:38
211.85:515:38
311.85:515:38
411.85:515:38
511.85:525:39
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.85 kWh/m² to a high of 6.89 kWh/m² in October across the year — July's 5.41 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Forquilha

In seasonPeak

None of Forquilha's seasonal hazards are active in July. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Forquilha's monsoon runs January–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is July a good time to visit Forquilha?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.5
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Forquilha for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Forquilha in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Forquilha sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Forquilha in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Forquilha peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 15Jun 22UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Forquilha in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Forquilha is worst in December — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.0× the cleanest month (July, 6 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateDec 1017 µg/m³Jul 216 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar12Moderate
Apr12Good
May10Good
Jun7Good
Jul6Good
Aug6Good
Sep7Good
Oct10Good
Nov17Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Forquilha?

Forquilha sits at 3.8°S, 40.3°W, 92 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Sobral, 16 km away.

Topography around Forquilha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Forquilha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m around an average of 96 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 532 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,054 m.

The land around Forquilha is covered by shrubs (43%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, shrubs (77%) within 16 km, and shrubs (62%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
71 m
16 km
532 m
80 km
1,054 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Sobral 16 km · Cariré 29 km · Massapê 32 km · Meruoca 36 km · Santana do Acaraú 38 km · Varjota 50 km · Coreaú 52 km · Reriutaba 52 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 Forquilha (-3.7983°, -40.2606°, elevation 92 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).