Climate risk in Goiânia
Goiás, Brazil · 2M people in the urban area
What threatens Goiânia most
- Drought
- Medium-High WRI Aqueduct
- Water stress
- Low WRI Aqueduct
- Earthquake
- Low GSHAP
Tsunamis and landslides are not rated for a single city here. Climate risk profile of Brazil
Goiânia had 145 days in 2025 when the night never cooled below 20 °C.
São Paulo: 48 days.
Goiânia's climate in the 2050s
2041-2060 compared with 1991-2020, moderate emissions
By the 2050s, Goiânia's climate comes closest to that of Kaduna (Nigeria) today, though no large city matches it well.
Such a climate exists today, though not in any large city. Brazil: the place on the map
+1.6°C
Mean temperature over the year
+2.4°C
Highest in the warmest month
+1.2°C
Lowest in the coldest month
-4%
Precipitation over the year
Under high emissions, the nearest is Kaduna (Nigeria), and only in part.
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How close the match is: 3.8 σ to the climate of Kaduna today, where under 2 is close and over 4 is no match (Mahony et al. 2017). 3 of 3 climate model runs name the same city. Seasonal temperature and rain are compared, not extremes, city heat or the sea.
Hazards at Goiânia
Read at the city's centre and compared with the Atlas's 630 large cities. Moderate emissions is the IPCC's scenario SSP2-4.5.
| Hazard | Goiânia | Among large cities | In Brazil |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot days in 2025, over 35 °C | 8 days | Among large cities: above 55% | In Brazil: 2 of 22 |
| Tropical nights in 2025, over 20 °C | 145 days | Among large cities: above 62% | In Brazil: 15 of 22 |
| Hottest day of 2025 | 36°C | Among large cities: above 48% | In Brazil: 3 of 22 |
| Warming by 2050, moderate emissions | +1.8°C | Among large cities: above 36% | In Brazil: 2 of 22 |
| Days with 20 mm of rain or more in 2025 | 5 days | Among large cities: above 33% | In Brazil: 18 of 22 |
| River flood depth, 100-year event | Dry at the city centre point | ||
| Coastal flood depth, 100-year event | Dry at the city centre point | ||
| Water stress | Low (<10%) | Among large cities: above 0% | In Brazil: 12 of 22 |
| Drought risk | Medium-High | Among large cities: above 13% | In Brazil: 4 of 22 |
| Earthquake shaking, once in 475 years | 0.02 m/s² | Among large cities: above 2% | In Brazil: 16 of 22 |
| Land burned in an average year | 0% | ||
| Cyclone wind, once in 100 years | 0 m/s |
Flood depth is read in a single 1 km cell at the city's centre, in today's climate. Other parts of the city can still flood. The country page names the deepest point near a coastal city in 2080, so its figure can be higher. See how deep a river flood reaches around Goiânia on the live map
See the hot days around Goiânia on the live map
8 days © OpenStreetMap Large cities near Goiânia
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- Belo Horizonte · Brazil
- Campinas · Brazil
- São Paulo · Brazil
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Criora. (2026). Goiânia, Brazil: climate risk profile [Data set]. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://criora.com/atlas/BRA/goiania BibTeX
@misc{criora_atlas_BRA_goiania_2026,
author = {{Criora}},
title = {Goiânia, Brazil: climate risk profile},
year = {2026},
url = {https://criora.com/atlas/BRA/goiania},
urldate = {2026-11-02}
} Each reading stays under its source's terms; the sources are named on this page.
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