climigo

Maranhão

When to go?

No ideal month: the best month is August, the least hot. Avoid September–July (hot, at times often rainy).

Climate zones

BahiaTocantinsPernambucoPiauíCearáParáImperatrizImperatrizImperatrizAçailândiaAçailândiaAçailândiaBalsasBalsasBalsasCaxiasCaxiasCaxiasBarreirinhasBarreirinhasBarreirinhas

Mean maximum and minimum temperature and mean monthly precipitation of the season (the mean of its three months), ERA5-Land 1996–2025, at about 9 km resolution: colours are in levels (the same as the city scale) and smaller details are not real.

What is the climate like?

Area mean indicative, over the whole territory

Temperature and rain

January 31°23°
February 31°23°
March 31°23°
April 31°23°
May 32°22°
June 33°22°
July 33°21°
August 34°22°
September 35°23°
October 35°23°
November 33°23°
December 33°23°

Monthly min and max temperature (°C)

−5°0°5°10°15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec22.5 · 31.3 °CJanuary: 22.5 · 31.3 °C22.7 · 31.2 °CFebruary: 22.7 · 31.2 °C22.8 · 31.0 °CMarch: 22.8 · 31.0 °C22.7 · 31.1 °CApril: 22.7 · 31.1 °C22.4 · 31.7 °CMay: 22.4 · 31.7 °C21.7 · 32.5 °CJune: 21.7 · 32.5 °C21.2 · 33.0 °CJuly: 21.2 · 33.0 °C21.6 · 34.1 °CAugust: 21.6 · 34.1 °C22.6 · 34.9 °CSeptember: 22.6 · 34.9 °C23.2 · 34.6 °COctober: 23.2 · 34.6 °C23.1 · 33.4 °CNovember: 23.1 · 33.4 °C23.0 · 32.5 °CDecember: 23.0 · 32.5 °C

Monthly min and max temperature (°C)

Jan 22.5 – 31.3 °C
Feb 22.7 – 31.2 °C
Mar 22.8 – 31.0 °C
Apr 22.7 – 31.1 °C
May 22.4 – 31.7 °C
Jun 21.7 – 32.5 °C
Jul 21.2 – 33.0 °C
Aug 21.6 – 34.1 °C
Sep 22.6 – 34.9 °C
Oct 23.2 – 34.6 °C
Nov 23.1 – 33.4 °C
Dec 23.0 – 32.5 °C

How much it rains

January 210 mm22 d
February 243 mm24 d
March 299 mm28 d
April 237 mm23 d
May 126 mm15 d
June 49 mm7 d
July 33 mm4 d
August 13 mm2 d
September 18 mm2 d
October 50 mm4 d
November 83 mm8 d
December 121 mm13 d

Rain days and how much water

0102030 dJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec210 mm · 22 rain days · 10 mm a dayJanuary: 210 mm · 22 rain days · 10 mm a day243 mm · 24 rain days · 10 mm a dayFebruary: 243 mm · 24 rain days · 10 mm a day299 mm · 28 rain days · 11 mm a dayMarch: 299 mm · 28 rain days · 11 mm a day237 mm · 23 rain days · 10 mm a dayApril: 237 mm · 23 rain days · 10 mm a day126 mm · 15 rain days · 8 mm a dayMay: 126 mm · 15 rain days · 8 mm a day49 mm · 7 rain days · 7 mm a dayJune: 49 mm · 7 rain days · 7 mm a day33 mm · 4 rain days · 8 mm a dayJuly: 33 mm · 4 rain days · 8 mm a day13 mm · 2 rain days · 7 mm a dayAugust: 13 mm · 2 rain days · 7 mm a day18 mm · 2 rain days · 9 mm a daySeptember: 18 mm · 2 rain days · 9 mm a day50 mm · 4 rain days · 13 mm a dayOctober: 50 mm · 4 rain days · 13 mm a day83 mm · 8 rain days · 10 mm a dayNovember: 83 mm · 8 rain days · 10 mm a day121 mm · 13 rain days · 9 mm a dayDecember: 121 mm · 13 rain days · 9 mm a day

Rain days and how much water

Jan 210 mm22 d
Feb 243 mm24 d
Mar 299 mm28 d
Apr 237 mm23 d
May 126 mm15 d
Jun 49 mm7 d
Jul 33 mm4 d
Aug 13 mm2 d
Sep 18 mm2 d
Oct 50 mm4 d
Nov 83 mm8 d
Dec 121 mm13 d

Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day

Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm

Daylight hours

January 12 h 24
February 12 h 16
March 12 h 08
April 11 h 59
May 11 h 52
June 11 h 49
July 11 h 50
August 11 h 56
September 12 h 04
October 12 h 13
November 12 h 21
December 12 h 26

Mean daylight hours over the whole territory.

Spatial mean over the whole area, weighted by area (cosine of the latitude), not by population: indicative only, since the climate varies a lot within an area (coasts, plains, mountains). Look at the cities for the weather you will find.

Main cities

Imperatriz

Açailândia

Balsas

Cities