Climate averages 1991–2020

Santa Cruz do Sul weather
in September.

A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 21.5°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 11.9°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 161 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Santa Cruz do Sul · average highYear overview

September is a mild month in Santa Cruz do Sul: daytime highs average 21.5°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 161 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes September a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Lajeado (53 km away). In September its highs average 21.8°C, about as warm as Santa Cruz do Sul, with 161 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Cruz do Sul ranks joint 413th of 448 for the warmest September highs and joint 433rd of 448 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 448 cities is 27.5°C; Santa Cruz do Sul is 6.0°C cooler than that mean.

From September to October, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 161 mm to 199 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Santa Cruz do Sul, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.9°C19.7°C19.7°C15514.913.814 h
February 28.4°C19.7°C19.7°C14114.113.113 h
March 27.2°C18.3°C18.3°C12012.512.312 h
April 24.4°C15.4°C15.4°C12710.011.411 h
May 20.6°C12.1°C12.1°C1239.710.611 h
June 18.8°C10.1°C10.1°C13110.010.310 h
July 18.3°C9.0°C9.0°C15410.610.410 h
August 20.5°C10.3°C10.3°C12510.311.111 h
September, selected 21.5°C11.9°C11.9°C16111.611.912 h
October 23.7°C14.3°C14.3°C19913.512.813 h
November 25.9°C15.8°C15.8°C13511.613.614 h
December 28.3°C18.3°C18.3°C15213.114.014 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

September in nearby cities

Distance from Santa Cruz do Sul

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 limits

How 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.