Climate and average weather in São José do Egito

In São José do Egito, the weather is hot, showery, and mostly clear and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around March.

Best: mid May to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in São José do Egito typically varies from 18°C to 33°C, and is rarely below 16°C or above 34°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 São José do Egito for warm-weather activities is from mid May to late September.

Hottest
Nov
33°
Coldest
Jul
18°
Wettest
Mar
89 mm
Driest
Sep
1 mm
Rain / yr
369 mm
55 wet days
Daylight
11.6–12.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
594 m
7.5°S
Clearest
Sep
33% cloud

São José do Egito 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 late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in São José do Egito stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is November, with an average high of 33°C and low of 20°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 18°C and high of 28°C.

Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 13°C) in October.

15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3221
Feb3221
Mar3121
Apr3121
May3020
Jun2819
Jul2818
Aug2918
Sep3118
Oct3219
Nov3320
Dec3320

How hot and cold São José do Egito 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, São José do Egito feels like about 33°C (around December 9). About 196 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in December.

15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan33322121
Feb33322121
Mar33312121
Apr32312121
May31302020
Jun29281919
Jul29281818
Aug29291818
Sep31311818
Oct32321919
Nov33332020
Dec33332020

Average hourly temperature in São José do Egito

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 33°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 18°C.

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

São José do Egito 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
Jan32° / 21°62712.44.3
Feb32° / 21°568.212.24.2
Mar31° / 21°8911.412.14.2
Apr31° / 21°639.311.84.6
May30° / 20°336.511.75.5
Jun28° / 19°214.211.66.5
Jul28° / 18°102.711.66.8
Aug29° / 18°51.111.86.5
Sep31° / 18°10.5125.7
Oct32° / 19°50.712.24.9
Nov33° / 20°71.112.34.6
Dec33° / 20°182.312.44.4

Chance of rain

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

São José do Egito gets about 369 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 5.0 months, from around Jan 5 to Jun 5, peaking in March at about 39% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Sep 28.

March is the wettest month by volume, with 89 mm over about 11 wet days; September is the driest, with 1 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMar 25 · 39%Sep 28 · 1%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan237
Feb308
Mar3511
Apr329
May217
Jun144
Jul93
Aug41
Sep21
Oct21
Nov31
Dec82

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, São José do Egito collects about 369 mm of rain across 55 wet days — roughly 31 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. March is the wettest month with 89 mm, while September is the driest at just 1 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 58% of the year’s total.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec62568963332110515718
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan627
Feb568
Mar8911
Apr639
May337
Jun214
Jul103
Aug51
Sep11
Oct51
Nov71
Dec182

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In São José do Egito, 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 August 3 and lasts for 4.7 months, ending around December 24. The clearest month is September, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 84% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around December 25 and lasts for 7.3 months, ending around August 2. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 55% 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 26 · 89%May 1 · 42%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4951
Feb4555
Mar4951
Apr4654
May4852
Jun5149
Jul5446
Aug6634
Sep8416
Oct7921
Nov6733
Dec6139

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 24 min of light; the shortest, around May 19, only 11 h 36 min — a swing of roughly 0 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.45:275:50
Feb12.25:365:51
Mar12.15:375:40
Apr11.85:345:24
May11.75:365:15
Jun11.65:425:16
Jul11.65:475:23
Aug11.85:415:26
Sep12.05:255:22
Oct12.25:095:19
Nov12.35:045:25
Dec12.45:125:38

Sunny days

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

São José do Egito averages about 11 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 6 and 21 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.8 months, from around Jul 27 to Dec 20. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 19 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is February, down near 7 sunny days — about 64% fewer than the September peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantSep 2821 daysFeb 176 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan8Gloomy
Feb6Gloomy
Mar7Gloomy
Apr6Gloomy
May8Gloomy
Jun8Mixed
Jul10Mixed
Aug14Mixed
Sep19Bright
Oct18Bright
Nov13Mixed
Dec11Mixed

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.

In São José do Egito, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 6.8 months, from around December 9 to July 4. The muggiest month is March, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 98% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around July 5 to November 15, and September is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 49% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSep 16 · 49%Mar 24 · 1%muggyhumidcomfortablehumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan0956331
Feb0446472
Mar0234595
Apr0331625
May0343531
Jun0963280
Jul1286290
Aug1445220
Sep1484910
Oct1375840
Nov0217540
Dec01769140

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 São José do Egito is typically light breeze, near 17 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.6 months, from around Jun 6 to Dec 23. The windiest month is September, averaging about 20 km/h (breezy).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Dec 24 to Jun 5, with March the calmest month at about 13 km/h.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezySep 9 · 20 km/hMar 25 · 13 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan15light breeze
Feb14light breeze
Mar13light breeze
Apr13light breeze
May15light breeze
Jun17light breeze
Jul19light breeze
Aug20light breeze
Sep20breezy
Oct20light breeze
Nov18light breeze
Dec17light breeze

Best time to visit São José do Egito

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid September, São José do Egito 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 São José do Egito for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to late September, with a peak score in the third week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 16 · 6.9

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
Jan4.3fair
Feb4.2fair
Mar4.2fair
Apr4.6fair
May5.6good
Jun6.5good
Jul6.8good
Aug6.5good
Sep5.7good
Oct4.9fair
Nov4.6fair
Dec4.4fair

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 São José do Egito for hot-weather activities is from late April to mid January, with a peak score in the last week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 24 · 8.6

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 São José do Egito, 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.

São José do Egito packs about the same all year — highs hold near 33°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In November, São José do Egito sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

UV index (midday) in São José do Egito 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 São José do Egito peaks around March 14 at about 15 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeMar 14UV 15Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Average hourly UV index in São José do Egito

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)
Jan86.5
Feb8.56.5
Mar8.56.5
Apr86.5
May7.55.5
Jun7.55
Jul75
Aug7.55
Sep86
Oct86.5
Nov8.56.5
Dec86
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

São José do Egito 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. São José do Egito banks about 5,545 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around December.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan505
Feb452
Mar501
Apr468
May457
Jun408
Jul406
Aug421
Sep443
Oct488
Nov487
Dec510

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.

São José do Egito receives about 6.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.5 and 7.1 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 7.0 months, from around Aug 27 to Mar 28. The brightest month is October, averaging about 7.1 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is June, down near 4.6 kWh/m² — roughly 35% less than the October peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseOct 57.1 kWhJun 194.5 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan6.3Intense
Feb6.4Intense
Mar6.2Intense
Apr5.7Bright
May5.0Bright
Jun4.5Bright
Jul4.7Bright
Aug5.7Bright
Sep6.7Intense
Oct7.1Intense
Nov7.0Intense
Dec6.7Intense

Where is São José do Egito?

São José do Egito sits at 7.5°S, 37.3°W, 594 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Tabira, 32 km away.

Topography around São José do Egito

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of São José do Egito.

Within 3 km, the terrain around São José do Egito has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 600 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 344 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 980 m.

The land around São José do Egito is covered by shrubs (52%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, shrubs (64%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and shrubs (73%) within 80 km.

3 km
82 m
16 km
344 m
80 km
980 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Tabira 32 km · Sumé 48 km · Monteiro 49 km · Afogados da Ingazeira 50 km · Patos 51 km · Sertânia 66 km · Carnaíba 68 km · Piancó 79 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 São José do Egito (-7.4789°, -37.2744°, elevation 594 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).