When to go to Rio de Janeiro: temperature month by month
In Rio de Janeiro the average temperature goes from 21 °C in July to 26 °C in January. The months when the average is between 15 and 24 °C, generally pleasant for a full day out, are: April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November.
- January26 °C · hot
- February26 °C · hot
- March25 °C · hot
- April24 °C · pleasant
- May22 °C · pleasant
- June22 °C · pleasant
- July21 °C · pleasant
- August21 °C · pleasant
- September22 °C · pleasant
- October23 °C · pleasant
- November23 °C · pleasant
- December25 °C · hot
- Very cold: below 5 °C
- Cool: 5 to 14 °C
- Pleasant: 15 to 24 °C
- Hot: 25 to 29 °C
- Very hot: 30 °C or more
This is only the average temperature of the month. We do not show rain, wind or crowds: check the forecast close to your trip and the opening hours of the places.
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Long-term averages calculated from NASA data (POWER project, MERRA-2 reanalysis), on grid cells of about 50 km: they can differ by a degree or two from a weather station and are not a forecast. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science Directorate Applied Science Program.