Climate and average weather in São Luís do Quitunde

In São Luís do Quitunde, 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 mid January

Over the course of the year, the temperature in São Luís do Quitunde typically varies from 22°C to 29°C, and is rarely below 21°C or above 30°C. March is the hottest month of the year, while August is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit São Luís do Quitunde for warm-weather activities is from early August to mid January.

Hottest
Mar
29°
Coldest
Aug
22°
Wettest
Jun
166 mm
Driest
Nov
33 mm
Rain / yr
1054 mm
229 wet days
Daylight
11.5–12.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
7 m
9.3°S
Clearest
Sep
44% cloud

São Luís do Quitunde 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 mid January.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in São Luís do Quitunde 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 25°C; the coolest is August, with an average low of 22°C and high of 26°C.

Days typically run about 4°C warmer than nights year-round.

20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2924
Feb2924
Mar2925
Apr2824
May2724
Jun2623
Jul2622
Aug2622
Sep2622
Oct2723
Nov2824
Dec2924

How hot and cold São Luís do Quitunde 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 Luís do Quitunde feels like about 32°C (around March 16). About 39 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)
Jan32292424
Feb32292424
Mar32292425
Apr31282424
May30272424
Jun26262323
Jul26262222
Aug26262222
Sep26262222
Oct29272323
Nov31282424
Dec31292424

Average hourly temperature in São Luís do Quitunde

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 August, near 22°C.

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

São Luís do Quitunde 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° / 24°5917.112.54.9
Feb29° / 24°6416.512.34.6
Mar29° / 25°8320.112.14.5
Apr28° / 24°10921.211.84.4
May27° / 24°1492411.64.5
Jun26° / 23°1662511.54.4
Jul26° / 22°15325.611.54.6
Aug26° / 22°9622.211.75.1
Sep26° / 22°6217.911.95.6
Oct27° / 23°4615.312.26.0
Nov28° / 24°3312.112.45.9
Dec29° / 24°3312.412.55.5

Chance of rain

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

São Luís do Quitunde gets about 1054 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 6.0 months, from around Mar 14 to Sep 13, peaking in June at about 85% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Dec 5.

June is the wettest month by volume, with 166 mm over about 25 wet days; November is the driest, with 33 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 5 · 85%Dec 5 · 36%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan5517
Feb6017
Mar6420
Apr7221
May7724
Jun8325
Jul8126
Aug7322
Sep6018
Oct4915
Nov4112
Dec4112

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, São Luís do Quitunde collects about 1054 mm of rain across 229 wet days — roughly 88 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. June is the wettest month with 166 mm, while November is the driest at just 33 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 44% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150175200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec5964831091491661539662463333
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan5917
Feb6417
Mar8320
Apr10921
May14924
Jun16625
Jul15326
Aug9622
Sep6218
Oct4615
Nov3312
Dec3312

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In São Luís do Quitunde, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around June 27 and lasts for 4.7 months, ending around November 17. 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 November 18 and lasts for 7.3 months, ending around June 26. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 39% 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 25 · 88%Apr 28 · 58%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6139
Feb6139
Mar6337
Apr6238
May6436
Jun6832
Jul7030
Aug7525
Sep8416
Oct8020
Nov7129
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 May 21, 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)
Jan12.55:175:46
Feb12.35:285:46
Mar12.15:305:34
Apr11.85:295:16
May11.65:315:06
Jun11.55:395:06
Jul11.55:435:13
Aug11.75:365:17
Sep11.95:185:15
Oct12.25:015:14
Nov12.44:545:21
Dec12.55:025:35

Sunny days

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

São Luís do Quitunde averages about 12 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 9 and 16 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.9 months, from around Sep 14 to Feb 10. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 13 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is July, down near 9 sunny days — about 28% fewer than the September peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightSep 3016 daysJul 259 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan13Mixed
Feb11Mixed
Mar13Mixed
Apr11Mixed
May10Mixed
Jun10Mixed
Jul10Mixed
Aug11Mixed
Sep13Mixed
Oct15Mixed
Nov14Mixed
Dec14Mixed

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.

São Luís do Quitunde 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecoppressivemuggy
Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan09901
Feb04942
Mar02944
Apr02944
May07930
Jun027730
Jul261370
Aug379170
Sep370270
Oct048510
Nov024760
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 São Luís do Quitunde is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Jul 11 to Jan 17. The windiest month is November, averaging about 15 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Jan 18 to Jul 10, with April the calmest month at about 11 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmlight breezeNov 16 · 15 km/hApr 13 · 11 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan13light breeze
Feb12light breeze
Mar11calm
Apr11calm
May11calm
Jun12light breeze
Jul13light breeze
Aug14light breeze
Sep14light breeze
Oct14light breeze
Nov15light breeze
Dec14light breeze

Hazard calendar for São Luís do Quitunde

In seasonPeak

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

São Luís do Quitunde'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 São Luís do Quitunde

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around early January, São Luís do Quitunde 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 Luís do Quitunde for general outdoor tourist activities is from early August to mid January, with a peak score in the first week of November.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationNov 5 · 6.1

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
Jan4.9fair
Feb4.7fair
Mar4.5fair
Apr4.4fair
May4.5fair
Jun4.4fair
Jul4.6fair
Aug5.1fair
Sep5.6good
Oct6.0good
Nov5.9good
Dec5.5good

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

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationDec 6 · 7.0

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 Luís do Quitunde, 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 Luís do Quitunde 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, São Luís do Quitunde sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

Sea temperature near São Luís do Quitunde

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 21 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
Dec27Warm

UV index (midday) in São Luís do Quitunde 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 Luís do Quitunde peaks around March 13 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 13UV 15Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Average hourly UV index in São Luís do Quitunde

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
Jul75
Aug75
Sep86
Oct86
Nov86
Dec86
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

São Luís do Quitunde 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 Luís do Quitunde banks about 5,637 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)
Jan509
Feb464
Mar516
Apr488
May481
Jun439
Jul433
Aug429
Sep430
Oct468
Nov474
Dec505

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 Luís do Quitunde receives about 5.4 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.0 and 6.3 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.9 months, from around Sep 14 to Apr 10. The brightest month is December, averaging about 6.3 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is June, down near 4.1 kWh/m² — roughly 34% less than the December peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseDec 36.3 kWhJun 254.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan6.2Intense
Feb6.2Intense
Mar6.0Bright
Apr5.3Bright
May4.5Bright
Jun4.1Bright
Jul4.2Bright
Aug4.8Bright
Sep5.5Bright
Oct6.1Intense
Nov6.3Intense
Dec6.3Intense

Where is São Luís do Quitunde?

São Luís do Quitunde sits at 9.3°S, 35.6°W, 7 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Barra de Santo Antônio, 11 km away.

Topography around São Luís do Quitunde

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around São Luís do Quitunde has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 98 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 267 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 814 m.

The land around São Luís do Quitunde is covered by grassland (52%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, grassland (40%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and grassland (44%) and water (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
98 m
16 km
267 m
80 km
814 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
Nearby: Barra de Santo Antônio 11 km · Matriz de Camaragibe 19 km · Joaquim Gomes 29 km · Messias 32 km · Porto Calvo 35 km · Rio Largo 37 km · Satuba 40 km · Murici 42 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 Luís do Quitunde (-9.3183°, -35.5611°, elevation 7 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).