Santos
Elevation 2 m23.93° S, 46.33° W
When to go?
Mean 26 °C, 24 rain days in the month (317 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
- Torrential rain13 mm per rain day
Mean 27 °C, 19 rain days in the month (276 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 27 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
Mean 26 °C, 19 rain days in the month (297 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 27 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 25 °C, 13 rain days in the month (167 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 26 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 28 °C
Mean 22 °C, 11 rain days in the month (128 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 24 °C
Mean 21 °C, 9 rain days in the month (93 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 22 °C
Mean 20 °C, 9 rain days in the month (95 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 20 °C, 9 rain days in the month (94 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 22 °C, 12 rain days in the month (142 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 23 °C, 16 rain days in the month (187 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 24 °C, 18 rain days in the month (217 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 23 °C
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 25 °C, 21 rain days in the month (246 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 25 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
The best months are June–August. Ideal for the sea: February–June, November–December. Avoid October–December (often rainy, at times hot), January–April (hot, at times often rainy and torrential rain).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: +0.8 °C (cells at 122 m).
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
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
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Sea temperature: Atlantic Ocean
Monthly mean sea temperature: Atlantic Ocean (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: Atlantic Ocean (°C)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.4 °C; in the last ten years by +0.5 °C. Warmest year: 2002 (+1.1 °C), coldest: 1962 (−1.0 °C).
December and April warmed the most (+0.7 and +0.6 °C), August the least (0.0 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.
The sea, then and now
+0.5 °Cthe sea today, compared with 1961–1990