Guarapuava climate

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Guarapuava is warmest in January, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 8.9 °C. January is the wettest month (216 mm) and August the driest (102 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Guarapuava averages 1,811 mm of rain, 68 days above 25 °C and 2 days below freezing.

Brazil · population 189,630 · 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 24 °C
Coldest month July 8.9 °C
Driest month August 102 mm
Wettest month January 216 mm
Least cloud August 45 % cloud
Hottest on record October 32 °C
Coldest on record July -4.9 °C

What to expectGuarapuava through the year

Guarapuava has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in July to 24 °C in January, a swing of 7.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 68 days a year reach 25 °C, 1 of them reach 30 °C, 2 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 216 mm against 102 mm in August — 2.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	24.5 °C	216 mm	72 %
February	24.2 °C	182 mm	70 %
March	23.6 °C	134 mm	63 %
April	21.9 °C	107 mm	57 %
May	18.6 °C	130 mm	57 %
June	17.7 °C	139 mm	55 %
July	17.7 °C	105 mm	49 %
August	19.8 °C	102 mm	45 %
September	21.3 °C	168 mm	55 %
October	22.5 °C	196 mm	67 %
November	23.2 °C	147 mm	64 %
December	24.3 °C	185 mm	68 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	24.5 °C	16.8 °C	20.2 °C	31.6 °C	9.5 °C	13	0
February	24.2 °C	16.8 °C	20.0 °C	30.0 °C	10.2 °C	10	0
March	23.6 °C	15.8 °C	19.1 °C	30.3 °C	5.2 °C	7	0
April	21.9 °C	13.6 °C	17.3 °C	28.1 °C	-0.7 °C	3	0
May	18.6 °C	10.6 °C	14.1 °C	25.8 °C	-1.3 °C	0	0
June	17.7 °C	9.7 °C	13.1 °C	23.6 °C	-4.5 °C	0	1
July	17.7 °C	8.9 °C	12.7 °C	24.2 °C	-4.9 °C	0	1
August	19.8 °C	10.0 °C	14.3 °C	28.6 °C	-2.8 °C	2	0
September	21.3 °C	11.7 °C	16.0 °C	30.4 °C	-2.8 °C	6	0
October	22.5 °C	13.7 °C	17.6 °C	31.8 °C	5.0 °C	7	0
November	23.2 °C	14.4 °C	18.4 °C	30.9 °C	6.9 °C	7	0
December	24.3 °C	16.1 °C	19.8 °C	29.7 °C	8.1 °C	11	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	216 mm	21	14 h/day	72 %	85 %	15 km/h
February	182 mm	20	13 h/day	70 %	86 %	15 km/h
March	134 mm	17	12 h/day	63 %	85 %	15 km/h
April	107 mm	11	12 h/day	57 %	83 %	14 km/h
May	130 mm	10	11 h/day	57 %	84 %	15 km/h
June	139 mm	10	11 h/day	55 %	84 %	15 km/h
July	105 mm	9	11 h/day	49 %	81 %	16 km/h
August	102 mm	8	11 h/day	45 %	77 %	16 km/h
September	168 mm	11	12 h/day	55 %	78 %	17 km/h
October	196 mm	17	13 h/day	67 %	82 %	17 km/h
November	147 mm	15	13 h/day	64 %	81 %	16 km/h
December	185 mm	19	14 h/day	68 %	83 %	16 km/h

How Guarapuava 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
Guarapuava	24 °C	8.9 °C	1,811 mm	68
Ponta Grossa · Brazil	25 °C	9.5 °C	1,444 mm	102
Cascavel · Brazil	27 °C	11 °C	1,750 mm	175
Araucária · Brazil	25 °C	9.9 °C	1,563 mm	94

Where Guarapuava ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in South America in May	43rd of 50	19 °C
The coolest places in South America in March	45th of 50	24 °C
Places with the best weather in South America in April	48th of 50	86/100
The coolest places in South America in July	50th of 50	18 °C
The coolest places in South America in June	50th of 50	18 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Guarapuava’s climate

When is the best time to visit Guarapuava?

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

How hot does Guarapuava get?

In January, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 1 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 8.9 °C in July, the coldest month. A normal year has 2 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Guarapuava?

January, averaging 216 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is August with 102 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,811 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 Guarapuava 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: -25.390°, -51.465° (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.