Climate
Santa Cruz has a subtropical-semi-arid climate, with warm dry summers and moderately warm winters. Its average annual temperature is 24 °C (75 °F) during the day and 17 °C (63 °F) at night. In the coolest month - January, the typically temperature ranges from 17–22 °C (63–72 °F) during the day, around 15 °C (59 °F) at night, the average sea temperature is 19 °C (66 °F). In the warmest month, August, the typically temperature during the day ranges from 26–30 °C (79–86 °F), above 20 °C (68 °F) at night, whilst the average sea temperature is 23 °C (73 °F).
Sunshine hours average at 2,868 per year, from 180 in November and January (6 hours of sunshine a day) to 310 in July and August (10 hours of sunshine a day). Precipitation per year is only 214 millimetres (8.4 in), concentrated heavily between November and March: May to September are normally completely dry.
| Climate data for Santa Cruz | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 20.6 (69.1) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
23.7 (74.7) |
25.7 (78.3) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.8 (83.8) |
27.9 (82.2) |
26.0 (78.8) |
23.9 (75.0) |
21.8 (71.2) |
24.3 (75.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.9 (64.2) |
18.0 (64.4) |
18.7 (65.7) |
19.2 (66.6) |
20.6 (69.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.0 (73.4) |
21.0 (69.8) |
19.0 (66.2) |
21.2 (70.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 15.1 (59.2) |
15.1 (59.2) |
15.6 (60.1) |
16.2 (61.2) |
17.5 (63.5) |
19.0 (66.2) |
20.8 (69.4) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.3 (70.3) |
20.0 (68.0) |
18.1 (64.6) |
16.2 (61.2) |
18.0 (64.4) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 34 (1.34) |
36 (1.42) |
29 (1.14) |
14 (0.55) |
4 (0.16) |
1 (0.04) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.04) |
6 (0.24) |
18 (0.71) |
27 (1.06) |
44 (1.73) |
214 (8.43) |
| Avg. rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 31 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 178 | 186 | 216 | 226 | 272 | 297 | 330 | 316 | 251 | 219 | 185 | 175 | 2,851 |
| Source: Agencia Estatal de Meteorología | |||||||||||||
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