Climate and average weather in Picuí
In Picuí, the weather is humid, hot, showery, and mostly clear and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around March.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Picuí typically varies from 19°C to 31°C, and is rarely below 17°C or above 33°C. November is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Picuí for warm-weather activities is from late May to early October.
- Hottest
- Nov
- 31°
- Coldest
- Jul
- 19°
- Wettest
- Mar
- 64 mm
- Driest
- Oct
- 3 mm
- Rain / yr
- 321 mm
- 68 wet days
- Daylight
- 11.6–12.4 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 445 m
- 6.5°S
- Clearest
- Sep
- 39% cloud
Picuí is human settlement in Brazil.
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Picuí 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 late May to early October.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Picuí, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
Temperatures in Picuí stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is November, with an average high of 31°C and low of 20°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 19°C and high of 28°C.
Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 12°C) in October.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 31 |
| Avg low (°C) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31 | 21 |
| Feb | 31 | 21 |
| Mar | 31 | 21 |
| Apr | 30 | 21 |
| May | 29 | 21 |
| Jun | 28 | 20 |
| Jul | 28 | 19 |
| Aug | 29 | 19 |
| Sep | 30 | 19 |
| Oct | 31 | 20 |
| Nov | 31 | 20 |
| Dec | 31 | 21 |
How hot and cold Picuí really feels
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, Picuí feels like about 33°C (around March 20). About 174 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in March.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 33 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 33 |
| Air high (°C) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 31 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 |
| Air low (°C) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33 | 31 | 21 | 21 |
| Feb | 33 | 31 | 21 | 21 |
| Mar | 33 | 31 | 21 | 21 |
| Apr | 32 | 30 | 21 | 21 |
| May | 31 | 29 | 21 | 21 |
| Jun | 29 | 28 | 20 | 20 |
| Jul | 29 | 28 | 19 | 19 |
| Aug | 29 | 29 | 19 | 19 |
| Sep | 31 | 30 | 19 | 19 |
| Oct | 32 | 31 | 20 | 20 |
| Nov | 32 | 31 | 20 | 20 |
| Dec | 33 | 31 | 21 | 21 |
Average hourly temperature in Picuí
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 November afternoons, near 31°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 19°C.
Picuí weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31° / 21° | 35 | 8 | 12.3 | 4.6 |
| Feb | 31° / 21° | 41 | 9 | 12.2 | 4.4 |
| Mar | 31° / 21° | 64 | 12.5 | 12 | 4.3 |
| Apr | 30° / 21° | 61 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 4.7 |
| May | 29° / 21° | 39 | 8.2 | 11.7 | 5.5 |
| Jun | 28° / 20° | 28 | 6.4 | 11.6 | 6.5 |
| Jul | 28° / 19° | 23 | 4.8 | 11.7 | 7.1 |
| Aug | 29° / 19° | 9 | 1.7 | 11.8 | 6.8 |
| Sep | 30° / 19° | 3 | 0.9 | 12 | 6.2 |
| Oct | 31° / 20° | 3 | 0.7 | 12.1 | 5.6 |
| Nov | 31° / 20° | 4 | 1.2 | 12.3 | 5.3 |
| Dec | 31° / 21° | 11 | 2.9 | 12.4 | 5.0 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Picuí gets about 321 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 5.9 months, from around Jan 6 to Jul 4, peaking in March at about 44% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Sep 30.
March is the wettest month by volume, with 64 mm over about 13 wet days; October is the driest, with 3 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 25 | 33 | 39 | 38 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Rain days | 8 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25 | 8 |
| Feb | 33 | 9 |
| Mar | 39 | 13 |
| Apr | 38 | 11 |
| May | 26 | 8 |
| Jun | 22 | 6 |
| Jul | 15 | 5 |
| Aug | 6 | 2 |
| Sep | 3 | 1 |
| Oct | 2 | 1 |
| Nov | 4 | 1 |
| Dec | 10 | 3 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Picuí collects about 321 mm of rain across 68 wet days — roughly 27 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. March is the wettest month with 64 mm, while October is the driest at just 3 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 52% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 35 | 41 | 64 | 61 | 39 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| Rain days | 8 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35 | 8 |
| Feb | 41 | 9 |
| Mar | 64 | 13 |
| Apr | 61 | 11 |
| May | 39 | 8 |
| Jun | 28 | 6 |
| Jul | 23 | 5 |
| Aug | 9 | 2 |
| Sep | 3 | 1 |
| Oct | 3 | 1 |
| Nov | 4 | 1 |
| Dec | 11 | 3 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Picuí, 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 July 31 and lasts for 4.7 months, ending around December 21. The clearest month is September, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 81% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around December 22 and lasts for 7.3 months, ending around July 30. The cloudiest month is April, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 55% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 50 | 47 | 47 | 45 | 54 | 56 | 58 | 67 | 81 | 80 | 70 | 63 |
| Cloudier (%) | 50 | 53 | 53 | 55 | 46 | 44 | 42 | 33 | 19 | 20 | 30 | 37 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 50 | 50 |
| Feb | 47 | 53 |
| Mar | 47 | 53 |
| Apr | 45 | 55 |
| May | 54 | 46 |
| Jun | 56 | 44 |
| Jul | 58 | 42 |
| Aug | 67 | 33 |
| Sep | 81 | 19 |
| Oct | 80 | 20 |
| Nov | 70 | 30 |
| Dec | 63 | 37 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
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 24 min of light; the shortest, around June 2, only 11 h 36 min — a swing of roughly 0 h 48 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 12.3 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.4 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 5:24 | 5:34 | 5:34 | 5:30 | 5:30 | 5:37 | 5:41 | 5:36 | 5:21 | 5:06 | 5:02 | 5:10 |
| Sunset (PM) | 5:45 | 5:46 | 5:36 | 5:21 | 5:13 | 5:14 | 5:21 | 5:23 | 5:19 | 5:15 | 5:20 | 5:33 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.3 | 5:24 | 5:45 |
| Feb | 12.2 | 5:34 | 5:46 |
| Mar | 12.0 | 5:34 | 5:36 |
| Apr | 11.9 | 5:30 | 5:21 |
| May | 11.7 | 5:30 | 5:13 |
| Jun | 11.6 | 5:37 | 5:14 |
| Jul | 11.7 | 5:41 | 5:21 |
| Aug | 11.8 | 5:36 | 5:23 |
| Sep | 12.0 | 5:21 | 5:19 |
| Oct | 12.1 | 5:06 | 5:15 |
| Nov | 12.3 | 5:02 | 5:20 |
| Dec | 12.4 | 5:10 | 5:33 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Picuí averages about 10 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 6 and 19 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 4.9 months, from around Aug 2 to Dec 28. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 15 sunny days (bright).
The greyest month is April, down near 7 sunny days — about 57% fewer than the September peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 12 |
| Sky | Mixed | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Mixed | Mixed | Bright | Bright | Mixed | Mixed |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | Mixed |
| Feb | 7 | Gloomy |
| Mar | 7 | Gloomy |
| Apr | 7 | Gloomy |
| May | 8 | Gloomy |
| Jun | 7 | Gloomy |
| Jul | 8 | Mixed |
| Aug | 11 | Mixed |
| Sep | 15 | Bright |
| Oct | 17 | Bright |
| Nov | 13 | Mixed |
| Dec | 12 | Mixed |
Humidity comfort
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.
Picuí 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 80% of the time. Even in September, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 6% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comfortable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Humid (%) | 20 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 56 | 75 | 80 | 74 | 57 | 34 |
| Muggy (%) | 72 | 76 | 70 | 67 | 78 | 68 | 40 | 18 | 15 | 23 | 43 | 66 |
| Oppressive (%) | 8 | 12 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 20 | 72 | 8 |
| Feb | 0 | 12 | 76 | 12 |
| Mar | 0 | 6 | 70 | 24 |
| Apr | 0 | 5 | 67 | 28 |
| May | 0 | 11 | 78 | 11 |
| Jun | 0 | 31 | 68 | 1 |
| Jul | 3 | 56 | 40 | 0 |
| Aug | 7 | 75 | 18 | 0 |
| Sep | 6 | 80 | 15 | 0 |
| Oct | 2 | 74 | 23 | 0 |
| Nov | 0 | 57 | 43 | 0 |
| Dec | 0 | 34 | 66 | 1 |
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 Picuí is typically light breeze, near 18 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Jun 19 to Dec 27. The windiest month is September, averaging about 21 km/h (breezy).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Dec 28 to Jun 18, with March the calmest month at about 15 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 |
| Feels | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | breezy | breezy | breezy | light breeze | light breeze |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16 | light breeze |
| Feb | 16 | light breeze |
| Mar | 15 | light breeze |
| Apr | 15 | light breeze |
| May | 16 | light breeze |
| Jun | 18 | light breeze |
| Jul | 19 | light breeze |
| Aug | 20 | breezy |
| Sep | 21 | breezy |
| Oct | 20 | breezy |
| Nov | 19 | light breeze |
| Dec | 18 | light breeze |
Best time to visit Picuí
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Picuí throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around late September, Picuí 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 Picuí for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to early October, with a peak score in the last week of July.
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).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.0 |
| Rating | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | good | good | good | good | good | fair | fair |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.6 | fair |
| Feb | 4.4 | fair |
| Mar | 4.3 | fair |
| Apr | 4.7 | fair |
| May | 5.5 | fair |
| Jun | 6.5 | good |
| Jul | 7.1 | good |
| Aug | 6.8 | good |
| Sep | 6.2 | good |
| Oct | 5.6 | good |
| Nov | 5.3 | fair |
| Dec | 5.0 | fair |
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 Picuí for hot-weather activities is from early May to mid January, with a peak score in the last week of September.
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 Picuí, by month
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.
Picuí packs about the same all year — highs hold near 31°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes and sun protection.
In November, Picuí sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.
UV index (midday) in Picuí by month
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 Picuí peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 16 at about 10 (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 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Level | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | Extreme |
| Feb | 15 | Extreme |
| Mar | 16 | Extreme |
| Apr | 14 | Extreme |
| May | 11 | Extreme |
| Jun | 10 | Extreme |
| Jul | 10 | Very high |
| Aug | 10 | Extreme |
| Sep | 13 | Extreme |
| Oct | 12 | Extreme |
| Nov | 12 | Extreme |
| Dec | 12 | Extreme |
Average hourly UV index in Picuí
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8 | 7.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6 | 5.5 | 5 | 5 | 5.5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Feb | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Mar | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Apr | 8 | 6 |
| May | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Jun | 7 | 5 |
| Jul | 7.5 | 5 |
| Aug | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Sep | 8 | 6 |
| Oct | 8 | 6 |
| Nov | 8 | 6 |
| Dec | 8 | 6 |
Growing season
Picuí is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Growing degree days
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. Picuí banks about 5,532 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around February.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 500 | 452 | 499 | 469 | 466 | 417 | 414 | 423 | 437 | 479 | 476 | 500 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 500 |
| Feb | 452 |
| Mar | 499 |
| Apr | 469 |
| May | 466 |
| Jun | 417 |
| Jul | 414 |
| Aug | 423 |
| Sep | 437 |
| Oct | 479 |
| Nov | 476 |
| Dec | 500 |
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.
Picuí receives about 5.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.4 and 6.8 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.7 months, from around Aug 31 to Mar 23. The brightest month is November, averaging about 6.7 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is June, down near 4.5 kWh/m² — roughly 33% less than the November peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 6.1 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.4 |
| Level | Intense | Intense | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.1 | Intense |
| Feb | 6.2 | Intense |
| Mar | 5.9 | Bright |
| Apr | 5.4 | Bright |
| May | 5.0 | Bright |
| Jun | 4.5 | Bright |
| Jul | 4.6 | Bright |
| Aug | 5.4 | Bright |
| Sep | 6.2 | Intense |
| Oct | 6.7 | Intense |
| Nov | 6.7 | Intense |
| Dec | 6.4 | Intense |
Where is Picuí?
Picuí sits at 6.5°S, 36.3°W, 445 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Cuité, 22 km away.
Topography around Picuí
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Picuí.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Picuí has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m around an average of 455 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 367 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 793 m.
The land around Picuí is covered by shrubs (70%) within 3 km, shrubs (71%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and shrubs (73%) and grassland (23%) 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 Picuí (-6.5106°, -36.3469°, elevation 445 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).