Florianópolis climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Florianópolis?

Florianópolis has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 1,366 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Florianópolis?

The hottest day measured in Florianópolis between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 2012, reaching 36.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Florianópolis?

The coldest day measured in Florianópolis between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1975, at 4.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Florianópolis?

Almost never: Florianópolis sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Florianópolis warmed?

Yes: Florianópolis warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Florianópolis?

The wettest day measured in Florianópolis between 1940 and 2025 was 14 November 1976, with 133 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Florianópolis?

The windiest day measured in Florianópolis between 1940 and 2025 was 15 September 1956, with winds reaching 46.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Florianópolis?

The warmest month in Florianópolis is February (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Florianópolis?

Florianópolis receives on average 1,366 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 162 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Florianópolis?

Florianópolis gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Florianópolis (Brazil) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 1,366 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 February (24.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Florianópolis averages 0 frost days, 13 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 162 rainy days per year.

Florianópolis has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.2 °C (on 26 December 2012) and the coldest 4.5 °C (on 18 July 1975).

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

FlorianópolisSanta Catarina

coords: -27.60°, -48.55°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.6°C

Average daily high

23.5°C

Average daily low

18.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,366mm

Sunshine / day

9.0h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

18.0km/h

Seasonal range

8.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

13 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

162 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.2 °C

Average feels-like low

18.9 °C

Average peak gust

33.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

135 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.8 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

36.2 °C

26 December 2012

Coldest day

4.5 °C

18 July 1975

Wettest day

133 mm

14 November 1976

Windiest day

46.7 km/h

15 September 1956

Strongest gust

85.0 km/h

11 May 2015

Hottest feels-like

43.4 °C

26 December 2012

Coldest feels-like

0.7 °C

18 July 1975

Sunniest day

13.7 h

11 December 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.7 °C17 February 2025	6.6 °C25 June 2025	20.8 °C	1,383 mm	30
2024	33.0 °C12 February 2024	7.3 °C13 August 2024	21.3 °C	1,862 mm	26
2023	31.9 °C29 December 2023	10.5 °C28 August 2023	21.4 °C	1,476 mm	19
2022	33.0 °C12 December 2022	8.4 °C19 August 2022	20.5 °C	1,786 mm	24
2021	31.3 °C4 February 2021	6.1 °C30 July 2021	20.6 °C	1,529 mm	7
2020	32.7 °C7 January 2020	8.4 °C22 August 2020	20.9 °C	1,171 mm	16
2019	35.7 °C30 January 2019	7.3 °C6 July 2019	21.6 °C	1,204 mm	35
2018	33.3 °C12 December 2018	8.6 °C27 August 2018	21.2 °C	1,043 mm	17
2017	32.5 °C4 March 2017	7.4 °C18 July 2017	21.6 °C	1,409 mm	27
2016	33.0 °C27 December 2016	6.3 °C13 June 2016	20.6 °C	1,402 mm	21
2015	34.8 °C12 January 2015	10.1 °C16 June 2015	21.6 °C	1,648 mm	26
2014	34.9 °C9 February 2014	9.1 °C14 August 2014	21.7 °C	1,213 mm	34
2013	34.0 °C30 December 2013	5.8 °C24 July 2013	20.6 °C	1,246 mm	18
2012	36.2 °C26 December 2012	8.4 °C8 June 2012	21.1 °C	1,221 mm	27
2011	33.3 °C23 December 2011	7.0 °C28 June 2011	20.4 °C	1,983 mm	10
2010	34.1 °C4 February 2010	9.1 °C14 July 2010	20.7 °C	1,833 mm	21
2009	32.3 °C2 March 2009	7.6 °C3 June 2009	20.7 °C	1,408 mm	14
2008	31.5 °C11 January 2008	6.8 °C17 June 2008	20.4 °C	1,985 mm	5
2007	32.6 °C31 March 2007	7.2 °C29 July 2007	20.9 °C	1,027 mm	21
2006	32.7 °C6 February 2006	6.6 °C5 September 2006	21.1 °C	1,077 mm	24
2005	31.8 °C11 March 2005	9.4 °C20 July 2005	21.1 °C	1,426 mm	8
2004	30.7 °C4 February 2004	6.9 °C8 August 2004	20.4 °C	1,688 mm	5
2003	32.8 °C3 March 2003	6.9 °C12 July 2003	21.0 °C	1,063 mm	28
2002	32.8 °C30 March 2002	8.8 °C29 July 2002	21.3 °C	1,303 mm	25
2001	33.3 °C28 January 2001	7.5 °C28 July 2001	21.5 °C	1,365 mm	28
2000	32.2 °C27 December 2000	5.6 °C14 July 2000	20.4 °C	1,224 mm	10
1999	32.1 °C7 February 1999	6.7 °C15 August 1999	20.3 °C	1,398 mm	11
1998	34.2 °C28 January 1998	10.0 °C22 June 1998	20.8 °C	1,912 mm	15
1997	33.1 °C23 December 1997	9.5 °C1 July 1997	20.9 °C	1,596 mm	16
1996	32.1 °C12 January 1996	8.1 °C30 June 1996	20.4 °C	1,740 mm	12
1995	32.6 °C19 December 1995	8.0 °C26 June 1995	20.5 °C	1,684 mm	16
1994	34.7 °C14 December 1994	6.3 °C10 July 1994	20.8 °C	1,216 mm	15
1993	31.9 °C8 January 1993	7.1 °C16 July 1993	20.5 °C	1,327 mm	18
1992	32.6 °C22 February 1992	7.1 °C23 July 1992	20.5 °C	1,420 mm	9
1991	32.3 °C23 December 1991	5.2 °C3 August 1991	20.7 °C	1,276 mm	10
1990	31.3 °C8 February 1990	6.4 °C29 July 1990	20.3 °C	1,377 mm	10
1989	32.7 °C23 November 1989	7.2 °C6 July 1989	20.2 °C	1,396 mm	5
1988	33.1 °C19 January 1988	7.1 °C12 July 1988	20.1 °C	947 mm	17
1987	32.9 °C8 January 1987	7.2 °C17 June 1987	20.5 °C	1,403 mm	21
1986	33.9 °C16 December 1986	9.7 °C6 September 1986	21.4 °C	968 mm	19
1985	31.3 °C20 February 1985	9.1 °C11 July 1985	20.8 °C	1,052 mm	5
1984	33.3 °C13 January 1984	5.1 °C26 August 1984	20.6 °C	1,385 mm	23
1983	32.4 °C10 March 1983	8.9 °C21 August 1983	20.4 °C	2,350 mm	6
1982	31.6 °C12 February 1982	9.1 °C30 July 1982	20.6 °C	1,030 mm	5
1981	32.1 °C4 February 1981	6.7 °C19 June 1981	20.5 °C	1,227 mm	4
1980	32.2 °C23 January 1980	7.0 °C1 August 1980	20.6 °C	1,299 mm	14
1979	31.6 °C14 December 1979	7.7 °C1 June 1979	19.9 °C	1,218 mm	5
1978	35.2 °C2 February 1978	7.4 °C14 August 1978	20.8 °C	962 mm	21
1977	32.0 °C28 February 1977	8.8 °C26 June 1977	21.4 °C	1,455 mm	10
1976	32.4 °C15 December 1976	7.7 °C10 July 1976	20.2 °C	1,501 mm	14
1975	34.3 °C15 February 1975	4.5 °C18 July 1975	20.4 °C	1,265 mm	13
1974	32.5 °C10 January 1974	8.3 °C16 August 1974	20.5 °C	1,177 mm	8
1973	35.4 °C10 February 1973	9.2 °C20 June 1973	20.7 °C	1,445 mm	22
1972	33.2 °C2 January 1972	6.1 °C9 July 1972	20.7 °C	1,300 mm	14
1971	35.1 °C24 January 1971	7.9 °C13 June 1971	20.5 °C	1,235 mm	30
1970	32.4 °C6 February 1970	8.5 °C3 July 1970	20.8 °C	1,020 mm	12
1969	33.6 °C17 February 1969	8.5 °C10 July 1969	20.4 °C	1,362 mm	15
1968	32.9 °C12 February 1968	7.8 °C17 May 1968	20.2 °C	1,036 mm	12
1967	30.4 °C23 February 1967	7.7 °C9 June 1967	20.6 °C	1,058 mm	3
1966	32.4 °C21 January 1966	7.7 °C6 August 1966	20.3 °C	1,532 mm	15
1965	32.1 °C17 January 1965	6.0 °C12 July 1965	20.3 °C	1,160 mm	3
1964	30.6 °C25 December 1964	8.5 °C29 July 1964	19.8 °C	1,345 mm	2
1963	33.2 °C8 January 1963	8.0 °C7 August 1963	20.6 °C	1,411 mm	12
1962	31.9 °C29 November 1962	8.4 °C18 July 1962	19.7 °C	1,251 mm	3
1961	32.9 °C17 January 1961	8.1 °C15 June 1961	21.0 °C	1,159 mm	10
1960	30.9 °C23 December 1960	7.7 °C25 June 1960	19.9 °C	1,192 mm	1
1959	31.3 °C26 January 1959	9.6 °C7 June 1959	20.7 °C	1,082 mm	10
1958	33.2 °C15 February 1958	9.3 °C19 June 1958	20.6 °C	1,529 mm	12
1957	32.2 °C30 December 1957	7.1 °C3 August 1957	20.1 °C	1,612 mm	2
1956	32.1 °C9 January 1956	9.6 °C15 May 1956	19.9 °C	1,146 mm	10
1955	31.5 °C7 February 1955	6.1 °C31 July 1955	19.8 °C	1,192 mm	9
1954	32.8 °C12 January 1954	10.8 °C6 July 1954	20.6 °C	1,502 mm	4
1953	32.7 °C6 January 1953	11.0 °C31 July 1953	20.8 °C	1,179 mm	18
1952	31.0 °C4 February 1952	9.7 °C19 June 1952	20.4 °C	866 mm	8
1951	29.1 °C24 February 1951	11.3 °C9 July 1951	19.9 °C	1,059 mm	0
1950	30.6 °C19 February 1950	7.1 °C11 July 1950	20.1 °C	1,262 mm	1
1949	31.1 °C3 January 1949	8.2 °C16 August 1949	19.9 °C	1,477 mm	2
1948	31.2 °C6 January 1948	9.0 °C9 August 1948	20.2 °C	1,441 mm	5
1947	31.6 °C6 February 1947	8.3 °C14 July 1947	19.9 °C	1,509 mm	5
1946	29.6 °C18 February 1946	9.5 °C27 July 1946	20.6 °C	2,102 mm	0
1945	30.5 °C5 February 1945	10.1 °C10 July 1945	20.8 °C	1,880 mm	1
1944	31.6 °C6 January 1944	8.8 °C28 June 1944	20.7 °C	1,315 mm	3
1943	33.4 °C5 January 1943	9.4 °C25 August 1943	20.4 °C	1,075 mm	15
1942	31.4 °C14 March 1942	6.7 °C18 June 1942	20.2 °C	814 mm	9
1941	33.0 °C6 January 1941	9.3 °C26 June 1941	20.4 °C	1,711 mm	5
1940	30.9 °C15 January 1940	9.8 °C27 August 1940	20.8 °C	1,690 mm	2

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.7 °C

+0.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

30 d/yr

+17

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1383 mm

+17 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.5 °C	+0.1 °C	141 mm	-21 mm
Feb	29.4 °C	+1.9 °C	129 mm	-26 mm
Mar	27.8 °C	+1.2 °C	77 mm	-52 mm
Apr	24.4 °C	-0.2 °C	158 mm	+65 mm
May	23.2 °C	+0.9 °C	68 mm	-25 mm
Jun	19.6 °C	-0.8 °C	121 mm	+35 mm
Jul	19.1 °C	-0.5 °C	28 mm	-54 mm
Aug	19.3 °C	-0.9 °C	85 mm	-1 mm
Sep	21.0 °C	+0.1 °C	128 mm	+6 mm
Oct	21.9 °C	-0.5 °C	188 mm	+54 mm
Nov	23.5 °C	-0.7 °C	101 mm	-8 mm
Dec	27.9 °C	+1.8 °C	160 mm	+44 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.7 °C

17 Feb 2025

Coldest day

6.6 °C

25 Jun 2025

Wettest day

88.2 mm

9 Dec 2025

Windiest day

43.6 km/h

18 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

79.2 km/h

18 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.5 °C

17 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.1 °C

24 Jun 2025

Sunniest day

13.7 h

11 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Florianópolis?

Florianópolis has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 1,366 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Florianópolis?

The hottest day measured in Florianópolis between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 2012, reaching 36.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Florianópolis?

The coldest day measured in Florianópolis between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1975, at 4.5 °C.

Does it snow in Florianópolis?

Almost never: Florianópolis sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Florianópolis warmed?

Yes: Florianópolis warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Florianópolis?

The wettest day measured in Florianópolis between 1940 and 2025 was 14 November 1976, with 133 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Florianópolis?

The windiest day measured in Florianópolis between 1940 and 2025 was 15 September 1956, with winds reaching 46.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Florianópolis?

The warmest month in Florianópolis is February (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Florianópolis?

Florianópolis receives on average 1,366 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 162 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Florianópolis?

Florianópolis gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Florianópolis?

Yes: Florianópolis has on average 135 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Florianópolis?

In Florianópolis, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.4 °C on 26 December 2012, and the lowest was 0.7 °C on 18 July 1975.

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