Canguçu climate — normals and trends
Canguçu (Brazil) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.3 °C and it receives 1,362 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is January (22.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (12.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Canguçu averages 1 frost days, 22 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 130 rainy days per year.
Canguçu has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.2 °C (on 30 January 1990) and the coldest -2.4 °C (on 14 July 1991).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
CanguçuRio Grande do Sul
- coords
- -31.39°, -52.68°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.3°C
Average daily high
21.9°C
Average daily low
13.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,362mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
18.5km/h
Seasonal range
10.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
22 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
130 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
22.3 °C
Average feels-like low
12.3 °C
Average peak gust
36.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
27 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.8 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.23 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
38.2 °C
30 January 1990
Coldest day
-2.4 °C
14 July 1991
Wettest day
125 mm
24 April 1954
Windiest day
51.5 km/h
5 June 1992
Strongest gust
106.2 km/h
2 July 1983
Hottest feels-like
43.4 °C
22 January 2022
Coldest feels-like
-6.5 °C
14 July 1991
Snowiest day
0.2 cm
13 July 2000
Sunniest day
13.9 h
20 December 1943
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 100 mm | -28 mm |
| Feb | 29.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 90 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 27.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 94 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 21.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 87 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 20.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 150 mm | +46 mm |
| Jun | 14.6 °C | -2.1 °C | 136 mm | +31 mm |
| Jul | 15.4 °C | -1.0 °C | 130 mm | +17 mm |
| Aug | 17.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 173 mm | +56 mm |
| Sep | 19.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 154 mm | +13 mm |
| Oct | 22.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 79 mm | -46 mm |
| Nov | 24.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 65 mm | -35 mm |
| Dec | 28.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 225 mm | +123 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Canguçu?
Canguçu has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.3 °C and it receives 1,362 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Canguçu?
The hottest day measured in Canguçu between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1990, reaching 38.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Canguçu?
The coldest day measured in Canguçu between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1991, at -2.4 °C.
Does it snow in Canguçu?
Almost never: Canguçu sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Canguçu warmed?
Yes: Canguçu warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Canguçu?
The wettest day measured in Canguçu between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 1954, with 125 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Canguçu?
The windiest day measured in Canguçu between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 1992, with winds reaching 51.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Canguçu?
The warmest month in Canguçu is January (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (12.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Canguçu?
Canguçu receives on average 1,362 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Canguçu?
Canguçu gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Canguçu?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Canguçu between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2000, with 0.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Canguçu?
Yes: Canguçu has on average 27 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Canguçu?
In Canguçu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.4 °C on 22 January 2022, and the lowest was -6.5 °C on 14 July 1991.
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