Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz do Sul weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Santa Cruz do Sul: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 155 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes January a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 49 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lajeado (53 km away). In January its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Santa Cruz do Sul, with 181 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Cruz do Sul ranks joint 179th of 448 for the warmest January highs and joint 117th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Santa Cruz do Sul is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 155 mm to 141 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 28.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 155 | 14.9 | 13.814 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Lajeado in JanuaryBrazil · 53 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 181 mm rain
- Cachoeira do Sul in JanuaryBrazil · 58 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 133 mm rain
- Bento Gonçalves in JanuaryBrazil · 107 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 210 mm rain
- Guaíba in JanuaryBrazil · 115 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 137 mm rain
- Farroupilha in JanuaryBrazil · 118 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 208 mm rain
- Porto Alegre in JanuaryBrazil · 120 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.6°C · 137 mm rain
- Canoas in JanuaryBrazil · 122 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 137 mm rain
- São Leopoldo in JanuaryBrazil · 124 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 166 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.