Lages climate

Name: Lages
Address: BR

Lages is warmest in January, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 7.4 °C. October is the wettest month (194 mm) and April the driest (100 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Lages averages 1,747 mm of rain, 71 days above 25 °C and 4 days below freezing.

Brazil · population 172,458 · 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 25 °C
Coldest month July 7.4 °C
Driest month April 100 mm
Wettest month October 194 mm
Least cloud August 60 % cloud
Hottest on record February 32 °C
Coldest on record July -4.2 °C

What to expectLages through the year

Lages has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in July to 25 °C in January, a swing of 9.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 71 days a year reach 25 °C, 2 of them reach 30 °C, 4 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C, in February.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 100 mm in April to 194 mm in October. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.0 °C	188 mm	77 %
February	24.8 °C	170 mm	75 %
March	23.6 °C	127 mm	72 %
April	21.2 °C	100 mm	67 %
May	17.6 °C	128 mm	66 %
June	16.3 °C	132 mm	66 %
July	16.1 °C	125 mm	62 %
August	18.1 °C	112 mm	60 %
September	19.2 °C	165 mm	71 %
October	21.0 °C	194 mm	78 %
November	22.6 °C	142 mm	73 %
December	24.5 °C	165 mm	74 %

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	25.0 °C	16.8 °C	20.2 °C	31.4 °C	7.1 °C	17	0	0
February	24.8 °C	16.8 °C	20.1 °C	32.4 °C	8.1 °C	13	1	0
March	23.6 °C	15.7 °C	19.0 °C	31.2 °C	4.9 °C	9	0	0
April	21.2 °C	13.1 °C	16.6 °C	28.3 °C	0.4 °C	3	0	0
May	17.6 °C	9.8 °C	13.2 °C	26.3 °C	-2.6 °C	0	0	0
June	16.3 °C	8.3 °C	11.7 °C	24.8 °C	-3.4 °C	0	0	1
July	16.1 °C	7.4 °C	11.1 °C	24.3 °C	-4.2 °C	0	0	2
August	18.1 °C	8.6 °C	12.7 °C	28.4 °C	-3.9 °C	2	0	1
September	19.2 °C	10.4 °C	14.1 °C	30.6 °C	-2.0 °C	4	0	0
October	21.0 °C	12.5 °C	16.1 °C	31.6 °C	2.9 °C	4	0	0
November	22.6 °C	13.8 °C	17.5 °C	30.5 °C	3.5 °C	6	0	0
December	24.5 °C	15.7 °C	19.5 °C	32.0 °C	4.7 °C	14	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	188 mm	19	14 h/day	77 %	83 %	15 km/h
February	170 mm	18	13 h/day	75 %	84 %	14 km/h
March	127 mm	15	12 h/day	72 %	84 %	14 km/h
April	100 mm	10	11 h/day	67 %	84 %	14 km/h
May	128 mm	10	11 h/day	66 %	86 %	14 km/h
June	132 mm	10	10 h/day	66 %	87 %	14 km/h
July	125 mm	10	11 h/day	62 %	85 %	14 km/h
August	112 mm	9	11 h/day	60 %	83 %	15 km/h
September	165 mm	12	12 h/day	71 %	83 %	16 km/h
October	194 mm	16	13 h/day	78 %	84 %	16 km/h
November	142 mm	15	14 h/day	73 %	81 %	16 km/h
December	165 mm	16	14 h/day	74 %	81 %	15 km/h

How Lages 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
Lages	25 °C	7.4 °C	1,747 mm	71
São José · Brazil	28 °C	11 °C	2,043 mm	167
Criciúma · Brazil	27 °C	11 °C	1,489 mm	149
Blumenau · Brazil	28 °C	13 °C	1,744 mm	169
Palhoça · Brazil	28 °C	13 °C	1,730 mm	154
São José · Brazil	28 °C	13 °C	1,666 mm	151
Caxias do Sul · Brazil	25 °C	7.3 °C	2,002 mm	78

Where Lages ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in South America in May	29th of 50	18 °C
The coolest places in South America in June	32nd of 50	16 °C
The coolest places in South America year-round	37th of 50	21 °C
The coolest places in South America in August	39th of 50	18 °C
The coolest places in South America in September	39th of 50	19 °C
The coolest places in South America in July	40th of 50	16 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Lages’s climate

When is the best time to visit Lages?

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 April the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Lages get?

In January, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 2 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 7.4 °C in July, the coldest month. A normal year has 4 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Lages?

October, averaging 194 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is April with 100 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,747 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 Lages 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: -27.816°, -50.326° (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.