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Copacabana weather by month

Copacabana runs from about 9°C in August to 11°C in January, with February the wettest month at 426 mm.

warmest month

January

11°C

coolest month

August

9°C

wettest month

February

426 mm

worst air month

July

4 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for Copacabana
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January11°C301 mm371 h2
February10°C426 mm305 h3
March11°C291 mm330 h3
April11°C140 mm327 h3
May11°C70 mm335 h4
June10°C4 mm327 h4
July9°C1 mm340 h4
August9°C7 mm350 h4
September10°C36 mm346 h4
October11°C88 mm374 h3
November11°C276 mm344 h3
December11°C167 mm359 h3

About 4,108 hours of sun a year. Roughly 169 rainy days a year.

These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.

where these numbers come from

  • · Temperature, rainfall and sunshine: ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis climate normals via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), fetched once and stored.
  • · PM2.5: Copernicus CAMS reanalysis, monthly means. Modelled, not station readings; near coasts CAMS counts sea salt as PM2.5 and reads high.

Last reviewed 2026-05-24. Full method, licences and the list of sources we rejected are on the methodology page.