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Recife weather by month

Recife runs from about 25°C in August to 28°C in January, with June the wettest month at 197 mm.

warmest month

January

28°C

coolest month

August

25°C

wettest month

June

197 mm

worst air month

September

10 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for Recife
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January28°C42 mm373 h8
February28°C144 mm314 h7
March28°C124 mm338 h6
April27°C129 mm315 h6
May26°C120 mm304 h7
June25°C197 mm300 h8
July25°C154 mm304 h7
August25°C89 mm339 h7
September25°C73 mm340 h10
October26°C35 mm368 h9
November27°C47 mm360 h8
December27°C75 mm370 h9

About 4,025 hours of sun a year. Roughly 123 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 2026-05-23. Full method, licences and the list of sources we rejected are on the methodology page.