Franca climate
Franca is warmest in October, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 12 °C. January is the wettest month (282 mm) and July the driest (13 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Franca averages 1,462 mm of rain and 232 days above 25 °C.
Brazil · population 365,494 · 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 October 28 °C
- Coldest month July 12 °C
- Driest month July 13 mm
- Wettest month January 282 mm
- Least cloud August 28 % cloud
- Hottest on record October 36 °C
- Coldest on record June 1.3 °C
What to expectFranca through the year
Franca has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in July to 28 °C in October, a swing of 4.9 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 232 days a year reach 25 °C, 20 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in October.
Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 282 mm against 13 mm in July — 22 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5 °C | 282 mm | 79 % |
| February | 26.8 °C | 209 mm | 72 % |
| March | 26.3 °C | 181 mm | 66 % |
| April | 25.6 °C | 71 mm | 48 % |
| May | 23.8 °C | 41 mm | 44 % |
| June | 23.3 °C | 24 mm | 36 % |
| July | 23.7 °C | 13 mm | 30 % |
| August | 25.9 °C | 15 mm | 28 % |
| September | 27.8 °C | 64 mm | 42 % |
| October | 27.9 °C | 116 mm | 61 % |
| November | 26.5 °C | 183 mm | 69 % |
| December | 26.4 °C | 264 mm | 77 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5 °C | 18.8 °C | 22.2 °C | 32.8 °C | 15.0 °C | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| February | 26.8 °C | 18.7 °C | 22.4 °C | 31.5 °C | 14.7 °C | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| March | 26.3 °C | 18.3 °C | 21.8 °C | 30.5 °C | 13.6 °C | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 25.6 °C | 16.8 °C | 20.9 °C | 29.8 °C | 8.1 °C | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 23.8 °C | 14.1 °C | 18.6 °C | 29.2 °C | 5.4 °C | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 23.3 °C | 12.6 °C | 17.6 °C | 27.4 °C | 1.3 °C | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 23.7 °C | 12.3 °C | 17.7 °C | 28.3 °C | 2.1 °C | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 25.9 °C | 13.8 °C | 19.6 °C | 31.7 °C | 5.7 °C | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| September | 27.8 °C | 16.5 °C | 21.8 °C | 34.9 °C | 6.2 °C | 25 | 7 | 0 |
| October | 27.9 °C | 18.0 °C | 22.6 °C | 35.7 °C | 10.5 °C | 26 | 8 | 0 |
| November | 26.5 °C | 18.1 °C | 21.8 °C | 33.8 °C | 12.9 °C | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| December | 26.4 °C | 18.6 °C | 22.0 °C | 31.0 °C | 13.5 °C | 24 | 1 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 282 mm | 24 | 13 h/day | 79 % | 80 % | 12 km/h |
| February | 209 mm | 20 | 13 h/day | 72 % | 79 % | 12 km/h |
| March | 181 mm | 21 | 12 h/day | 66 % | 80 % | 12 km/h |
| April | 71 mm | 10 | 12 h/day | 48 % | 75 % | 12 km/h |
| May | 41 mm | 5 | 11 h/day | 44 % | 72 % | 12 km/h |
| June | 24 mm | 3 | 11 h/day | 36 % | 70 % | 12 km/h |
| July | 13 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 30 % | 64 % | 14 km/h |
| August | 15 mm | 3 | 11 h/day | 28 % | 56 % | 14 km/h |
| September | 64 mm | 7 | 12 h/day | 42 % | 57 % | 15 km/h |
| October | 116 mm | 14 | 13 h/day | 61 % | 66 % | 15 km/h |
| November | 183 mm | 20 | 13 h/day | 69 % | 76 % | 14 km/h |
| December | 264 mm | 25 | 13 h/day | 77 % | 80 % | 13 km/h |
Where Franca ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in South America in July | 6th of 50 | 97/100 |
| Places with the best weather in South America in May | 6th of 50 | 95/100 |
| Places with the best weather in South America in June | 8th of 50 | 96/100 |
| Places with the best weather in the world in July | 15th of 50 | 97/100 |
| Places with the best weather in South America in August | 20th of 50 | 94/100 |
| Places with the best weather in the world in June | 29th of 50 | 96/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Franca.
QuestionsCommon questions about Franca’s climate
When is the best time to visit Franca?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, October is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Franca get?
In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 20 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 12 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Franca?
January, averaging 282 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is July with 13 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,462 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 Franca 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
- -20.539°, -47.401° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.