Palhoça climate

Name: Palhoça
Address: BR

Palhoça is warmest in February, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 13 °C. January is the wettest month (230 mm) and July the driest (89 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Palhoça averages 1,730 mm of rain and 154 days above 25 °C.

Brazil · population 222,598 · 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 28 °C
Coldest month July 13 °C
Driest month July 89 mm
Wettest month January 230 mm
Least cloud July 58 % cloud
Hottest on record December 37 °C
Coldest on record July 2.8 °C
Warmest sea February 26 °C

What to expectPalhoça through the year

Palhoça has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in July to 28 °C in February, a swing of 8.5 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 154 days a year reach 25 °C, 28 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in December.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 230 mm against 89 mm in July — 2.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Palhoça is warmest in February at 26 °C and coldest in August at 18 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.9 °C	230 mm	73 %
February	27.9 °C	223 mm	72 %
March	27.0 °C	157 mm	67 %
April	25.3 °C	101 mm	61 %
May	22.4 °C	120 mm	60 %
June	20.7 °C	99 mm	60 %
July	20.1 °C	89 mm	58 %
August	21.1 °C	89 mm	59 %
September	21.7 °C	149 mm	71 %
October	23.4 °C	148 mm	78 %
November	24.9 °C	155 mm	73 %
December	27.1 °C	171 mm	73 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.9 °C	21.6 °C	24.4 °C	36.7 °C	15.1 °C	25	7
February	27.9 °C	21.8 °C	24.4 °C	36.6 °C	15.1 °C	24	6
March	27.0 °C	20.9 °C	23.6 °C	34.2 °C	12.7 °C	23	4
April	25.3 °C	18.7 °C	21.6 °C	32.7 °C	8.7 °C	16	1
May	22.4 °C	15.6 °C	18.6 °C	30.8 °C	8.1 °C	5	0
June	20.7 °C	13.6 °C	16.7 °C	29.3 °C	4.0 °C	3	0
July	20.1 °C	12.7 °C	15.9 °C	29.1 °C	2.8 °C	3	0
August	21.1 °C	13.5 °C	16.8 °C	31.4 °C	3.9 °C	4	0
September	21.7 °C	15.3 °C	18.1 °C	33.1 °C	4.9 °C	5	1
October	23.4 °C	17.2 °C	19.9 °C	35.5 °C	10.5 °C	9	1
November	24.9 °C	18.5 °C	21.4 °C	35.0 °C	10.4 °C	14	2
December	27.1 °C	20.5 °C	23.4 °C	36.9 °C	12.9 °C	22	6

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	230 mm	23	14 h/day	73 %	83 %	13 km/h	25.6 °C
February	223 mm	20	13 h/day	72 %	84 %	12 km/h	25.7 °C
March	157 mm	20	12 h/day	67 %	83 %	12 km/h	25.3 °C
April	101 mm	12	11 h/day	61 %	83 %	12 km/h	23.9 °C
May	120 mm	11	11 h/day	60 %	84 %	12 km/h	21.6 °C
June	99 mm	9	10 h/day	60 %	85 %	11 km/h	19.5 °C
July	89 mm	9	11 h/day	58 %	85 %	11 km/h	17.8 °C
August	89 mm	9	11 h/day	59 %	84 %	13 km/h	17.7 °C
September	149 mm	13	12 h/day	71 %	83 %	14 km/h	18.8 °C
October	148 mm	15	13 h/day	78 %	83 %	15 km/h	20.5 °C
November	155 mm	16	13 h/day	73 %	81 %	15 km/h	22.3 °C
December	171 mm	19	14 h/day	73 %	82 %	14 km/h	24.1 °C

How Palhoça 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
Palhoça	28 °C	13 °C	1,730 mm	154
São José · Brazil	28 °C	13 °C	1,666 mm	151
Florianópolis · Brazil	28 °C	14 °C	1,658 mm	138
São José · Brazil	28 °C	11 °C	2,043 mm	167
Itajaí · Brazil	27 °C	14 °C	1,664 mm	131
Blumenau · Brazil	28 °C	13 °C	1,744 mm	169
Criciúma · Brazil	27 °C	11 °C	1,489 mm	149

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Palhoça’s climate

When is the best time to visit Palhoça?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, 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 Palhoça get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 28 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °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 Palhoça?

January, averaging 230 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is July with 89 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,730 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 Palhoça 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: -27.645°, -48.668° (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.