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The climate of the Amazon (Brazil)
The Amazon is the second longest river in the world. The river originates in Peru and flows through Brazil into the Atlantic Ocean. The Amazon has many forks and side streams such as the Rio Negro, Rio Solimões, Rio Apurímac, Ucayali and the Rio Marañón. The Amazon River then flows through the tropical rainforest (it is the largest supplier of water in this area) along the city of Belem into the ocean. The Amazon is responsible for a large diversity in plant and animal life; which is almost nowhere in the world as diverse as in the Amazon and along the Amazon River. The best known inhabitant is probably the piranha. The Amazon has a tropical rainforest climate without a distinct dry season. Large amounts of rain fall all year round. This causes large areas of rainforest to be flooded. This is the case for every tributary at certain periods in the year; each river floods its banks in its own particular season. Throughout the year there is not much difference between summer and winter temperatures; usually the difference doesn’t exceed 5 degrees Celsius.

 

Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records. They are an average for the Amazon:
Please, note that local deviations may occur.

average
 maximum
temperature (°C)

average
minimum

temperature (°C)
average
hours of sunshine

per
day
average days with precipitation
per month
average
mm
precipitation
per month
average
sea
temperature (°C)
January 31 23 4 30 n/a
February 31 23 3 27 n/a
March 31 23 3 30 n/a
April 31 23 4 28 n/a
May 31 24 5 27 n/a
June 31 23 6 18 n/a
July 32 23 7 15 n/a
August 33 23 7 11 n/a
September 33 24 5 12 n/a
October 33 24 6 16 n/a
November 32 24 5 20 n/a
December 32 24 4 26 n/a
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm
= 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather, extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate information for each month of the year:
 

chance of
(very) hot

weather

chance of
(very) cool
weather
chance of
long-term

precipitation
chance of
hurricanes
(cyclones)
chance of
sunny days

UV-index

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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