Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz do Sul weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Santa Cruz do Sul: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 141 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lajeado (53 km away). In February its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Santa Cruz do Sul, with 162 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Cruz do Sul ranks joint 243rd of 448 for the warmest February highs and joint 145th of 448 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Santa Cruz do Sul is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 141 mm to 120 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Santa Cruz do Sul climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 155 | 14.9 | 13.814 h |
| February, selected | 28.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 141 | 14.1 | 13.113 h |
| March | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 120 | 12.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 127 | 10.0 | 11.411 h |
| May | 20.6°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 123 | 9.7 | 10.611 h |
| June | 18.8°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 131 | 10.0 | 10.310 h |
| July | 18.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 154 | 10.6 | 10.410 h |
| August | 20.5°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 125 | 10.3 | 11.111 h |
| September | 21.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 161 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 199 | 13.5 | 12.813 h |
| November | 25.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 135 | 11.6 | 13.614 h |
| December | 28.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 152 | 13.1 | 14.014 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Lajeado in FebruaryBrazil · 53 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 162 mm rain
- Cachoeira do Sul in FebruaryBrazil · 58 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 118 mm rain
- Bento Gonçalves in FebruaryBrazil · 107 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.9°C · 186 mm rain
- Guaíba in FebruaryBrazil · 115 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Farroupilha in FebruaryBrazil · 118 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.5°C · 186 mm rain
- Porto Alegre in FebruaryBrazil · 120 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 128 mm rain
- Canoas in FebruaryBrazil · 122 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 128 mm rain
- São Leopoldo in FebruaryBrazil · 124 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 143 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Santa Cruz do Sul) is explained once on the Santa Cruz do Sul year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.