Criciúma climate

Name: Criciúma
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Criciúma is warmest in January, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 11 °C. January is the wettest month (172 mm) and June the driest (96 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Criciúma averages 1,489 mm of rain and 149 days above 25 °C.

Brazil · population 227,438 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month January 27 °C
Coldest month July 11 °C
Driest month June 96 mm
Wettest month January 172 mm
Least cloud August 50 % cloud
Hottest on record October 40 °C
Coldest on record August 0.8 °C

What to expectCriciúma through the year

Criciúma has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in July to 27 °C in January, a swing of 9.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 149 days a year reach 25 °C, 28 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in October.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 96 mm in June to 172 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.5 °C	172 mm	63 %
February	27.4 °C	146 mm	63 %
March	26.6 °C	131 mm	58 %
April	24.7 °C	98 mm	53 %
May	21.6 °C	131 mm	54 %
June	20.0 °C	96 mm	54 %
July	19.4 °C	102 mm	50 %
August	21.0 °C	101 mm	50 %
September	21.6 °C	124 mm	61 %
October	23.3 °C	139 mm	68 %
November	24.9 °C	125 mm	60 %
December	27.0 °C	126 mm	61 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.5 °C	20.1 °C	23.6 °C	37.1 °C	11.9 °C	24	6
February	27.4 °C	20.2 °C	23.6 °C	37.3 °C	13.3 °C	22	5
March	26.6 °C	19.1 °C	22.6 °C	35.8 °C	10.2 °C	21	4
April	24.7 °C	16.7 °C	20.5 °C	34.0 °C	6.4 °C	13	1
May	21.6 °C	13.6 °C	17.3 °C	31.6 °C	4.7 °C	5	0
June	20.0 °C	11.5 °C	15.3 °C	30.1 °C	1.3 °C	4	0
July	19.4 °C	10.6 °C	14.5 °C	29.3 °C	0.9 °C	4	0
August	21.0 °C	11.5 °C	15.8 °C	32.4 °C	0.8 °C	7	0
September	21.6 °C	13.5 °C	17.2 °C	38.0 °C	3.3 °C	6	1
October	23.3 °C	15.7 °C	19.2 °C	40.0 °C	6.6 °C	10	1
November	24.9 °C	17.0 °C	20.7 °C	37.3 °C	9.3 °C	14	3
December	27.0 °C	19.1 °C	22.8 °C	39.2 °C	10.9 °C	21	6

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	172 mm	19	14 h/day	63 %	82 %	19 km/h
February	146 mm	18	13 h/day	63 %	83 %	17 km/h
March	131 mm	16	12 h/day	58 %	83 %	17 km/h
April	98 mm	11	11 h/day	53 %	82 %	17 km/h
May	131 mm	10	11 h/day	54 %	82 %	17 km/h
June	96 mm	9	10 h/day	54 %	83 %	16 km/h
July	102 mm	10	10 h/day	50 %	82 %	17 km/h
August	101 mm	9	11 h/day	50 %	81 %	19 km/h
September	124 mm	12	12 h/day	61 %	81 %	21 km/h
October	139 mm	15	13 h/day	68 %	81 %	21 km/h
November	125 mm	13	14 h/day	60 %	80 %	21 km/h
December	126 mm	14	14 h/day	61 %	80 %	20 km/h

How Criciúma compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Criciúma	27 °C	11 °C	1,489 mm	149
São José · Brazil	28 °C	11 °C	2,043 mm	167
Palhoça · Brazil	28 °C	13 °C	1,730 mm	154
Lages · Brazil	25 °C	7.4 °C	1,747 mm	71
São José · Brazil	28 °C	13 °C	1,666 mm	151
Florianópolis · Brazil	28 °C	14 °C	1,658 mm	138
Caxias do Sul · Brazil	25 °C	7.3 °C	2,002 mm	78

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Criciúma.

QuestionsCommon questions about Criciúma’s climate

When is the best time to visit Criciúma?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, October, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, January is the warmest month and June the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Criciúma get?

In January, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 28 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 11 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Criciúma?

January, averaging 172 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is June with 96 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,489 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Criciúma rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: -28.677°, -49.370° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.