World Cup Weather

The 2014 FIFA World Cup will start later this week and the world’s eyes will be upon Brazil. So what’s the weather like in Brazil this time of year? For starters, Brazil is entering its winter season which lasts from June through August. However, winters are usually pretty mild in Brazil with highs anywhere from 50-65 degrees in most cities.

World Cup games will be played in 12 different cities throughout the country.

The U.S. will begin its play one week from today in the city of Natal, which sits on the eastern coast of Brazil. Since Natal sits on the coast and is closer to the equator it does not get as cold as most locations in Brazil do during the winter. Average high temperatures in June are around 80 degrees, with about 7 inches of their annual rainfall occurring in June.

Our first game against Ghana will begin at 7:00 P.M. local time on Monday and a quick look at models shows temperatures in the upper 70s with a chance for scattered thunderstorms. The forecast may certainly change as we are a week out at this point, but Natal does have to deal with almost daily sea-breeze thunderstorms this time of year due to their proximity to the coast. Here is the latest run of the GFS model showing thunderstorms to the east one hour before game time on Monday: