Curitiba climate

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Curitiba is warmest in February, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 10 °C. January is the wettest month (222 mm) and April the driest (74 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Curitiba averages 1,544 mm of rain, 91 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Brazil · population 1,948,626 · 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 February 25 °C
Coldest month July 10 °C
Driest month April 74 mm
Wettest month January 222 mm
Least cloud July 62 % cloud
Hottest on record October 35 °C
Coldest on record July -2.2 °C

What to expectCuritiba through the year

Curitiba has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in July to 25 °C in February, a swing of 7.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 91 days a year reach 25 °C, 3 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 222 mm against 74 mm in April — 3.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	24.8 °C	222 mm	83 %
February	24.9 °C	192 mm	81 %
March	23.9 °C	126 mm	78 %
April	22.4 °C	74 mm	73 %
May	19.3 °C	93 mm	70 %
June	18.4 °C	104 mm	65 %
July	18.3 °C	93 mm	62 %
August	19.8 °C	81 mm	62 %
September	20.9 °C	134 mm	75 %
October	22.2 °C	137 mm	84 %
November	22.8 °C	126 mm	81 %
December	24.5 °C	162 mm	81 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	24.8 °C	17.8 °C	20.6 °C	31.1 °C	12.8 °C	16	0
February	24.9 °C	18.0 °C	20.7 °C	32.6 °C	11.2 °C	15	0
March	23.9 °C	17.1 °C	19.8 °C	30.4 °C	9.5 °C	11	0
April	22.4 °C	15.2 °C	18.1 °C	29.1 °C	3.2 °C	6	0
May	19.3 °C	12.2 °C	15.2 °C	26.8 °C	0.6 °C	1	0
June	18.4 °C	10.8 °C	14.0 °C	25.2 °C	-1.1 °C	0	0
July	18.3 °C	10.1 °C	13.6 °C	25.9 °C	-2.2 °C	0	0
August	19.8 °C	10.7 °C	14.6 °C	28.9 °C	-0.9 °C	3	0
September	20.9 °C	12.4 °C	15.9 °C	33.3 °C	0.8 °C	7	1
October	22.2 °C	14.2 °C	17.5 °C	34.6 °C	6.9 °C	8	1
November	22.8 °C	15.2 °C	18.3 °C	31.2 °C	7.5 °C	9	0
December	24.5 °C	16.9 °C	20.0 °C	31.3 °C	10.4 °C	15	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	222 mm	23	14 h/day	83 %	87 %	16 km/h
February	192 mm	21	13 h/day	81 %	87 %	15 km/h
March	126 mm	18	12 h/day	78 %	87 %	15 km/h
April	74 mm	10	11 h/day	73 %	85 %	15 km/h
May	93 mm	9	11 h/day	70 %	85 %	15 km/h
June	104 mm	9	11 h/day	65 %	85 %	15 km/h
July	93 mm	7	11 h/day	62 %	84 %	15 km/h
August	81 mm	8	11 h/day	62 %	83 %	15 km/h
September	134 mm	11	12 h/day	75 %	83 %	17 km/h
October	137 mm	15	13 h/day	84 %	85 %	17 km/h
November	126 mm	15	13 h/day	81 %	85 %	17 km/h
December	162 mm	19	14 h/day	81 %	85 %	16 km/h

How Curitiba 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
Curitiba	25 °C	10 °C	1,544 mm	91
São José dos Pinhais · Brazil	25 °C	9.9 °C	1,543 mm	84
Colombo · Brazil	24 °C	9.7 °C	1,512 mm	76
Araucária · Brazil	25 °C	9.9 °C	1,563 mm	94
Paranaguá · Brazil	28 °C	15 °C	2,038 mm	149
Ponta Grossa · Brazil	25 °C	9.5 °C	1,444 mm	102
Joinville · Brazil	28 °C	13 °C	1,897 mm	168

Where Curitiba ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in South America in April	47th of 50	86/100
The coolest places in South America in March	49th of 50	24 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Curitiba’s climate

When is the best time to visit Curitiba?

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

How hot does Curitiba get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 3 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 10 °C in July, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Curitiba?

January, averaging 222 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is April with 74 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,544 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 Curitiba 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: -25.428°, -49.273° (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.