The climate of Alagoas: when to go to Alagoas

in Brazil 304 Views

This post is also available in: Deutsch

The Alagoas climate is tropical hot humid along the coast, while inland it becomes increasingly dry. According to the rainfall, two seasons are identified, a rainy season generally between March and August and a dry season between October and February. Temperatures are fairly stable in all seasons and quite hot especially inland.

The rains are abundant along the coast with values above 2,000 mm, in this area the dry season is shorter and not too marked, it runs from October to February, the rainiest months are those between April and July.

Inland, rainfall decreases to values below 1,000 mm, which become less than 800 mm in the most arid areas. The rains are concentrated in the months between March and August, while the dry months are those between September and February.

The maximum average temperatures have values between 27 ° C and 30 ° C along the coast, but increase up to 29 ° C and 35 ° C in the warmer regions of the interior, in this case the hottest months are those between October and March. The average minimum temperatures vary between 20 ° C and 23 ° C in most of the state.

The sea water temperature varies between 26 ° C in the winter months and 28 ° C in the summer months.

WHEN TO GO TO ALAGOAS

The best time to visit the Alagoas coasts are the driest months between October and January. Inland, the best months are the dry months from September to March, though remembering that the summer months are also the hottest.

THE CLIMATE OF THE ALAGOAS: CLIMATE TABLES

MACEIÓ (7 meters)
Month	Average low (°C)	Average high (°C)	Precip. (mm)	Precip. days
January	22,4	30,2	78,1	10
February	22,6	30,4	88,3	11
March	22,7	30,2	194,5	17
April	22,5	29,6	268,8	19
May	22,0	28,5	382,2	22
June	21,3	27,6	331,9	24
July	20,5	27,0	273,7	23
August	20,2	27,1	155,2	19
September	20,7	27,8	130,3	15
October	21,2	29,0	73,5	10
November	21,6	29,9	31,7	6
December	22,0	30,0	62,5	9
YEAR	21,6	28,9	2070,5	185

ARAPIRACA (264 meters)
Month	Average low (°C)	Average high (°C)	Precip. (mm)	Precip. days
January	23	32	39
February	23	31	38
March	23	31	77
April	22	30	113
May	21	29	181
June	20	28	155
July	20	27	142
August	20	28	97
September	20	29	48
October	21	30	29
November	22	32	33
December	22	32	29
YEAR	–	–	981

MATA GRANDE (635 meters)
Month	Average low (°C)	Average high (°C)	Precip. (mm)	Precip. days
January	22	34	64
February	22	33	63
March	22	33	104
April	22	31	107
May	21	29	76
June	19	29	102
July	18	28	71
August	19	30	40
September	20	31	35
October	21	34	16
November	22	35	23
December	22	34	43
YEAR	–	–	744