Teresópolis climate

Name: Teresópolis
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Teresópolis is warmest in February, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 13 °C. December is the wettest month (320 mm) and July the driest (49 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Teresópolis averages 2,028 mm of rain and 127 days above 25 °C.

Brazil · population 176,735 · 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 26 °C
Coldest month July 13 °C
Driest month July 49 mm
Wettest month December 320 mm
Least cloud July 46 % cloud
Hottest on record October 33 °C
Coldest on record July 4.1 °C

What to expectTeresópolis through the year

Teresópolis has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in July to 26 °C in February, a swing of 6.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 127 days a year reach 25 °C, 3 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 320 mm against 49 mm in July — 6.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.9 °C	317 mm	75 %
February	26.3 °C	236 mm	66 %
March	25.1 °C	259 mm	69 %
April	23.5 °C	125 mm	61 %
May	21.1 °C	86 mm	57 %
June	20.7 °C	50 mm	49 %
July	20.5 °C	49 mm	46 %
August	21.6 °C	53 mm	46 %
September	22.8 °C	106 mm	58 %
October	23.8 °C	153 mm	70 %
November	23.7 °C	276 mm	77 %
December	25.2 °C	320 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	25.9 °C	19.0 °C	21.9 °C	32.0 °C	13.0 °C	21	1
February	26.3 °C	19.0 °C	22.1 °C	31.4 °C	13.1 °C	21	1
March	25.1 °C	18.3 °C	21.1 °C	31.3 °C	11.4 °C	17	0
April	23.5 °C	16.7 °C	19.6 °C	28.8 °C	8.9 °C	9	0
May	21.1 °C	14.2 °C	17.2 °C	27.5 °C	8.3 °C	2	0
June	20.7 °C	13.1 °C	16.4 °C	26.3 °C	5.4 °C	1	0
July	20.5 °C	12.5 °C	16.0 °C	27.6 °C	4.1 °C	1	0
August	21.6 °C	12.9 °C	16.7 °C	29.4 °C	5.8 °C	5	0
September	22.8 °C	14.6 °C	18.2 °C	32.7 °C	7.0 °C	9	0
October	23.8 °C	16.2 °C	19.5 °C	33.3 °C	9.3 °C	12	1
November	23.7 °C	17.0 °C	19.8 °C	31.9 °C	9.6 °C	11	0
December	25.2 °C	18.4 °C	21.2 °C	31.1 °C	9.6 °C	17	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	317 mm	23	13 h/day	75 %	83 %	8.7 km/h
February	236 mm	19	13 h/day	66 %	81 %	8.4 km/h
March	259 mm	22	12 h/day	69 %	85 %	7.9 km/h
April	125 mm	16	12 h/day	61 %	85 %	8.1 km/h
May	86 mm	11	11 h/day	57 %	84 %	8.3 km/h
June	50 mm	7	11 h/day	49 %	82 %	8.4 km/h
July	49 mm	7	11 h/day	46 %	81 %	8.7 km/h
August	53 mm	8	11 h/day	46 %	79 %	9.3 km/h
September	106 mm	12	12 h/day	58 %	79 %	10 km/h
October	153 mm	16	13 h/day	70 %	81 %	9.8 km/h
November	276 mm	21	13 h/day	77 %	84 %	9.5 km/h
December	320 mm	24	14 h/day	76 %	84 %	9.0 km/h

How Teresópolis 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
Teresópolis	26 °C	13 °C	2,028 mm	127
Petrópolis · Brazil	27 °C	13 °C	1,966 mm	154
Magé · Brazil	31 °C	16 °C	1,588 mm	260
Itaboraí · Brazil	31 °C	16 °C	1,630 mm	253
Nova Friburgo · Brazil	27 °C	13 °C	2,042 mm	157
Duque de Caxias · Brazil	31 °C	16 °C	1,613 mm	271
Niterói · Brazil	31 °C	17 °C	1,550 mm	268

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Teresópolis’s climate

When is the best time to visit Teresópolis?

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

How hot does Teresópolis get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 3 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 13 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Teresópolis?

December, averaging 320 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is July with 49 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,028 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 Teresópolis 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: -22.417°, -42.978° (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.