Pouso Alegre climate

Name: Pouso Alegre
Address: BR

Pouso Alegre is warmest in February, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 11 °C. January is the wettest month (277 mm) and June the driest (30 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Pouso Alegre averages 1,515 mm of rain and 177 days above 25 °C.

Brazil · 832 m elevation · population 162,133 · 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 11 °C
Driest month June 30 mm
Wettest month January 277 mm
Least cloud August 35 % cloud
Hottest on record October 35 °C
Coldest on record July 1.4 °C

What to expectPouso Alegre through the year

Pouso Alegre has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 22 °C in July to 27 °C in February, a swing of 5.9 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 177 days a year reach 25 °C, 10 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 277 mm against 30 mm in June — 9.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.4 °C	277 mm	79 %
February	26.7 °C	189 mm	72 %
March	25.9 °C	174 mm	66 %
April	24.9 °C	69 mm	53 %
May	22.4 °C	55 mm	50 %
June	21.7 °C	30 mm	43 %
July	21.8 °C	31 mm	38 %
August	23.7 °C	31 mm	35 %
September	25.5 °C	87 mm	49 %
October	26.2 °C	132 mm	65 %
November	25.6 °C	196 mm	72 %
December	26.2 °C	242 mm	76 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.4 °C	18.5 °C	22.0 °C	33.0 °C	12.6 °C	23	2
February	26.7 °C	18.4 °C	22.1 °C	32.3 °C	12.3 °C	22	1
March	25.9 °C	17.7 °C	21.3 °C	31.4 °C	11.8 °C	22	0
April	24.9 °C	16.1 °C	20.1 °C	29.6 °C	7.9 °C	15	0
May	22.4 °C	13.2 °C	17.4 °C	27.5 °C	3.5 °C	4	0
June	21.7 °C	11.8 °C	16.4 °C	27.0 °C	2.1 °C	1	0
July	21.8 °C	11.4 °C	16.2 °C	27.3 °C	1.4 °C	2	0
August	23.7 °C	12.5 °C	17.7 °C	30.4 °C	3.8 °C	9	0
September	25.5 °C	14.6 °C	19.6 °C	33.6 °C	5.6 °C	17	3
October	26.2 °C	16.4 °C	20.9 °C	34.8 °C	8.7 °C	20	3
November	25.6 °C	17.0 °C	20.8 °C	33.5 °C	8.7 °C	19	1
December	26.2 °C	18.0 °C	21.7 °C	31.5 °C	10.9 °C	23	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	277 mm	23	13 h/day	79 %	80 %	10 km/h
February	189 mm	19	13 h/day	72 %	78 %	10 km/h
March	174 mm	18	12 h/day	66 %	80 %	9.6 km/h
April	69 mm	9	12 h/day	53 %	76 %	9.4 km/h
May	55 mm	7	11 h/day	50 %	76 %	9.6 km/h
June	30 mm	4	11 h/day	43 %	75 %	9.5 km/h
July	31 mm	3	11 h/day	38 %	71 %	9.9 km/h
August	31 mm	4	11 h/day	35 %	66 %	10 km/h
September	87 mm	9	12 h/day	49 %	67 %	11 km/h
October	132 mm	14	13 h/day	65 %	72 %	11 km/h
November	196 mm	19	13 h/day	72 %	77 %	11 km/h
December	242 mm	22	13 h/day	76 %	80 %	11 km/h

How Pouso Alegre 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
Pouso Alegre	27 °C	11 °C	1,515 mm	177
Poços de Caldas · Brazil	25 °C	11 °C	1,769 mm	110
Pindamonhangaba · Brazil	29 °C	12 °C	1,482 mm	236
Taubaté · Brazil	28 °C	12 °C	1,489 mm	215
Bragança Paulista · Brazil	27 °C	12 °C	1,379 mm	182
Mogi Guaçu · Brazil	29 °C	12 °C	1,411 mm	275
São José dos Campos · Brazil	28 °C	12 °C	1,276 mm	214

Where Pouso Alegre ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in South America in August	3rdof 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in August	12thof 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in South America in June	18thof 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in South America in July	20thof 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in South America in May	23rdof 50	93/100
Places with the best weather in South America in September	39thof 50	88/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Pouso Alegre.

QuestionsCommon questions about Pouso Alegre’s climate

When is the best time to visit Pouso Alegre?

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

How hot does Pouso Alegre get?

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

Which month is wettest in Pouso Alegre?

January, averaging 277 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is June with 30 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,515 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 Pouso Alegre 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
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.