Climate averages 1991–2020
Picos weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Picos: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Araripina (120 km away). In July its highs average 27.4°C, 5.2°C cooler than Picos, with 4.3 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Picos ranks 11th of 448 for the warmest July highs and joint 39th of 448 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 448 cities is 24.7°C; Picos is 7.9°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 33.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.2 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Picos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 141 | 16.6 | 12.512 h |
| February | 31.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 141 | 17.1 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 149 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 88 | 11.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 32.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 30 | 4.8 | 11.812 h |
| June | 32.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 3.9 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| July, selected | 32.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| August | 33.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 35.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 1.7 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 36.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 9.4 | 1.4 | 12.312 h |
| November | 35.8°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 25 | 4.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 34.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 58 | 7.8 | 12.513 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Araripina in JulyBrazil · 120 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Crato in JulyBrazil · 228 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.0°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Crateús in JulyBrazil · 229 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Juazeiro do Norte in JulyBrazil · 238 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.9°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Casa Nova in JulyBrazil · 239 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Iguatu in JulyBrazil · 252 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Teresina in JulyBrazil · 266 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Petrolina in JulyBrazil · 279 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 2.8 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Picos) is explained once on the Picos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.