Várzea Grande climate

Name: Várzea Grande
Address: BR

Várzea Grande is warmest in September, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 18 °C. January is the wettest month (247 mm) and July the driest (5.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Várzea Grande averages 1,348 mm of rain and 353 days above 25 °C.

Brazil · population 300,078 · 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 September 34 °C
Coldest month July 18 °C
Driest month July 5 mm
Wettest month January 247 mm
Least cloud July 27 % cloud
Hottest on record September 43 °C
Coldest on record June 8.5 °C

What to expectVárzea Grande through the year

Várzea Grande has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 30 °C in July to 34 °C in September, a swing of 4.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 353 days a year reach 25 °C, 254 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 247 mm against 5 mm in July — 46 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.5 °C	247 mm	82 %
February	30.4 °C	226 mm	81 %
March	30.4 °C	198 mm	75 %
April	30.4 °C	89 mm	59 %
May	29.7 °C	33 mm	50 %
June	30.0 °C	10 mm	36 %
July	30.4 °C	5 mm	27 %
August	32.6 °C	9 mm	29 %
September	33.8 °C	41 mm	43 %
October	33.1 °C	117 mm	64 %
November	31.5 °C	159 mm	75 %
December	30.8 °C	214 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	30.5 °C	23.7 °C	26.6 °C	35.8 °C	19.4 °C	31	20
February	30.4 °C	23.5 °C	26.5 °C	35.4 °C	19.2 °C	28	18
March	30.4 °C	23.3 °C	26.4 °C	34.5 °C	19.3 °C	31	19
April	30.4 °C	22.5 °C	26.1 °C	34.6 °C	14.0 °C	29	19
May	29.7 °C	20.5 °C	24.7 °C	34.7 °C	11.3 °C	28	17
June	30.0 °C	19.2 °C	24.1 °C	34.2 °C	8.5 °C	28	20
July	30.4 °C	18.4 °C	23.9 °C	35.0 °C	9.7 °C	28	21
August	32.6 °C	20.3 °C	26.0 °C	40.0 °C	10.3 °C	30	25
September	33.8 °C	22.7 °C	27.8 °C	42.5 °C	13.2 °C	29	26
October	33.1 °C	24.0 °C	28.1 °C	41.9 °C	16.2 °C	31	27
November	31.5 °C	23.7 °C	27.2 °C	38.9 °C	15.7 °C	30	22
December	30.8 °C	23.8 °C	26.9 °C	36.6 °C	17.6 °C	31	21

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	247 mm	24	13 h/day	82 %	81 %	13 km/h
February	226 mm	23	13 h/day	81 %	82 %	12 km/h
March	198 mm	24	12 h/day	75 %	83 %	11 km/h
April	89 mm	14	12 h/day	59 %	79 %	11 km/h
May	33 mm	5	11 h/day	50 %	73 %	12 km/h
June	10 mm	1	11 h/day	36 %	66 %	13 km/h
July	5 mm	1	11 h/day	27 %	59 %	14 km/h
August	9 mm	2	12 h/day	29 %	52 %	14 km/h
September	41 mm	6	12 h/day	43 %	57 %	14 km/h
October	117 mm	15	12 h/day	64 %	69 %	13 km/h
November	159 mm	19	13 h/day	75 %	76 %	13 km/h
December	214 mm	23	13 h/day	81 %	79 %	13 km/h

How Várzea Grande 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
Várzea Grande	34 °C	18 °C	1,348 mm	353
Cuiabá · Brazil	34 °C	19 °C	1,381 mm	353
Rondonópolis · Brazil	34 °C	18 °C	1,348 mm	358
Sinop · Brazil	34 °C	19 °C	1,695 mm	358
Rio Verde · Brazil	31 °C	16 °C	1,394 mm	337

Where Várzea Grande ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in South America in November	18th of 50	31 °C
The warmest places in South America in October	27th of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in South America in September	27th of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in South America in December	28th of 50	31 °C
The warmest places in South America year-round	33rd of 50	31 °C
The warmest places in South America in August	35th of 50	33 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Várzea Grande.

QuestionsCommon questions about Várzea Grande’s climate

When is the best time to visit Várzea Grande?

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

How hot does Várzea Grande get?

In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 254 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 18 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Várzea Grande?

January, averaging 247 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is July with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,348 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 Várzea Grande 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: -15.647°, -56.133° (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.