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Rio de Janeiro weather, year by year

86 years of weather in Rio de Janeiro, all ranked: 2002 was the warmest, 1943 the coldest, and 2025 came in at number 29 (−0.2 °C vs normal).

YearYear 2025

Mean tempMean temp 24.2 °C

vs normalvs normal −0.2 °C

RankRank 29/86

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The climate of Rio de Janeiro

February is the warmest month (highs around 32.6 °C) and July the coldest (lows around 17.1 °C). About 1,655 mm of precipitation falls each year.

Average low → highPrecipitation (mm)Normal 1991–2020

Every year in Rio de Janeiro since 1940, ranked

Pick a measure and line up all 86 years against the 1991–2020 normal. 2025 ranks 29 of 86 (−0.2 °C).

194019832025

2025 · 24.2 °C · −0.2 °C vs normal · rank 29 of 86

Warmest years

1200225.2 °C
2201525.2 °C
3201925.1 °C
4202425.0 °C
5201424.9 °C

Coldest years

1194322.2 °C
2196422.4 °C
3196222.4 °C
4194922.6 °C
5194222.6 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Hot days (30 °C+)	Rainy days
2025	24.2 °C	29.0 °C	20.4 °C	1,018 mm	153 days	154 days
2024	25.0 °C	30.1 °C	21.1 °C	1,537 mm	202 days	159 days
2023	24.7 °C	29.8 °C	20.9 °C	1,557 mm	185 days	163 days
2022	23.8 °C	28.6 °C	20.0 °C	1,713 mm	143 days	176 days
2021	23.7 °C	28.6 °C	19.9 °C	1,663 mm	135 days	164 days
2020	24.1 °C	28.8 °C	20.4 °C	1,733 mm	132 days	158 days
2019	25.1 °C	29.9 °C	21.3 °C	1,457 mm	186 days	166 days
2018	24.7 °C	29.2 °C	21.1 °C	1,646 mm	168 days	191 days
2017	24.5 °C	29.4 °C	20.6 °C	1,325 mm	156 days	151 days
2016	24.7 °C	29.3 °C	20.9 °C	1,507 mm	179 days	155 days
2015	25.2 °C	30.1 °C	21.4 °C	1,451 mm	186 days	176 days
2014	24.9 °C	30.0 °C	20.7 °C	1,098 mm	188 days	132 days
2013	24.0 °C	28.7 °C	20.3 °C	1,882 mm	134 days	184 days
2012	24.4 °C	29.4 °C	20.5 °C	1,366 mm	164 days	156 days
2011	23.8 °C	28.6 °C	20.0 °C	1,496 mm	137 days	163 days
2010	24.5 °C	29.4 °C	20.7 °C	1,651 mm	160 days	168 days
2009	24.4 °C	29.1 °C	20.9 °C	2,280 mm	154 days	201 days
2008	23.7 °C	28.4 °C	20.1 °C	2,104 mm	137 days	201 days
2007	24.4 °C	29.4 °C	20.6 °C	1,511 mm	168 days	153 days
2006	24.4 °C	28.9 °C	21.0 °C	1,568 mm	159 days	183 days
2005	24.5 °C	28.9 °C	21.3 °C	1,939 mm	145 days	177 days
2004	23.9 °C	28.2 °C	20.7 °C	1,694 mm	124 days	188 days
2003	24.6 °C	29.4 °C	21.0 °C	1,806 mm	163 days	169 days
2002	25.2 °C	30.1 °C	21.5 °C	1,322 mm	202 days	156 days
2001	24.7 °C	29.6 °C	20.6 °C	1,300 mm	172 days	163 days
2000	23.9 °C	28.6 °C	20.0 °C	1,462 mm	143 days	152 days
1999	23.4 °C	27.9 °C	19.8 °C	1,581 mm	125 days	183 days
1998	24.3 °C	28.6 °C	20.8 °C	1,783 mm	151 days	188 days
1997	24.4 °C	29.7 °C	20.4 °C	1,559 mm	183 days	169 days
1996	23.7 °C	28.4 °C	20.1 °C	1,948 mm	138 days	203 days
1995	24.4 °C	29.6 °C	20.5 °C	2,111 mm	159 days	174 days
1994	24.6 °C	29.4 °C	21.0 °C	2,103 mm	170 days	186 days
1993	24.7 °C	29.3 °C	21.1 °C	1,518 mm	164 days	179 days
1992	24.4 °C	28.8 °C	20.9 °C	1,720 mm	158 days	174 days
1991	24.1 °C	28.2 °C	20.6 °C	1,720 mm	121 days	173 days
1990	24.4 °C	28.6 °C	20.9 °C	1,485 mm	153 days	170 days
1989	23.8 °C	27.7 °C	20.6 °C	1,670 mm	114 days	184 days
1988	23.8 °C	27.7 °C	20.6 °C	1,990 mm	112 days	184 days
1987	24.3 °C	28.2 °C	21.0 °C	1,786 mm	138 days	182 days
1986	24.3 °C	28.4 °C	21.0 °C	1,799 mm	135 days	178 days
1985	23.7 °C	27.9 °C	20.3 °C	1,908 mm	107 days	162 days
1984	24.5 °C	28.5 °C	21.1 °C	1,414 mm	132 days	166 days
1983	24.0 °C	27.7 °C	21.1 °C	2,284 mm	104 days	211 days
1982	23.9 °C	27.8 °C	20.7 °C	1,856 mm	91 days	183 days
1981	23.7 °C	28.0 °C	20.3 °C	1,842 mm	116 days	192 days
1980	24.2 °C	28.5 °C	20.7 °C	1,664 mm	135 days	170 days
1979	23.4 °C	27.7 °C	19.7 °C	2,006 mm	98 days	188 days
1978	23.8 °C	28.2 °C	20.1 °C	1,636 mm	105 days	161 days
1977	24.5 °C	29.0 °C	20.9 °C	1,449 mm	148 days	176 days
1976	23.6 °C	27.9 °C	20.3 °C	1,897 mm	112 days	209 days
1975	23.6 °C	28.0 °C	20.0 °C	1,871 mm	120 days	184 days
1974	23.8 °C	28.3 °C	20.2 °C	1,576 mm	129 days	178 days
1973	24.2 °C	28.4 °C	20.9 °C	1,930 mm	123 days	195 days
1972	24.0 °C	28.4 °C	20.5 °C	1,797 mm	133 days	188 days
1971	23.8 °C	28.1 °C	20.2 °C	1,528 mm	119 days	193 days
1970	23.8 °C	28.1 °C	20.3 °C	1,212 mm	116 days	174 days
1969	23.8 °C	28.1 °C	20.3 °C	1,416 mm	112 days	187 days
1968	22.7 °C	27.2 °C	19.0 °C	1,308 mm	95 days	162 days
1967	23.9 °C	28.0 °C	20.4 °C	2,005 mm	97 days	201 days
1966	23.3 °C	27.6 °C	20.0 °C	2,096 mm	107 days	200 days
1965	23.2 °C	27.6 °C	19.9 °C	2,408 mm	103 days	213 days
1964	22.4 °C	26.6 °C	19.3 °C	2,208 mm	80 days	211 days
1963	23.6 °C	28.6 °C	19.9 °C	1,395 mm	137 days	164 days
1962	22.4 °C	26.5 °C	19.3 °C	2,518 mm	80 days	220 days
1961	24.1 °C	28.8 °C	20.7 °C	2,191 mm	145 days	194 days
1960	22.8 °C	27.3 °C	19.5 °C	2,021 mm	85 days	201 days
1959	23.7 °C	28.4 °C	20.2 °C	1,607 mm	131 days	182 days
1958	23.5 °C	28.2 °C	20.0 °C	1,807 mm	124 days	185 days
1957	23.1 °C	27.7 °C	19.8 °C	1,728 mm	95 days	208 days
1956	22.7 °C	27.1 °C	19.3 °C	1,534 mm	103 days	199 days
1955	23.2 °C	28.1 °C	19.5 °C	1,293 mm	134 days	159 days
1954	23.5 °C	27.9 °C	20.2 °C	2,244 mm	100 days	214 days
1953	23.5 °C	27.9 °C	20.2 °C	1,901 mm	111 days	208 days
1952	23.1 °C	27.3 °C	20.1 °C	2,092 mm	80 days	211 days
1951	23.0 °C	27.7 °C	19.5 °C	1,433 mm	116 days	185 days
1950	23.0 °C	27.5 °C	19.7 °C	2,227 mm	109 days	205 days
1949	22.6 °C	26.9 °C	19.5 °C	2,134 mm	68 days	212 days
1948	23.2 °C	28.0 °C	19.6 °C	1,489 mm	114 days	171 days
1947	22.8 °C	27.0 °C	19.6 °C	2,157 mm	78 days	204 days
1946	23.8 °C	28.3 °C	20.5 °C	2,114 mm	138 days	209 days
1945	23.5 °C	28.0 °C	20.3 °C	2,035 mm	107 days	209 days
1944	23.2 °C	28.1 °C	19.6 °C	2,047 mm	103 days	187 days
1943	22.2 °C	26.5 °C	19.0 °C	1,823 mm	72 days	230 days
1942	22.6 °C	27.5 °C	19.0 °C	1,585 mm	109 days	169 days
1941	23.2 °C	27.6 °C	20.1 °C	2,242 mm	112 days	209 days
1940	23.6 °C	28.5 °C	20.2 °C	2,453 mm	107 days	205 days

Year vs year

Pick two years and let them fight it out in Rio de Janeiro: month by month, point by point.

First year2025

Second year2002

In Rio de Janeiro, 2002 beats 2025 by 1.0 °C on mean temperature.

20252002Normal 1991–2020

1points3

24.2 °CWarmer25.2 °C
153 daysHot days202 days
1,018 mmWetter1,322 mm
1,813 kWh/m²Sunnier1,761 kWh/m²

Records in Rio de Janeiro

The most extreme days and years since 1940.

Hottest day

41.6 °C

November 18, 2023 estimate

Coldest night

8.7 °C

July 18, 2000 estimate

Wettest day

187 mm

March 11, 1954 estimate

Strongest gust

72 km/h

December 10, 2025 estimate

Year records

Warmest200225.2 °C
Coldest194322.2 °C
Wettest19622,518 mm
Driest20251,018 mm

The weather on your birthday in Rio de Janeiro

Any day since 1940: high, low, rain, snow, and how warm it was compared with the same date in every other year.

Rio de Janeiro vs another city

Compare with

Rio de Janeiro is cooler than Singapore by 2.5 °C on average over the year. Rio de Janeiro gets 910 mm less precipitation per year. In Rio de Janeiro, 3 months out of 12 are warmer.

Rio de JaneiroSingaporeBand: average low to average high

Questions & answers

What is the climate like in Rio de Janeiro?

Rio de Janeiro averages 24.4 °C over the year. The warmest month is February, with highs around 32.6 °C; the coldest is July, with lows around 17.1 °C. About 1,655 mm of precipitation falls each year, over some 172 rainy days.

What was the warmest year in Rio de Janeiro?

2002, at +0.8 °C compared with the 1991–2020 normal. The coldest was 1943. Out of 86 years since 1940, 2025 ranks 29.

What is the wettest month in Rio de Janeiro?

January gets the most precipitation and August the least. The wettest year was 1962, the driest 2025.

Is Rio de Janeiro getting warmer?

Compared with its first thirty years on record (from 1940), the last ten years in Rio de Janeiro show a gap of +1.3 °C in mean temperature.