Santo Cristo climate — normals and trends
Santo Cristo (Brazil) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,747 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 (25.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (15.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Santo Cristo averages 0 frost days, 88 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 137 rainy days per year.
Santo Cristo has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.6 °C (on 17 December 1995) and the coldest -2.1 °C (on 25 July 2009).
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
Santo CristoRio Grande do Sul
- coords
- -27.82°, -54.66°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
20.5°C
Average daily high
25.8°C
Average daily low
15.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,747mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
14.6km/h
Seasonal range
10.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
88 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
137 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
27.9 °C
Average feels-like low
16.1 °C
Average peak gust
31.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
90 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · 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
40.6 °C
17 December 1995
Coldest day
-2.1 °C
25 July 2009
Wettest day
193 mm
27 February 1961
Windiest day
44.7 km/h
5 June 1992
Strongest gust
104.8 km/h
5 June 1992
Hottest feels-like
45.1 °C
24 January 2022
Coldest feels-like
-6.1 °C
14 June 1967
Snowiest day
2.1 cm
20 August 1965
Sunniest day
13.6 h
5 January 1940
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 | 32.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 55 mm | -111 mm |
| Feb | 33.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 99 mm | -44 mm |
| Mar | 31.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 49 mm | -78 mm |
| Apr | 25.4 °C | -0.5 °C | 74 mm | -67 mm |
| May | 23.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 171 mm | +28 mm |
| Jun | 17.4 °C | -2.9 °C | 244 mm | +98 mm |
| Jul | 20.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 52 mm | -63 mm |
| Aug | 21.5 °C | -0.7 °C | 134 mm | +17 mm |
| Sep | 24.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 187 mm | +26 mm |
| Oct | 25.7 °C | -0.3 °C | 307 mm | +108 mm |
| Nov | 29.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 49 mm | -99 mm |
| Dec | 30.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 211 mm | +70 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Santo Cristo?
Santo Cristo has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,747 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santo Cristo?
The hottest day measured in Santo Cristo between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1995, reaching 40.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Santo Cristo?
The coldest day measured in Santo Cristo between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2009, at -2.1 °C.
Does it snow in Santo Cristo?
Almost never: Santo Cristo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Santo Cristo warmed?
Yes: Santo Cristo warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Santo Cristo?
The wettest day measured in Santo Cristo between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 1961, with 193 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Santo Cristo?
The windiest day measured in Santo Cristo between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 1992, with winds reaching 44.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Santo Cristo?
The warmest month in Santo Cristo is January (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Santo Cristo?
Santo Cristo receives on average 1,747 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 137 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Santo Cristo?
Santo Cristo gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Santo Cristo?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Santo Cristo between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 1965, with 2.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Santo Cristo?
Yes: Santo Cristo has on average 90 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santo Cristo?
In Santo Cristo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.1 °C on 24 January 2022, and the lowest was -6.1 °C on 14 June 1967.
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