São José dos Pinhais climate

Name: São José dos Pinhais
Address: BR

São José dos Pinhais is warmest in February, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 9.9 °C. January is the wettest month (221 mm) and April the driest (74 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year São José dos Pinhais averages 1,543 mm of rain, 84 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Brazil · population 349,880 · 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 25 °C
Coldest month July 9.9 °C
Driest month April 74 mm
Wettest month January 221 mm
Least cloud July 62 % cloud
Hottest on record October 34 °C
Coldest on record July -2.4 °C

What to expectSão José dos Pinhais through the year

São José dos Pinhais has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in July to 25 °C in February, a swing of 7.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 84 days a year reach 25 °C, 2 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 221 mm against 74 mm in April — 3.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	24.6 °C	221 mm	83 %
February	24.6 °C	191 mm	81 %
March	23.6 °C	127 mm	78 %
April	22.1 °C	74 mm	73 %
May	19.1 °C	93 mm	70 %
June	18.2 °C	104 mm	65 %
July	18.1 °C	93 mm	62 %
August	19.5 °C	81 mm	62 %
September	20.4 °C	133 mm	75 %
October	21.7 °C	137 mm	84 %
November	22.4 °C	127 mm	81 %
December	24.2 °C	162 mm	81 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	24.6 °C	17.7 °C	20.5 °C	31.5 °C	12.6 °C	15	0
February	24.6 °C	17.9 °C	20.6 °C	32.2 °C	10.8 °C	14	0
March	23.6 °C	17.0 °C	19.7 °C	30.4 °C	8.9 °C	10	0
April	22.1 °C	15.1 °C	18.0 °C	29.2 °C	3.0 °C	5	0
May	19.1 °C	12.1 °C	15.1 °C	26.6 °C	0.4 °C	1	0
June	18.2 °C	10.7 °C	13.9 °C	25.1 °C	-1.1 °C	0	0
July	18.1 °C	9.9 °C	13.5 °C	25.9 °C	-2.4 °C	0	0
August	19.5 °C	10.6 °C	14.4 °C	28.6 °C	-0.9 °C	3	0
September	20.4 °C	12.2 °C	15.6 °C	32.6 °C	0.9 °C	6	0
October	21.7 °C	13.9 °C	17.2 °C	33.6 °C	6.5 °C	7	1
November	22.4 °C	15.0 °C	18.1 °C	30.8 °C	7.5 °C	8	0
December	24.2 °C	16.7 °C	19.9 °C	31.1 °C	9.6 °C	14	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	221 mm	23	14 h/day	83 %	88 %	16 km/h
February	191 mm	21	13 h/day	81 %	88 %	15 km/h
March	127 mm	18	12 h/day	78 %	88 %	15 km/h
April	74 mm	10	11 h/day	73 %	86 %	15 km/h
May	93 mm	9	11 h/day	70 %	86 %	15 km/h
June	104 mm	9	11 h/day	65 %	86 %	15 km/h
July	93 mm	7	11 h/day	62 %	84 %	16 km/h
August	81 mm	8	11 h/day	62 %	83 %	15 km/h
September	133 mm	11	12 h/day	75 %	85 %	17 km/h
October	137 mm	15	13 h/day	84 %	87 %	17 km/h
November	127 mm	15	13 h/day	81 %	86 %	17 km/h
December	162 mm	19	14 h/day	81 %	86 %	16 km/h

How São José dos Pinhais 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
São José dos Pinhais	25 °C	9.9 °C	1,543 mm	84
Curitiba · Brazil	25 °C	10 °C	1,544 mm	91
Araucária · Brazil	25 °C	9.9 °C	1,563 mm	94
Colombo · Brazil	24 °C	9.7 °C	1,512 mm	76
Paranaguá · Brazil	28 °C	15 °C	2,038 mm	149
Joinville · Brazil	28 °C	13 °C	1,897 mm	168
Ponta Grossa · Brazil	25 °C	9.5 °C	1,444 mm	102

Where São José dos Pinhais ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in South America in November	44th of 50	22 °C
Places with the best weather in South America in April	46th of 50	86/100
The coolest places in South America in March	47th of 50	24 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about São José dos Pinhais’s climate

When is the best time to visit São José dos Pinhais?

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

How hot does São José dos Pinhais get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 2 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.9 °C in July, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in São José dos Pinhais?

January, averaging 221 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is April with 74 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,543 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 São José dos Pinhais 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: -25.530°, -49.208° (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.