Passo Fundo climate
Passo Fundo is warmest in January, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 8.6 °C. October is the wettest month (240 mm) and August the driest (117 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Passo Fundo averages 1,978 mm of rain, 118 days above 25 °C and 3 days below freezing.
Brazil · population 214,811 · 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 26 °C
- Coldest month July 8.6 °C
- Driest month August 117 mm
- Wettest month October 240 mm
- Least cloud August 49 % cloud
- Hottest on record November 35 °C
- Coldest on record July -5.1 °C
What to expectPasso Fundo through the year
Passo Fundo has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in July to 26 °C in January, a swing of 9.5 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 118 days a year reach 25 °C, 7 of them reach 30 °C, 3 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in November.
Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 240 mm against 117 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 | 26.3 °C | 174 mm | 56 % |
| February | 25.8 °C | 165 mm | 55 % |
| March | 24.9 °C | 147 mm | 52 % |
| April | 22.8 °C | 142 mm | 52 % |
| May | 19.1 °C | 161 mm | 56 % |
| June | 17.6 °C | 150 mm | 57 % |
| July | 17.3 °C | 167 mm | 52 % |
| August | 19.4 °C | 117 mm | 49 % |
| September | 20.7 °C | 163 mm | 55 % |
| October | 22.8 °C | 240 mm | 61 % |
| November | 24.4 °C | 176 mm | 53 % |
| December | 26.1 °C | 176 mm | 54 % |
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 | 26.3 °C | 18.0 °C | 21.8 °C | 32.8 °C | 8.9 °C | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| February | 25.8 °C | 17.8 °C | 21.4 °C | 33.2 °C | 8.3 °C | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| March | 24.9 °C | 16.7 °C | 20.3 °C | 34.2 °C | 6.1 °C | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| April | 22.8 °C | 14.3 °C | 18.0 °C | 30.9 °C | 1.9 °C | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 19.1 °C | 11.1 °C | 14.6 °C | 27.3 °C | -0.4 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 17.6 °C | 9.6 °C | 13.1 °C | 25.5 °C | -2.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| July | 17.3 °C | 8.6 °C | 12.4 °C | 25.3 °C | -5.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| August | 19.4 °C | 9.9 °C | 14.1 °C | 29.0 °C | -3.2 °C | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 20.7 °C | 11.3 °C | 15.5 °C | 31.2 °C | -1.9 °C | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 22.8 °C | 13.7 °C | 17.8 °C | 32.7 °C | 3.6 °C | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| November | 24.4 °C | 14.9 °C | 19.3 °C | 34.5 °C | 4.4 °C | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| December | 26.1 °C | 17.0 °C | 21.3 °C | 34.5 °C | 6.6 °C | 21 | 2 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 174 mm | 17 | 14 h/day | 56 % | 79 % | 18 km/h |
| February | 165 mm | 15 | 13 h/day | 55 % | 81 % | 18 km/h |
| March | 147 mm | 14 | 12 h/day | 52 % | 79 % | 18 km/h |
| April | 142 mm | 11 | 11 h/day | 52 % | 79 % | 18 km/h |
| May | 161 mm | 10 | 11 h/day | 56 % | 81 % | 18 km/h |
| June | 150 mm | 10 | 10 h/day | 57 % | 82 % | 18 km/h |
| July | 167 mm | 10 | 11 h/day | 52 % | 81 % | 19 km/h |
| August | 117 mm | 9 | 11 h/day | 49 % | 78 % | 19 km/h |
| September | 163 mm | 12 | 12 h/day | 55 % | 78 % | 20 km/h |
| October | 240 mm | 14 | 13 h/day | 61 % | 78 % | 20 km/h |
| November | 176 mm | 12 | 14 h/day | 53 % | 74 % | 20 km/h |
| December | 176 mm | 15 | 14 h/day | 54 % | 75 % | 19 km/h |
Where Passo Fundo ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The coolest places in South America in July | 47th of 50 | 17 °C |
| The coolest places in South America in June | 49th of 50 | 18 °C |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Passo Fundo’s climate
When is the best time to visit Passo Fundo?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, November, 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 Passo Fundo get?
In January, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 7 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 8.6 °C in July, the coldest month. A normal year has 3 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Passo Fundo?
October, averaging 240 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is August with 117 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,978 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 Passo Fundo 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
- -28.263°, -52.407° (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.