Climate and average weather in Serra Dourada
In Serra Dourada, the weather is sweltering, showery, and mostly clear and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near sweltering levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around November.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Serra Dourada typically varies from 18°C to 33°C, and is rarely below 16°C or above 37°C. October is the hottest month of the year, while June is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Serra Dourada for warm-weather activities is from late April to late August.
- Hottest
- Oct
- 33°
- Coldest
- Jun
- 19°
- Wettest
- Nov
- 152 mm
- Driest
- Jul
- 0 mm
- Rain / yr
- 718 mm
- 81 wet days
- Daylight
- 11.2–12.8 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 524 m
- 12.8°S
- Clearest
- Aug
- 30% cloud
Serra Dourada 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 April to late August.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Serra Dourada, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
Temperatures in Serra Dourada stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is October, with an average high of 33°C and low of 22°C; the coolest is June, with an average low of 19°C and high of 30°C.
Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 13°C) in September.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 30 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 30 |
| Avg low (°C) | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30 | 21 |
| Feb | 31 | 21 |
| Mar | 31 | 22 |
| Apr | 31 | 21 |
| May | 30 | 20 |
| Jun | 30 | 19 |
| Jul | 30 | 18 |
| Aug | 31 | 18 |
| Sep | 33 | 20 |
| Oct | 33 | 22 |
| Nov | 31 | 22 |
| Dec | 30 | 22 |
How hot and cold Serra Dourada 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, Serra Dourada feels like about 34°C (around September 30). About 94 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in September.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 32 |
| Air high (°C) | 30 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 30 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| Air low (°C) | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32 | 30 | 21 | 21 |
| Feb | 32 | 31 | 21 | 21 |
| Mar | 32 | 31 | 21 | 22 |
| Apr | 32 | 31 | 21 | 21 |
| May | 31 | 30 | 20 | 20 |
| Jun | 30 | 30 | 19 | 19 |
| Jul | 30 | 30 | 18 | 18 |
| Aug | 31 | 31 | 18 | 18 |
| Sep | 33 | 33 | 20 | 20 |
| Oct | 33 | 33 | 22 | 22 |
| Nov | 32 | 31 | 22 | 22 |
| Dec | 32 | 30 | 22 | 22 |
Average hourly temperature in Serra Dourada
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 October afternoons, near 33°C, and coldest before dawn in June, near 19°C.
Serra Dourada 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 | 30° / 21° | 117 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 4.5 |
| Feb | 31° / 21° | 85 | 11.6 | 12.4 | 4.4 |
| Mar | 31° / 22° | 110 | 12.9 | 12.1 | 4.4 |
| Apr | 31° / 21° | 55 | 7.3 | 11.7 | 5.1 |
| May | 30° / 20° | 14 | 2.5 | 11.4 | 5.7 |
| Jun | 30° / 19° | 2 | 0.3 | 11.3 | 6.6 |
| Jul | 30° / 18° | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 6.8 |
| Aug | 31° / 18° | 1 | 0.1 | 11.6 | 5.9 |
| Sep | 33° / 20° | 6 | 1 | 11.9 | 4.4 |
| Oct | 33° / 22° | 52 | 5.8 | 12.3 | 3.6 |
| Nov | 31° / 22° | 152 | 13.5 | 12.6 | 3.9 |
| Dec | 30° / 22° | 124 | 13.4 | 12.7 | 4.3 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Serra Dourada gets about 718 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 Oct 21 to Apr 18, peaking in November at about 49% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jun 27.
November is the wettest month by volume, with 152 mm over about 14 wet days; July is the driest, with 0 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 40 | 41 | 41 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 44 | 43 |
| Rain days | 12 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 13 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 40 | 12 |
| Feb | 41 | 12 |
| Mar | 41 | 13 |
| Apr | 25 | 7 |
| May | 8 | 3 |
| Jun | 1 | 0 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 3 | 1 |
| Oct | 19 | 6 |
| Nov | 44 | 14 |
| Dec | 43 | 13 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Serra Dourada collects about 718 mm of rain across 81 wet days — roughly 60 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. November is the wettest month with 152 mm, while July is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 55% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 117 | 85 | 110 | 55 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 52 | 152 | 124 |
| Rain days | 12 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 13 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 117 | 12 |
| Feb | 85 | 12 |
| Mar | 110 | 13 |
| Apr | 55 | 7 |
| May | 14 | 3 |
| Jun | 2 | 0 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 1 | 0 |
| Sep | 6 | 1 |
| Oct | 52 | 6 |
| Nov | 152 | 14 |
| Dec | 124 | 13 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Serra Dourada, 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 April 23 and lasts for 6.0 months, ending around October 21. The clearest month is September, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 82% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around October 22 and lasts for 6.0 months, ending around April 22. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 63% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 43 | 46 | 48 | 57 | 63 | 75 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 63 | 37 | 37 |
| Cloudier (%) | 57 | 54 | 52 | 43 | 37 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 63 | 63 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 43 | 57 |
| Feb | 46 | 54 |
| Mar | 48 | 52 |
| Apr | 57 | 43 |
| May | 63 | 37 |
| Jun | 75 | 25 |
| Jul | 81 | 19 |
| Aug | 81 | 19 |
| Sep | 82 | 18 |
| Oct | 63 | 37 |
| Nov | 37 | 63 |
| Dec | 37 | 63 |
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 December 19, brings about 12 h 48 min of light; the shortest, around June 20, only 11 h 12 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 36 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 12.7 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 12.6 | 12.7 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 5:45 | 5:58 | 6:03 | 6:05 | 6:10 | 6:18 | 6:22 | 6:13 | 5:52 | 5:32 | 5:23 | 5:30 |
| Sunset (PM) | 6:25 | 6:23 | 6:08 | 5:48 | 5:34 | 5:34 | 5:41 | 5:47 | 5:48 | 5:50 | 5:59 | 6:14 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.7 | 5:45 | 6:25 |
| Feb | 12.4 | 5:58 | 6:23 |
| Mar | 12.1 | 6:03 | 6:08 |
| Apr | 11.7 | 6:05 | 5:48 |
| May | 11.4 | 6:10 | 5:34 |
| Jun | 11.3 | 6:18 | 5:34 |
| Jul | 11.3 | 6:22 | 5:41 |
| Aug | 11.6 | 6:13 | 5:47 |
| Sep | 11.9 | 5:52 | 5:48 |
| Oct | 12.3 | 5:32 | 5:50 |
| Nov | 12.6 | 5:23 | 5:59 |
| Dec | 12.7 | 5:30 | 6:14 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Serra Dourada averages about 13 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 5 and 21 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 5.0 months, from around May 22 to Oct 20. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 21 sunny days (bright).
The greyest month is November, down near 7 sunny days — about 67% fewer than the August peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 7 |
| Sky | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Mixed | Gloomy | Gloomy |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | Mixed |
| Feb | 8 | Mixed |
| Mar | 9 | Mixed |
| Apr | 11 | Mixed |
| May | 13 | Mixed |
| Jun | 17 | Bright |
| Jul | 21 | Bright |
| Aug | 21 | Bright |
| Sep | 20 | Bright |
| Oct | 14 | Mixed |
| Nov | 7 | Gloomy |
| Dec | 7 | Gloomy |
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.
In Serra Dourada, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 6.9 months, from around October 30 to May 27. The muggiest month is February, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 98% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around May 28 to October 29, and August is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 98% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 44 | 62 | 49 | 24 | 7 | 0 |
| Comfortable (%) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 58 | 52 | 37 | 39 | 38 | 13 | 6 |
| Humid (%) | 26 | 25 | 22 | 35 | 50 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 27 |
| Muggy (%) | 62 | 66 | 64 | 53 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 51 | 60 |
| Oppressive (%) | 9 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 4 | 26 | 62 | 9 |
| Feb | 0 | 2 | 25 | 66 | 8 |
| Mar | 0 | 2 | 22 | 64 | 12 |
| Apr | 0 | 5 | 35 | 53 | 7 |
| May | 3 | 26 | 50 | 21 | 0 |
| Jun | 17 | 58 | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| Jul | 44 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 62 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 49 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct | 24 | 38 | 18 | 18 | 1 |
| Nov | 7 | 13 | 25 | 51 | 5 |
| Dec | 0 | 6 | 27 | 60 | 7 |
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 Serra Dourada is typically calm, near 8 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around May 7 to Nov 1. The windiest month is September, averaging about 9 km/h (calm).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Nov 2 to May 6, with March the calmest month at about 6 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6 | calm |
| Feb | 6 | calm |
| Mar | 6 | calm |
| Apr | 7 | calm |
| May | 8 | calm |
| Jun | 9 | calm |
| Jul | 9 | calm |
| Aug | 10 | calm |
| Sep | 9 | calm |
| Oct | 9 | calm |
| Nov | 7 | calm |
| Dec | 6 | calm |
Hazard calendar for Serra Dourada
When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.
Serra Dourada's rainy season runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.
Best time to visit Serra Dourada
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Serra Dourada throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around mid August, Serra Dourada 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 Serra Dourada for general outdoor tourist activities is from late April to late August, with a peak score in the last week of June.
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 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| Rating | fair | fair | fair | fair | good | good | good | good | fair | fair | fair | fair |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.5 | fair |
| Feb | 4.4 | fair |
| Mar | 4.5 | fair |
| Apr | 5.1 | fair |
| May | 5.7 | good |
| Jun | 6.6 | good |
| Jul | 6.7 | good |
| Aug | 5.9 | good |
| Sep | 4.5 | fair |
| Oct | 3.7 | fair |
| Nov | 3.9 | fair |
| Dec | 4.3 | 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 Serra Dourada for hot-weather activities is from mid April to early October, with a peak score in the first week of July.
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 Serra Dourada, 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.
Serra Dourada packs about the same all year — highs hold near 33°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes and sun protection.
In October, Serra Dourada sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.
UV index (midday) in Serra Dourada 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 Serra Dourada peaks around February 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 9 (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 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
| Level | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | Very high | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | Extreme |
| Feb | 15 | Extreme |
| Mar | 15 | Extreme |
| Apr | 12 | Extreme |
| May | 10 | Very high |
| Jun | 9 | Very high |
| Jul | 9 | Very high |
| Aug | 10 | Extreme |
| Sep | 12 | Extreme |
| Oct | 13 | Extreme |
| Nov | 14 | Extreme |
| Dec | 13 | Extreme |
Average hourly UV index in Serra Dourada
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 February the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 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 | 8 | 7 | 6.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 8 | 8 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 6.5 | 7 | 6.5 | 6 | 5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Feb | 8.5 | 7 |
| Mar | 8 | 6.5 |
| Apr | 8 | 6 |
| May | 7 | 5 |
| Jun | 6.5 | 4.5 |
| Jul | 7 | 4.5 |
| Aug | 7.5 | 5 |
| Sep | 8 | 6 |
| Oct | 8 | 6 |
| Nov | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Dec | 8.5 | 6.5 |
Growing season
Serra Dourada 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. Serra Dourada banks about 5,725 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around October.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 491 | 446 | 495 | 475 | 475 | 426 | 427 | 454 | 498 | 548 | 494 | 495 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 491 |
| Feb | 446 |
| Mar | 495 |
| Apr | 475 |
| May | 475 |
| Jun | 426 |
| Jul | 427 |
| Aug | 454 |
| Sep | 498 |
| Oct | 548 |
| Nov | 494 |
| Dec | 495 |
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.
Serra Dourada receives about 5.7 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.9 and 6.7 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 3.3 months, from around Aug 11 to Nov 17. The brightest month is October, averaging about 6.5 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is June, down near 4.9 kWh/m² — roughly 25% less than the October peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 6.0 |
| Level | Intense | Intense | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense | Bright | Bright |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.1 | Intense |
| Feb | 6.1 | Intense |
| Mar | 5.8 | Bright |
| Apr | 5.4 | Bright |
| May | 5.0 | Bright |
| Jun | 4.8 | Bright |
| Jul | 5.2 | Bright |
| Aug | 5.9 | Bright |
| Sep | 6.5 | Intense |
| Oct | 6.5 | Intense |
| Nov | 5.7 | Bright |
| Dec | 6.0 | Bright |
Where is Serra Dourada?
Serra Dourada sits at 12.8°S, 44.0°W, 524 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Santana, 27 km away.
Topography around Serra Dourada
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Serra Dourada.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Serra Dourada has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 194 m around an average of 536 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 379 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 479 m.
The land around Serra Dourada is covered by grassland (58%) within 3 km, grassland (48%), trees (23%) and shrubs (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (34%), trees (32%) and grassland (26%) 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 Serra Dourada (-12.7607°, -43.95°, elevation 524 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).