Maracanaú weather in July

In July, Maracanaú sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 24 mm of rain across 5.8 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 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% 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 Maracanaú's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maracanaú's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
7th warmest
Overnight low
22°
1st coldest
Rainfall
24 mm
5.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:46 AM – 5:34 PM
Cloud cover
39%
4th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.28 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Maracanaú is 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 31°C through the month.

A typical July day in Maracanaú reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°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 Maracanaú

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.

Maracanaú 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
Jan31° / 24°9917.112.23.7
Feb30° / 24°12819.412.13.5
Mar30° / 23°18124.6123.3
Apr30° / 23°20624.511.93.4
May30° / 23°10017.611.84.2
Jun30° / 23°4610.811.85.1
Jul31° / 22°245.811.85.4
Aug32° / 23°51.411.95.2
Sep32° / 23°30.6125.0
Oct32° / 24°51.512.14.8
Nov32° / 24°72.212.24.7
Dec32° / 24°27812.24.3

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. 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

Maracanaú gets around 24 mm of rain over 5.8 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 19% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
129
229
328
428
527
627
726
825
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1024
1123
1222
1321
1420
1519
1619
1718
1817
1916
2015
2115
2214
2313
2413
2512
2611
2711
2811
2910
3010
319

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 63% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 95% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
114653
214752
324850
424950
525049
625147
725246
825345
925543
1025642
1135740
1235839
1336037
1436136
1546234
1646333
1746531
1846630
1956728
2056926
2167024
2267123
2377221
2477320
2587319
2687418
2797417
2897516
29107416
30107515
31117514

Wind in July

Winds average 13 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
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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 5:44 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 5:31 PM to 5:35 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:445:31
211.85:455:31
311.85:455:32
411.85:455:32
511.85:455:32
611.85:455:32
711.85:455:32
811.85:465:33
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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 5.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.64 kWh/m² in September across the year — July's 5.28 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Maracanaú

In seasonPeak

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

Maracanaú's monsoon runs January–May, 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 Maracanaú?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Maracanaú in July

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

In July, Maracanaú sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Maracanaú in July

The nearest coast averages about 27°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 28 km away) is warmest in April at about 29°C and coldest in August near 27°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Tropical
Feb28Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun28Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov27Warm
Dec28Warm

UV index in Maracanaú 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 Maracanaú peaks around March 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 16UV 16Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Maracanaú?

Maracanaú sits at 3.9°S, 38.6°W, 54 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Maranguape, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Maracanaú

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maracanaú has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m around an average of 43 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 942 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,081 m.

The land around Maracanaú is covered by artificial surfaces (42%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, trees (42%), grassland (25%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 16 km, and water (31%), shrubs (23%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
35 m
16 km
942 m
80 km
1,081 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Maranguape 7.0 km · Pacatuba 12 km · Itaitinga 15 km · Caucaia 16 km · Guaiúba 18 km · Eusébio 19 km · Fortaleza 20 km · Aquiraz 26 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 Maracanaú (-3.8767°, -38.6256°, elevation 54 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).