Nova Friburgo climate

Name: Nova Friburgo
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Nova Friburgo is warmest in February, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 13 °C. December is the wettest month (336 mm) and July the driest (42 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Nova Friburgo averages 2,042 mm of rain and 157 days above 25 °C.

Brazil · population 189,939 · 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 27 °C
Coldest month July 13 °C
Driest month July 42 mm
Wettest month December 336 mm
Least cloud July 49 % cloud
Hottest on record October 33 °C
Coldest on record July 5.8 °C

What to expectNova Friburgo through the year

Nova Friburgo has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 21 °C in July to 27 °C in February, a swing of 6.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 157 days a year reach 25 °C, 9 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 336 mm against 42 mm in July — 8.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.8 °C	320 mm	76 %
February	27.2 °C	216 mm	68 %
March	26.0 °C	243 mm	71 %
April	24.4 °C	124 mm	64 %
May	22.2 °C	83 mm	58 %
June	21.7 °C	42 mm	51 %
July	21.4 °C	42 mm	49 %
August	22.4 °C	48 mm	49 %
September	23.5 °C	114 mm	61 %
October	24.6 °C	175 mm	73 %
November	24.5 °C	299 mm	81 %
December	26.0 °C	336 mm	78 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.8 °C	19.6 °C	22.7 °C	32.5 °C	14.3 °C	24	2
February	27.2 °C	19.6 °C	22.9 °C	32.4 °C	13.9 °C	23	2
March	26.0 °C	19.0 °C	21.9 °C	32.3 °C	12.7 °C	21	1
April	24.4 °C	17.4 °C	20.4 °C	29.6 °C	10.0 °C	13	0
May	22.2 °C	14.9 °C	18.1 °C	28.1 °C	8.7 °C	4	0
June	21.7 °C	13.8 °C	17.2 °C	27.0 °C	6.7 °C	2	0
July	21.4 °C	13.2 °C	16.8 °C	28.4 °C	5.8 °C	3	0
August	22.4 °C	13.7 °C	17.5 °C	30.1 °C	7.5 °C	7	0
September	23.5 °C	15.1 °C	18.8 °C	33.1 °C	7.5 °C	11	1
October	24.6 °C	16.7 °C	20.1 °C	33.4 °C	9.8 °C	15	1
November	24.5 °C	17.6 °C	20.6 °C	32.0 °C	10.2 °C	14	1
December	26.0 °C	19.0 °C	22.0 °C	32.1 °C	10.9 °C	20	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	320 mm	22	13 h/day	76 %	84 %	10 km/h
February	216 mm	18	13 h/day	68 %	82 %	10 km/h
March	243 mm	22	12 h/day	71 %	86 %	9.2 km/h
April	124 mm	16	12 h/day	64 %	86 %	9.1 km/h
May	83 mm	12	11 h/day	58 %	85 %	9.5 km/h
June	42 mm	7	11 h/day	51 %	84 %	9.6 km/h
July	42 mm	8	11 h/day	49 %	82 %	10.0 km/h
August	48 mm	9	11 h/day	49 %	80 %	11 km/h
September	114 mm	13	12 h/day	61 %	81 %	11 km/h
October	175 mm	18	13 h/day	73 %	83 %	11 km/h
November	299 mm	22	13 h/day	81 %	86 %	11 km/h
December	336 mm	24	13 h/day	78 %	85 %	11 km/h

How Nova Friburgo 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
Nova Friburgo	27 °C	13 °C	2,042 mm	157
Teresópolis · Brazil	26 °C	13 °C	2,028 mm	127
Itaboraí · Brazil	31 °C	16 °C	1,630 mm	253
Rio das Ostras · Brazil	30 °C	18 °C	1,326 mm	251
Magé · Brazil	31 °C	16 °C	1,588 mm	260
Petrópolis · Brazil	27 °C	13 °C	1,966 mm	154
Macaé · Brazil	30 °C	18 °C	1,170 mm	243

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Nova Friburgo.

QuestionsCommon questions about Nova Friburgo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Nova Friburgo?

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, February is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Nova Friburgo get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 9 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 13 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Nova Friburgo?

December, averaging 336 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is July with 42 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,042 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 Nova Friburgo 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: -22.282°, -42.531° (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.