Best: Jun-Aug · Great: May, Sep
It stays hot year-round here, but swings between a heavy monsoon centered on January and a markedly drier stretch around July. In July, expect highs around 29°C with rain on roughly 1 day of the month.
The Pantanal's dry season (roughly June to October) is when wildlife concentrates along shrinking rivers and waterholes, making it the world's most reliable place to spot wild jaguars — sightings along the Cuiabá River near Porto Jofre can exceed 90% during peak months. Look too for capybaras, giant river otters, caimans, and hyacinth macaws; the wet season (December-March) floods most of the region, so dry-season timing genuinely matters here more than almost anywhere else on this list.
Try peixe na telha (fish baked on a roof tile) and pacu, a regional river fish, alongside classic Brazilian churrasco.
Daylight, sunrise, and sunset are calculated exactly from this region's latitude. Temperature and rainfall are modeled from its general climate type, not measured station data. Month summaries are generated from those modeled figures.
Expect hot days around 33°/23°C, with very wet conditions (~20 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 33°/23°C, with very wet conditions (~18 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 33°/23°C, with frequent rain (~15 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 32°/21°C, with occasional rain (~8 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 30°/18°C, with occasional rain (~4 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 28°/15°C, with mostly dry conditions (~2 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 29°/14°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 31°/16°C, with mostly dry conditions (~2 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 33°/19°C, with occasional rain (~4 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 33°/21°C, with occasional rain (~9 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 32°/22°C, with frequent rain (~14 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 32°/22°C, with very wet conditions (~18 rainy days).