Climate and average weather in Paulista

In Paulista, the weather is muggy, hot, wet, and partly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around June.

Best: early August to late December

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Paulista typically varies from 23°C to 29°C, and is rarely below 22°C or above 30°C. March is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Paulista for warm-weather activities is from early August to late December.

Hottest
Mar
29°
Coldest
Jul
23°
Wettest
Jun
162 mm
Driest
Nov
24 mm
Rain / yr
981 mm
212 wet days
Daylight
11.5–12.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
20 m
7.9°S
Clearest
Sep
41% cloud

Paulista is settlement in Brazil.

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

Paulista 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 August to late December.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Paulista stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is March, with an average high of 29°C and low of 26°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 23°C and high of 26°C.

Days typically run about 3°C warmer than nights year-round.

20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2925
Feb2926
Mar2926
Apr2925
May2825
Jun2724
Jul2623
Aug2623
Sep2724
Oct2824
Nov2825
Dec2925

How hot and cold Paulista really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Paulista feels like about 33°C (around March 14). About 85 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in March.

20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan32292525
Feb32292526
Mar33292526
Apr32292525
May31282525
Jun28272424
Jul26262323
Aug26262323
Sep28272424
Oct30282424
Nov31282525
Dec32292525

Average hourly temperature in Paulista

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 March afternoons, near 29°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 23°C.

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

Paulista 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° / 25°5315.912.45.0
Feb29° / 26°611512.34.8
Mar29° / 26°8218.412.14.6
Apr29° / 25°12421.211.84.3
May28° / 25°14623.811.64.5
Jun27° / 24°1622411.54.6
Jul26° / 23°1432411.64.8
Aug26° / 23°822111.75.2
Sep27° / 24°4515.3126.0
Oct28° / 24°3112.412.26.3
Nov28° / 25°249.812.46.0
Dec29° / 25°2910.712.55.7

Chance of rain

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

Paulista gets about 981 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.9 months, from around Mar 17 to Sep 11, peaking in June at about 80% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Dec 4.

June is the wettest month by volume, with 162 mm over about 24 wet days; November is the driest, with 24 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 17 · 80%Dec 4 · 30%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan5116
Feb5415
Mar5918
Apr7121
May7624
Jun7924
Jul7724
Aug6921
Sep5215
Oct3912
Nov3310
Dec3511

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Paulista collects about 981 mm of rain across 212 wet days — roughly 82 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. June is the wettest month with 162 mm, while November is the driest at just 24 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 46% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150175200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec5361821241461621438245312429
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan5316
Feb6115
Mar8218
Apr12421
May14624
Jun16224
Jul14324
Aug8221
Sep4515
Oct3112
Nov2410
Dec2911

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Paulista, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around June 21 and lasts for 4.9 months, ending around November 15. The clearest month is September, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 89% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 16 and lasts for 7.1 months, ending around June 20. The cloudiest month is April, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 42% 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 23 · 90%Apr 17 · 57%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6337
Feb6238
Mar6436
Apr5842
May6634
Jun7129
Jul7723
Aug8416
Sep8911
Oct8317
Nov7327
Dec6733

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 30 min of light; the shortest, around June 10, only 11 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 1 hour.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.45:165:41
Feb12.35:265:42
Mar12.15:285:31
Apr11.85:255:14
May11.65:275:05
Jun11.55:345:06
Jul11.65:385:12
Aug11.75:315:16
Sep12.05:155:13
Oct12.24:595:10
Nov12.44:545:16
Dec12.55:025:29

Sunny days

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

Paulista averages about 13 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 10 and 17 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.3 months, from around Aug 3 to Dec 10. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 16 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is April, down near 11 sunny days — about 30% fewer than the September peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergloomymixedbrightSep 2817 daysApr 2510 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan13Mixed
Feb11Mixed
Mar13Mixed
Apr11Mixed
May12Mixed
Jun12Mixed
Jul12Mixed
Aug14Mixed
Sep16Bright
Oct16Bright
Nov14Mixed
Dec13Mixed

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.

Paulista is humid all year round — on a typical day the air feels at least humid, and there is no real dry season to wait for.

The stickiest month is January, when it feels muggy, oppressive or miserable about 100% of the time. Even in January, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 0% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecmiserableoppressivemuggy
Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan07903
Feb03916
Mar028711
Apr028513
May03925
Jun014860
Jul040600
Aug162370
Sep158410
Oct045550
Nov026740
Dec013870

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 Paulista is typically light breeze, near 17 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Jun 7 to Dec 9. The windiest month is August, averaging about 20 km/h (breezy).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Dec 10 to Jun 6, with March the calmest month at about 14 km/h.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyAug 17 · 20 km/hMar 26 · 14 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan16light breeze
Feb15light breeze
Mar14light breeze
Apr15light breeze
May16light breeze
Jun18light breeze
Jul19light breeze
Aug20breezy
Sep20light breeze
Oct19light breeze
Nov18light breeze
Dec17light breeze

Hazard calendar for Paulista

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Paulista's rainy season runs March–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Best time to visit Paulista

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late December, Paulista is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

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 Paulista for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid August to early January, with a peak score in the first week of October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 1 · 6.5

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
Jan5.0fair
Feb4.8fair
Mar4.5fair
Apr4.2fair
May4.5fair
Jun4.6fair
Jul4.8fair
Aug5.2fair
Sep6.0good
Oct6.3good
Nov6.0good
Dec5.7good

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 Paulista for hot-weather activities is from mid September to late March, with a peak score in the first week of December.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationDec 5 · 7.3

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 Paulista, 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.

Paulista 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 March, Paulista sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Paulista

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 April at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

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

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Warm
Feb28Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May28Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov27Warm
Dec28Warm

UV index (midday) in Paulista 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 Paulista peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 13UV 15Jul 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Paulista

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 March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 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
Feb8.56.5
Mar8.56.5
Apr86
May7.55.5
Jun74.5
Jul74.5
Aug75
Sep86
Oct86
Nov86
Dec86
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Paulista 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. Paulista banks about 5,907 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around March.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan528
Feb482
Mar536
Apr507
May503
Jun462
Jul458
Aug456
Sep457
Oct496
Nov497
Dec525

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.

Paulista receives about 5.7 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.4 and 6.4 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 7.0 months, from around Sep 6 to Apr 5. The brightest month is November, averaging about 6.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is June, down near 4.4 kWh/m² — roughly 32% less than the November peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseNov 56.4 kWhJun 214.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan6.2Intense
Feb6.3Intense
Mar6.1Intense
Apr5.4Bright
May4.8Bright
Jun4.4Bright
Jul4.5Bright
Aug5.2Bright
Sep5.9Bright
Oct6.3Intense
Nov6.4Intense
Dec6.3Intense

Where is Paulista?

Paulista sits at 7.9°S, 34.9°W, 20 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Abreu e Lima, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Paulista

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Paulista has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 22 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 154 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 725 m.

The land around Paulista is covered by artificial surfaces (42%) and trees (41%) within 3 km, water (38%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (36%) and water (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
78 m
16 km
154 m
80 km
725 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
Nearby: Abreu e Lima 5.0 km · Olinda 8.0 km · Igarassu 12 km · Recife 13 km · Camaragibe 15 km · São Lourenço da Mata 17 km · Itapissuma 18 km · Ilha de Itamaracá 22 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 Paulista (-7.9408°, -34.8731°, elevation 20 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).