Sorocaba climate

Name: Sorocaba
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Sorocaba is warmest in February, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 12 °C. January is the wettest month (222 mm) and August the driest (35 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Sorocaba averages 1,198 mm of rain and 217 days above 25 °C.

Brazil · population 762,172 · 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 12 °C
Driest month August 35 mm
Wettest month January 222 mm
Least cloud August 41 % cloud
Hottest on record October 40 °C
Coldest on record June 1.8 °C

What to expectSorocaba through the year

Sorocaba has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 23 °C in July to 28 °C in February, a swing of 6.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 217 days a year reach 25 °C, 35 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 222 mm against 35 mm in August — 6.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.5 °C	222 mm	74 %
February	27.7 °C	152 mm	69 %
March	26.9 °C	111 mm	61 %
April	25.9 °C	58 mm	51 %
May	23.2 °C	57 mm	53 %
June	22.4 °C	49 mm	48 %
July	22.5 °C	43 mm	44 %
August	24.4 °C	35 mm	41 %
September	25.9 °C	76 mm	53 %
October	26.8 °C	101 mm	66 %
November	26.6 °C	125 mm	66 %
December	27.5 °C	170 mm	69 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.5 °C	19.6 °C	23.1 °C	37.0 °C	12.4 °C	25	5
February	27.7 °C	19.6 °C	23.2 °C	37.7 °C	13.6 °C	24	4
March	26.9 °C	18.8 °C	22.3 °C	32.3 °C	12.0 °C	25	2
April	25.9 °C	17.1 °C	21.0 °C	32.6 °C	7.7 °C	20	1
May	23.2 °C	14.4 °C	18.4 °C	30.4 °C	6.1 °C	9	0
June	22.4 °C	13.0 °C	17.2 °C	28.4 °C	1.8 °C	6	0
July	22.5 °C	12.4 °C	16.9 °C	30.3 °C	2.2 °C	7	0
August	24.4 °C	13.2 °C	18.2 °C	33.7 °C	3.3 °C	16	1
September	25.9 °C	15.2 °C	19.9 °C	37.9 °C	5.1 °C	17	6
October	26.8 °C	16.9 °C	21.3 °C	39.6 °C	9.7 °C	21	7
November	26.6 °C	17.4 °C	21.5 °C	36.1 °C	10.0 °C	21	4
December	27.5 °C	18.8 °C	22.7 °C	35.1 °C	10.7 °C	26	5

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	222 mm	21	13 h/day	74 %	81 %	15 km/h
February	152 mm	18	13 h/day	69 %	82 %	15 km/h
March	111 mm	16	12 h/day	61 %	82 %	15 km/h
April	58 mm	7	12 h/day	51 %	78 %	15 km/h
May	57 mm	7	11 h/day	53 %	77 %	15 km/h
June	49 mm	5	11 h/day	48 %	77 %	14 km/h
July	43 mm	5	11 h/day	44 %	74 %	15 km/h
August	35 mm	4	11 h/day	41 %	70 %	16 km/h
September	76 mm	8	12 h/day	53 %	71 %	18 km/h
October	101 mm	12	13 h/day	66 %	75 %	18 km/h
November	125 mm	14	13 h/day	66 %	77 %	18 km/h
December	170 mm	18	14 h/day	69 %	79 %	17 km/h

How Sorocaba 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
Sorocaba	28 °C	12 °C	1,198 mm	217
Itu · Brazil	28 °C	13 °C	1,310 mm	229
Cotia · Brazil	26 °C	12 °C	1,331 mm	155
Barueri · Brazil	27 °C	12 °C	1,320 mm	178
Itapetininga · Brazil	27 °C	12 °C	1,412 mm	190
Itapecerica da Serra · Brazil	26 °C	11 °C	1,715 mm	121
Jundiaí · Brazil	27 °C	12 °C	1,360 mm	196

Where Sorocaba ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in South America in August	17th of 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in South America in July	23rd of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in South America in June	23rd of 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in South America in May	27th of 50	92/100
Places with the best weather in the world in August	49th of 50	94/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Sorocaba’s climate

When is the best time to visit Sorocaba?

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

How hot does Sorocaba get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 35 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 12 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Sorocaba?

January, averaging 222 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is August with 35 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,198 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 Sorocaba 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: -23.502°, -47.458° (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.