Santa Catarina climate

Name: Santa Catarina
Address: MX

Santa Catarina is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.4 °C. September is the wettest month (122 mm) and December the driest (26 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Santa Catarina averages 569 mm of rain, 230 days above 25 °C and 1 days below freezing.

Mexico · population 304,052 · 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 August 32 °C
Coldest month January 9.4 °C
Driest month December 26 mm
Wettest month September 122 mm
Least cloud June 38 % cloud
Hottest on record May 40 °C
Coldest on record February -6.9 °C

What to expectSanta Catarina through the year

Santa Catarina has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in January to 32 °C in August, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 230 days a year reach 25 °C, 116 of them reach 30 °C, 1 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 122 mm against 26 mm in December — 4.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	19.6 °C	32 mm	47 %
February	22.4 °C	28 mm	43 %
March	25.4 °C	44 mm	41 %
April	28.4 °C	42 mm	43 %
May	30.1 °C	47 mm	41 %
June	31.5 °C	42 mm	38 %
July	31.6 °C	54 mm	44 %
August	31.9 °C	37 mm	40 %
September	28.2 °C	122 mm	52 %
October	25.9 °C	61 mm	40 %
November	22.4 °C	34 mm	40 %
December	19.9 °C	26 mm	44 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	19.6 °C	9.4 °C	13.8 °C	32.2 °C	-4.6 °C	5	0
February	22.4 °C	11.3 °C	16.0 °C	36.2 °C	-6.9 °C	10	2
March	25.4 °C	13.8 °C	18.9 °C	37.4 °C	0.6 °C	17	5
April	28.4 °C	16.8 °C	22.1 °C	39.8 °C	3.6 °C	24	11
May	30.1 °C	19.7 °C	24.5 °C	40.4 °C	9.2 °C	28	16
June	31.5 °C	21.4 °C	26.2 °C	39.8 °C	15.5 °C	30	21
July	31.6 °C	21.9 °C	26.4 °C	38.9 °C	18.2 °C	30	22
August	31.9 °C	22.2 °C	26.7 °C	37.9 °C	17.8 °C	31	24
September	28.2 °C	20.3 °C	23.9 °C	36.8 °C	13.2 °C	25	9
October	25.9 °C	17.2 °C	21.1 °C	34.9 °C	3.4 °C	19	4
November	22.4 °C	13.2 °C	17.2 °C	32.6 °C	0.2 °C	8	1
December	19.9 °C	10.3 °C	14.4 °C	31.1 °C	-3.3 °C	5	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	32 mm	6	11 h/day	47 %	66 %	10 km/h
February	28 mm	5	11 h/day	43 %	63 %	11 km/h
March	44 mm	7	12 h/day	41 %	61 %	12 km/h
April	42 mm	7	13 h/day	43 %	61 %	13 km/h
May	47 mm	9	13 h/day	41 %	66 %	12 km/h
June	42 mm	7	14 h/day	38 %	65 %	13 km/h
July	54 mm	6	14 h/day	44 %	63 %	13 km/h
August	37 mm	6	13 h/day	40 %	62 %	13 km/h
September	122 mm	11	12 h/day	52 %	73 %	11 km/h
October	61 mm	7	12 h/day	40 %	72 %	10 km/h
November	34 mm	5	11 h/day	40 %	70 %	9.9 km/h
December	26 mm	5	11 h/day	44 %	66 %	9.6 km/h

How Santa Catarina 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
Santa Catarina	32 °C	9.4 °C	569 mm	230
Monterrey · Mexico	33 °C	9.8 °C	582 mm	244
Ciudad Apodaca · Mexico	34 °C	9.5 °C	575 mm	256
Ciudad Benito Juárez · Mexico	33 °C	9.7 °C	553 mm	252
Saltillo · Mexico	28 °C	6.1 °C	545 mm	167
Monclova · Mexico	35 °C	8.4 °C	399 mm	268
Nuevo Laredo · Mexico	37 °C	10 °C	497 mm	281

Where Santa Catarina ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in North America in February	1stof 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in February	5thof 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in North America in November	8thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in North America in March	13thof 50	92/100
Places with the best weather in the world in November	45thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in North America year-round	47thof 50	83/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Santa Catarina.

QuestionsCommon questions about Santa Catarina’s climate

When is the best time to visit Santa Catarina?

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

How hot does Santa Catarina get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 116 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 9.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 1 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Santa Catarina?

September, averaging 122 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is December with 26 mm. The year as a whole averages 569 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 Santa Catarina 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.