Climate
Salvador features a tropical rainforest climate with no discernable dry season. Temperatures are relatively constant throughout the course of the year, featuring warm and humid conditions. Salvador's driest month of the year is January, where the city receives on average 11 cm (4 in) of precipitation. Salvador's wettest months are between April and July when at least 20 cm (8 in) of rain falls during each of these four months.
| Climate data for Salvador | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 37 (99) |
37 (99) |
37 (99) |
37 (99) |
32 (90) |
32 (90) |
35 (95) |
32 (90) |
35 (95) |
35 (95) |
35 (95) |
37 (99) |
37 (99) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 29.9 (85.8) |
30.0 (86) |
30.0 (86) |
28.6 (83.5) |
27.7 (81.9) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.4 (79.5) |
27.2 (81) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.9 (84) |
29.0 (84.2) |
28.21 (82.78) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.8 (80.2) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.1 (80.8) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.3 (75.7) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.9 (75) |
24.5 (76.1) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.1 (79) |
25.49 (77.87) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 23.7 (74.7) |
23.9 (75) |
24.1 (75.4) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.73 (72.92) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 20 (68) |
18 (64) |
17 (63) |
15 (59) |
12 (54) |
12 (54) |
17 (63) |
16 (61) |
16 (61) |
17 (63) |
18 (64) |
17 (63) |
12 (54) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 110.9 (4.366) |
121.2 (4.772) |
144.6 (5.693) |
321.6 (12.661) |
324.8 (12.787) |
251.4 (9.898) |
203.6 (8.016) |
135.9 (5.35) |
112.2 (4.417) |
122.2 (4.811) |
118.5 (4.665) |
132.0 (5.197) |
2,098.9 (82.633) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 14 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 219 |
| % humidity | 78 | 77 | 78 | 80 | 81 | 80 | 79 | 79 | 78 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 78.9 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 244.9 | 228.8 | 232.5 | 189.0 | 173.6 | 168.0 | 179.8 | 201.5 | 210.0 | 229.4 | 213.0 | 223.2 | 2,493.7 |
| Source #1: World Meteorological Organization, Hong Kong Observatory (sun only 1961-1990) | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Weatherbase (record highs, lows, humidity) | |||||||||||||
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