The tables below give annual averages for rainfall at cities and other locations in Brazil. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets a year and for the normal amount of precipitation.
You can jump to a separate table for each region of the country: Northeast Brazil, Southeast Brazil, South Brazil, Center West Brazil and North Brazil.
The rainfall measurements are averages of weather data collected from 1961 to 1990.
Northeast Brazil
Annual rainfall averages
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 73 |
Apodí |
35.2 |
893 |
| 133 |
Aracaju |
66.7 |
1695 |
| 103 |
Campina Grande |
34.5 |
875 |
| 132 |
Fortaleza |
63.3 |
1608 |
| 149 |
João Pessoa |
84.5 |
2145 |
| 185 |
Maceió |
81.5 |
2071 |
| 126 |
Natal |
57.7 |
1465 |
| 43 |
Petrolina |
16.9 |
428 |
| 171 |
Recife |
95.2 |
2418 |
| 173 |
Salvador |
84.4 |
2144 |
| 68 |
São Gonçalo |
39.2 |
996 |
| 130 |
São Luis |
90.2 |
2290 |
| 91 |
Teresina |
54.9 |
1393 |
Southeast Brazil
Average yearly precipitation
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 87 |
Araçatuba |
49.4 |
1255 |
| 93 |
Belo Horizonte |
57.6 |
1464 |
| 82 |
Cabo Frio |
30.9 |
785 |
| 97 |
Campinas |
53.4 |
1358 |
| 132 |
Campos do Jordão |
72.9 |
1853 |
| 110 |
Franca |
64.7 |
1643 |
| 117 |
Ilha Guaíba |
56.5 |
1436 |
| 110 |
Juiz de Fora |
62.9 |
1597 |
| 93 |
Rio de Janeiro |
42.1 |
1069 |
| 132 |
Santos |
78.4 |
1991 |
| 91 |
São José dos Campos |
45.5 |
1155 |
| 107 |
São Paulo |
56.7 |
1441 |
| 97 |
Sorocaba |
52.4 |
1330 |
| 156 |
Ubatuba |
102.3 |
2597 |
| 104 |
Uberaba |
58.1 |
1476 |
| 108 |
Vitória |
49.3 |
1252 |
South Brazil
Average amount of rain a year
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 124 |
Caxias do Sul |
71.8 |
1823 |
| 116 |
Curitiba |
58.4 |
1483 |
| 120 |
Florianópolis |
59.8 |
1518 |
| 95 |
Foz do lguaçu |
73.6 |
1869 |
| 106 |
Londrina |
64.3 |
1633 |
| 106 |
Maringá |
62.7 |
1593 |
| 107 |
Ponta Grossa |
59.7 |
1517 |
| 101 |
Porto Alegre |
52.0 |
1320 |
| 88 |
Rio Grande |
48.6 |
1234 |
Center West Brazil
Annual precipitation averages
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 111 |
Brasília |
60.7 |
1541 |
| 101 |
Campo Grande |
60.4 |
1534 |
| 98 |
Cuiabá |
52.8 |
1342 |
| 116 |
Goiânia |
61.9 |
1571 |
| 110 |
Goiás |
70.0 |
1778 |
| 125 |
Pirenópolis |
69.8 |
1772 |
North Brazil
Average rainfall in a year
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 221 |
Belém |
115.0 |
2922 |
| 168 |
Benjamin Constant |
111.1 |
2821 |
| 107 |
Boa Vista |
55.9 |
1420 |
| 158 |
Cruzeiro do Sul |
89.9 |
2283 |
| 169 |
Macapá |
143.2 |
3638 |
| 160 |
Manaus |
90.8 |
2307 |
| 81 |
Palmas |
51.2 |
1301 |
| 156 |
Porto Velho |
88.8 |
2255 |
| 140 |
Rio Branco |
76.7 |
1948 |
| 162 |
Santarém |
83.4 |
2119 |
| 230 |
Taracuá |
143.2 |
3638 |