Penalva weather in July

In July, Penalva sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 55 mm of rain across 10 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-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 49% of the time in July, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of July to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Penalva's 3rd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Penalva's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
8th warmest
Overnight low
24°
1st coldest
Rainfall
55 mm
10 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:12 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover
44%
3rd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.12 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.9
out of 10

Penalva is town in Penalva, Maranhão, 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 Penalva reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°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 Penalva

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.

Penalva weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 24°21224.512.22.8
Feb31° / 24°29125.512.12.6
Mar31° / 24°37929.5122.5
Apr30° / 24°40328.211.92.6
May31° / 24°22723.811.93.2
Jun31° / 24°9315.911.84.1
Jul31° / 24°551011.84.9
Aug32° / 24°16411.94.9
Sep33° / 25°122.5124.4
Oct33° / 25°193.912.14.0
Nov33° / 25°427.112.13.8
Dec32° / 25°9513.712.23.4

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 33% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17228
27327
37327
47426
57426
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Penalva gets around 55 mm of rain over 10 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 32% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
145
244
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443
542
642
741
840
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1039
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1536
1635
1734
1832
1931
2030
2129
2227
2325
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2621
2720
2818
2917
3016
3115

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the oppressive band about 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
104852
204852
314950
415049
515148
615148
715247
825246
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1025345
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1235443
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Wind in July

Winds average 7 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
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117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
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278calm
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308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of July to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:10 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 6:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:105:58
211.86:105:59
311.86:105:59
411.86:105:59
511.86:105:59
611.86:105:59
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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 5.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.22 kWh/m² to a high of 6.13 kWh/m² in October across the year — July's 5.12 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Penalva

In seasonPeak

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

Penalva'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 Penalva?

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

4.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.0
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Penalva in July

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

In July, Penalva sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Penalva 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 Penalva peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 15 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 17UV 15Jul 15UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Penalva 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 Penalva is worst in November — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (June, 9 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateNov 1918 µg/m³Jun 199 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May10Good
Jun9Good
Jul9Good
Aug10Good
Sep9Good
Oct13Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec16Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Penalva?

Penalva sits at 3.3°S, 45.2°W, 17 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Cajari, 18 km away.

Topography around Penalva

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Penalva has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m around an average of 8 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m.

The land around Penalva is covered by water (32%) and grassland (30%) within 3 km, trees (39%), grassland (30%) and wetland (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (49%) and trees (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
26 m
16 km
71 m
80 km
169 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
July weather nearby: Cajari 18 km · Viana 21 km · Monção 24 km · Matinha 27 km · Vitória do Mearim 38 km · Pindaré-Mirim 40 km · Pedro do Rosário 41 km · Arari 47 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 Penalva (-3.2942°, -45.1736°, elevation 17 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).