Pelotas climate

Name: Pelotas
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Pelotas is warmest in January, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 10 °C. October is the wettest month (141 mm) and November the driest (96 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Pelotas averages 1,374 mm of rain and 95 days above 25 °C.

Brazil · population 336,150 · 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 27 °C
Coldest month July 10 °C
Driest month November 96 mm
Wettest month October 141 mm
Least cloud March 52 % cloud
Hottest on record January 37 °C
Coldest on record June 0.6 °C

What to expectPelotas through the year

Pelotas has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in July to 27 °C in January, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 95 days a year reach 25 °C, 11 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in January.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 96 mm in November to 141 mm in October. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.5 °C	110 mm	54 %
February	26.5 °C	108 mm	54 %
March	25.3 °C	104 mm	52 %
April	22.8 °C	120 mm	53 %
May	19.5 °C	106 mm	58 %
June	17.3 °C	114 mm	59 %
July	16.5 °C	118 mm	58 %
August	17.9 °C	115 mm	57 %
September	18.6 °C	140 mm	61 %
October	20.8 °C	141 mm	63 %
November	23.1 °C	96 mm	54 %
December	25.4 °C	100 mm	53 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.5 °C	20.9 °C	23.5 °C	36.6 °C	13.5 °C	21	3
February	26.5 °C	21.0 °C	23.5 °C	34.7 °C	11.9 °C	20	3
March	25.3 °C	19.8 °C	22.3 °C	36.0 °C	11.7 °C	16	1
April	22.8 °C	17.0 °C	19.7 °C	31.8 °C	7.5 °C	6	0
May	19.5 °C	13.8 °C	16.4 °C	29.3 °C	4.5 °C	2	0
June	17.3 °C	11.2 °C	13.9 °C	27.2 °C	0.6 °C	1	0
July	16.5 °C	10.1 °C	12.9 °C	27.9 °C	0.8 °C	1	0
August	17.9 °C	11.1 °C	14.1 °C	30.8 °C	2.0 °C	2	0
September	18.6 °C	12.6 °C	15.3 °C	32.2 °C	2.1 °C	2	0
October	20.8 °C	15.0 °C	17.7 °C	33.9 °C	6.9 °C	3	0
November	23.1 °C	16.9 °C	19.8 °C	35.5 °C	7.9 °C	7	1
December	25.4 °C	19.2 °C	22.1 °C	35.4 °C	9.6 °C	16	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	110 mm	12	14 h/day	54 %	77 %	24 km/h
February	108 mm	12	13 h/day	54 %	77 %	23 km/h
March	104 mm	12	12 h/day	52 %	78 %	23 km/h
April	120 mm	10	11 h/day	53 %	78 %	22 km/h
May	106 mm	9	11 h/day	58 %	81 %	21 km/h
June	114 mm	10	10 h/day	59 %	82 %	21 km/h
July	118 mm	10	10 h/day	58 %	81 %	22 km/h
August	115 mm	10	11 h/day	57 %	81 %	23 km/h
September	140 mm	11	12 h/day	61 %	80 %	25 km/h
October	141 mm	11	13 h/day	63 %	79 %	25 km/h
November	96 mm	9	14 h/day	54 %	76 %	25 km/h
December	100 mm	10	14 h/day	53 %	75 %	24 km/h

How Pelotas 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
Pelotas	27 °C	10 °C	1,374 mm	95
Rio Grande · Brazil	25 °C	12 °C	1,319 mm	45
Porto Alegre · Brazil	29 °C	10 °C	1,542 mm	170
Viamão · Brazil	28 °C	10 °C	1,553 mm	150
Novo Hamburgo · Brazil	29 °C	9.4 °C	1,732 mm	165

Where Pelotas ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in South America in September	35th of 50	19 °C
The coolest places in South America in August	38th of 50	18 °C
The coolest places in South America in July	42nd of 50	16 °C
The coolest places in South America in October	44th of 50	21 °C
The coolest places in South America in June	45th of 50	17 °C
Places with the best weather in South America in October	48th of 50	81/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Pelotas’s climate

When is the best time to visit Pelotas?

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

How hot does Pelotas get?

In January, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 11 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 10 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Pelotas?

October, averaging 141 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is November with 96 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,374 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 Pelotas 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: -31.770°, -52.341° (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.