Brazil in July

School holidays: Iguaçu and the Pantanal busy; Lençóis lagoons full; Rio dry and clear.

• Rio and the Southeast coast · Rio de Janeiro, Paraty, Ilha Grande, São Paulobest weather

  Hot, humid summers with heavy downpours and floods (December–March); dry, sunny, 20–26 °C winters are the sightseeing season. São Paulo is cooler and rainier.

• Northeast coast · Salvador, Recife, Olinda, Maceió, Porto de Galinhasrainy

  Warm all year (26–30 °C); the rainy season is roughly April–July on the Salvador–Recife coast.

• North coast and dunes · Fortaleza, Jericoacoara, Lençóis Maranhensesbest weather

  Rain February–May fills the Lençóis lagoons, best to swim June–September; kitesurf wind July–January.

• Amazon · Manaus, Amazon lodges, Belémbest weather

  Hot and humid all year; high water around May–July lets canoes enter flooded forest; low water August–November exposes beaches. Fire smoke can haze the sky in September–October.

• Pantanal · Cuiabá, Poconé, Transpantaneira, Bonitobest weather

  Dry season (June–October) concentrates wildlife around waterholes: the jaguar season; the wet season floods roads. Fires and smoke have hit August–October in recent years.

• South and Iguaçu · Foz do Iguaçu, Florianópolis, Gramadocool

  Hot summers, cool winters with frost in the highlands; the falls are fullest after rains, most often in summer.

Crowds · Brazil

High

Prices · Brazil

Medium

• Layers: a fleece or light jacket
• A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast

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Rated best or good this month

• Rio and the Southeast coast

  Best weather of the year (Rio de Janeiro, Paraty, Ilha Grande, São Paulo)

• North coast and dunes

  Best weather of the year (Fortaleza, Jericoacoara, Lençóis Maranhenses)

• Amazon

  Best weather of the year (Manaus, Amazon lodges, Belém)

• Pantanal

  Best weather of the year (Cuiabá, Poconé, Transpantaneira, Bonito)

• Rio de Janeiro

  Dry, mild; school holidays fill hotels.