Climate and average weather in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe
In Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, the weather is humid, hot, showery, and partly cloudy 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe typically varies from 19°C to 32°C, and is rarely below 17°C or above 34°C. December is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Santa Cruz do Capibaribe for warm-weather activities is from mid May to mid October.
- Hottest
- Dec
- 32°
- Coldest
- Jul
- 19°
- Wettest
- Mar
- 48 mm
- Driest
- Sep
- 7 mm
- Rain / yr
- 302 mm
- 71 wet days
- Daylight
- 11.5–12.5 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 445 m
- 8.0°S
- Clearest
- Oct
- 46% cloud
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe 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 mid May to mid October.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
Temperatures in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is December, with an average high of 32°C and low of 21°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 19°C and high of 27°C.
Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 11°C) in November.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 32 |
| Avg low (°C) | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31 | 21 |
| Feb | 31 | 21 |
| Mar | 31 | 22 |
| Apr | 30 | 21 |
| May | 29 | 21 |
| Jun | 27 | 20 |
| Jul | 27 | 19 |
| Aug | 27 | 19 |
| Sep | 29 | 19 |
| Oct | 31 | 20 |
| Nov | 32 | 20 |
| Dec | 32 | 21 |
How hot and cold Santa Cruz do Capibaribe 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, Santa Cruz do Capibaribe feels like about 33°C (around March 15). About 163 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 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Air high (°C) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 32 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 |
| Air low (°C) | 21 | 21 | 22 | 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 | 22 |
| Apr | 32 | 30 | 21 | 21 |
| May | 30 | 29 | 21 | 21 |
| Jun | 28 | 27 | 20 | 20 |
| Jul | 27 | 27 | 19 | 19 |
| Aug | 28 | 27 | 18 | 19 |
| Sep | 30 | 29 | 19 | 19 |
| Oct | 31 | 31 | 20 | 20 |
| Nov | 32 | 32 | 20 | 20 |
| Dec | 33 | 32 | 21 | 21 |
Average hourly temperature in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe
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 December afternoons, near 32°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 19°C.
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe 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° | 40 | 7.9 | 12.4 | 4.5 |
| Feb | 31° / 21° | 32 | 8.1 | 12.3 | 4.4 |
| Mar | 31° / 22° | 48 | 10.4 | 12.1 | 4.3 |
| Apr | 30° / 21° | 41 | 9.4 | 11.8 | 4.8 |
| May | 29° / 21° | 41 | 8.4 | 11.6 | 5.7 |
| Jun | 27° / 20° | 34 | 6.7 | 11.5 | 6.8 |
| Jul | 27° / 19° | 22 | 5.8 | 11.6 | 7.1 |
| Aug | 27° / 19° | 12 | 4.1 | 11.7 | 7.2 |
| Sep | 29° / 19° | 7 | 2.2 | 12 | 6.5 |
| Oct | 31° / 20° | 7 | 2 | 12.2 | 5.6 |
| Nov | 32° / 20° | 7 | 2 | 12.4 | 5.1 |
| Dec | 32° / 21° | 12 | 3.9 | 12.5 | 4.8 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe gets about 302 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 6.0 months, from around Jan 6 to Jul 8, peaking in March at about 36% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Sep 27.
March is the wettest month by volume, with 48 mm over about 10 wet days; September is the driest, with 7 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 25 | 29 | 33 | 32 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| Rain days | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25 | 8 |
| Feb | 29 | 8 |
| Mar | 33 | 10 |
| Apr | 32 | 9 |
| May | 26 | 8 |
| Jun | 23 | 7 |
| Jul | 19 | 6 |
| Aug | 14 | 4 |
| Sep | 7 | 2 |
| Oct | 6 | 2 |
| Nov | 7 | 2 |
| Dec | 13 | 4 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Santa Cruz do Capibaribe collects about 302 mm of rain across 71 wet days — roughly 25 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. March is the wettest month with 48 mm, while September is the driest at just 7 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 43% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 40 | 32 | 48 | 41 | 41 | 34 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 12 |
| Rain days | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 40 | 8 |
| Feb | 32 | 8 |
| Mar | 48 | 10 |
| Apr | 41 | 9 |
| May | 41 | 8 |
| Jun | 34 | 7 |
| Jul | 22 | 6 |
| Aug | 12 | 4 |
| Sep | 7 | 2 |
| Oct | 7 | 2 |
| Nov | 7 | 2 |
| Dec | 12 | 4 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, 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 September 1 and lasts for 4.1 months, ending around January 4. The clearest month is October, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 70% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around January 5 and lasts for 7.9 months, ending around August 31. The cloudiest month is July, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 55% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 52 | 50 | 53 | 49 | 49 | 48 | 45 | 47 | 65 | 70 | 63 | 61 |
| Cloudier (%) | 48 | 50 | 47 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 55 | 53 | 35 | 30 | 37 | 39 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 52 | 48 |
| Feb | 50 | 50 |
| Mar | 53 | 47 |
| Apr | 49 | 51 |
| May | 49 | 51 |
| Jun | 48 | 52 |
| Jul | 45 | 55 |
| Aug | 47 | 53 |
| Sep | 65 | 35 |
| Oct | 70 | 30 |
| Nov | 63 | 37 |
| Dec | 61 | 39 |
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 30 min of light; the shortest, around June 10, only 11 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 1 hour.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 12.4 | 12.3 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 12.5 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 5:22 | 5:32 | 5:33 | 5:30 | 5:32 | 5:39 | 5:43 | 5:37 | 5:20 | 5:04 | 4:59 | 5:07 |
| Sunset (PM) | 5:47 | 5:47 | 5:36 | 5:20 | 5:10 | 5:11 | 5:18 | 5:21 | 5:18 | 5:15 | 5:21 | 5:35 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.4 | 5:22 | 5:47 |
| Feb | 12.3 | 5:32 | 5:47 |
| Mar | 12.1 | 5:33 | 5:36 |
| Apr | 11.8 | 5:30 | 5:20 |
| May | 11.6 | 5:32 | 5:10 |
| Jun | 11.5 | 5:39 | 5:11 |
| Jul | 11.6 | 5:43 | 5:18 |
| Aug | 11.7 | 5:37 | 5:21 |
| Sep | 12.0 | 5:20 | 5:18 |
| Oct | 12.2 | 5:04 | 5:15 |
| Nov | 12.4 | 4:59 | 5:21 |
| Dec | 12.5 | 5:07 | 5:35 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe averages about 8 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 4 and 15 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 3.9 months, from around Sep 11 to Jan 8. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 11 sunny days (mixed).
The greyest month is June, down near 5 sunny days — about 56% fewer than the September peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 |
| Sky | Mixed | Gloomy | Mixed | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8 | Mixed |
| Feb | 7 | Gloomy |
| Mar | 8 | Mixed |
| Apr | 7 | Gloomy |
| May | 6 | Gloomy |
| Jun | 5 | Gloomy |
| Jul | 5 | Gloomy |
| Aug | 6 | Gloomy |
| Sep | 11 | Mixed |
| Oct | 13 | Mixed |
| Nov | 11 | Mixed |
| Dec | 11 | 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.
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe 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 68% of the time. Even in September, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 4% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comfortable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Humid (%) | 32 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 63 | 79 | 80 | 74 | 65 | 49 |
| Muggy (%) | 65 | 77 | 81 | 80 | 83 | 64 | 35 | 16 | 15 | 23 | 34 | 51 |
| Oppressive (%) | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 32 | 65 | 3 |
| Feb | 0 | 18 | 77 | 4 |
| Mar | 0 | 10 | 81 | 9 |
| Apr | 0 | 10 | 80 | 10 |
| May | 0 | 13 | 83 | 4 |
| Jun | 0 | 35 | 64 | 0 |
| Jul | 2 | 63 | 35 | 0 |
| Aug | 4 | 79 | 16 | 0 |
| Sep | 4 | 80 | 15 | 0 |
| Oct | 2 | 74 | 23 | 0 |
| Nov | 1 | 65 | 34 | 0 |
| Dec | 0 | 49 | 51 | 0 |
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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 6.5 months, from around Jun 11 to Dec 26. The windiest month is September, averaging about 15 km/h (light breeze).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Dec 27 to Jun 10, with March the calmest month at about 11 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 |
| Feels | light breeze | calm | calm | calm | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12 | light breeze |
| Feb | 12 | calm |
| Mar | 11 | calm |
| Apr | 11 | calm |
| May | 12 | light breeze |
| Jun | 13 | light breeze |
| Jul | 14 | light breeze |
| Aug | 15 | light breeze |
| Sep | 15 | light breeze |
| Oct | 15 | light breeze |
| Nov | 14 | light breeze |
| Dec | 13 | light breeze |
Best time to visit Santa Cruz do Capibaribe
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around late May, Santa Cruz do Capibaribe is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.
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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to mid October, with a peak score in the second week of August.
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) | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| Rating | fair | fair | fair | fair | good | good | good | good | good | good | fair | fair |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.5 | fair |
| Feb | 4.4 | fair |
| Mar | 4.3 | fair |
| Apr | 4.8 | fair |
| May | 5.7 | good |
| Jun | 6.8 | good |
| Jul | 7.1 | good |
| Aug | 7.2 | good |
| Sep | 6.5 | good |
| Oct | 5.6 | good |
| Nov | 5.1 | fair |
| Dec | 4.8 | 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe for hot-weather activities is from late April 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, 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.
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe packs about the same all year — highs hold near 32°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes and sun protection.
In December, Santa Cruz do Capibaribe sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.
UV index (midday) in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe peaks around March 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 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 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| Level | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | Extreme |
| Feb | 14 | Extreme |
| Mar | 15 | Extreme |
| Apr | 14 | Extreme |
| May | 11 | Extreme |
| Jun | 10 | Very high |
| Jul | 10 | Very high |
| Aug | 10 | Extreme |
| Sep | 13 | Extreme |
| Oct | 13 | Extreme |
| Nov | 13 | Extreme |
| Dec | 12 | Extreme |
Average hourly UV index in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe
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
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe 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. Santa Cruz do Capibaribe banks about 5,464 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around March.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 503 | 457 | 507 | 473 | 456 | 402 | 392 | 401 | 422 | 472 | 477 | 503 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 503 |
| Feb | 457 |
| Mar | 507 |
| Apr | 473 |
| May | 456 |
| Jun | 402 |
| Jul | 392 |
| Aug | 401 |
| Sep | 422 |
| Oct | 472 |
| Nov | 477 |
| Dec | 503 |
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.
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe receives about 5.5 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.0 and 6.4 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.9 months, from around Sep 12 to Apr 10. The brightest month is November, averaging about 6.4 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is June, down near 4.1 kWh/m² — roughly 36% less than the November peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.3 |
| Level | Intense | Intense | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.0 | Intense |
| Feb | 6.1 | Intense |
| Mar | 6.0 | Bright |
| Apr | 5.4 | Bright |
| May | 4.6 | Bright |
| Jun | 4.1 | Bright |
| Jul | 4.1 | Bright |
| Aug | 4.8 | Bright |
| Sep | 5.7 | Bright |
| Oct | 6.3 | Intense |
| Nov | 6.4 | Intense |
| Dec | 6.3 | Intense |
Where is Santa Cruz do Capibaribe?
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe sits at 8.0°S, 36.2°W, 445 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Toritama, 17 km away.
Topography around Santa Cruz do Capibaribe
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Santa Cruz do Capibaribe.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Cruz do Capibaribe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 177 m around an average of 451 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 501 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,068 m.
The land around Santa Cruz do Capibaribe is covered by artificial surfaces (36%), grassland (32%) and shrubs (23%) within 3 km, shrubs (56%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and shrubs (45%) and grassland (41%) 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe (-7.9575°, -36.2047°, 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).