Salvador hosts 1 festival in this guide, in Bahia: Salvador Carnival.
Salvador has 1 festival in this guide. They run in February, and festival-day temperatures range from 31°C (88°F) to 31°C (88°F), with nights down to 24°C (75°F). That range is the reason there is no single "Salvador festival outfit". The answer changes by month and by site.
Every one of them runs in real heat (28°C or more), where loose natural fabrics beat coverage and a brimmed hat does more than any garment. 1 carries a high rain risk, which makes waterproof footwear a requirement rather than a precaution.
The ground matters as much as the sky. Every festival here is on city streets, which puts broken-in trainers or a low boot at the top of the list for most of these events. None of them have camping on site, so you are travelling in and out each day and the outfit has to survive the journey at both ends.
Stylistically the crowd here leans carnival, parade, tropical and party. Salvador Carnival is the largest of them at around 2,000,000 people, and it sets the tone the smaller ones react to. None of that is a dress code. It is what you will see, which is worth knowing if you would rather blend in or deliberately not.
