Encarnación climate — normals and trends
Encarnación (Paraguay) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.1 °C and it receives 1,820 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 (26.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (15.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Encarnación averages 0 frost days, 104 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Encarnación has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.7 °C (on 23 January 2022) and the coldest -1.1 °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
EncarnaciónItapúa
- coords
- -27.33°, -55.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
21.1°C
Average daily high
26.4°C
Average daily low
16.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,820mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
13.7km/h
Seasonal range
10.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
104 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
28.8 °C
Average feels-like low
17.2 °C
Average peak gust
31.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
112 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.27 · 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
40.7 °C
23 January 2022
Coldest day
-1.1 °C
18 July 1975
Wettest day
178 mm
7 December 2024
Windiest day
40.1 km/h
5 June 1992
Strongest gust
95.4 km/h
5 June 1992
Hottest feels-like
45.7 °C
23 January 2022
Coldest feels-like
-4.4 °C
14 June 1967
Snowiest day
0.1 cm
20 August 1965
Sunniest day
13.6 h
8 January 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 54 mm | -121 mm |
| Feb | 35.1 °C | +4.5 °C | 63 mm | -88 mm |
| Mar | 32.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 88 mm | -47 mm |
| Apr | 25.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 63 mm | -86 mm |
| May | 24.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 144 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 18.0 °C | -2.9 °C | 255 mm | +110 mm |
| Jul | 21.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 51 mm | -58 mm |
| Aug | 22.4 °C | -0.5 °C | 100 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 25.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 161 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 26.3 °C | -0.5 °C | 234 mm | +27 mm |
| Nov | 29.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 95 mm | -68 mm |
| Dec | 30.2 °C | -0.6 °C | 230 mm | +70 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Encarnación?
Encarnación has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.1 °C and it receives 1,820 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Encarnación?
The hottest day measured in Encarnación between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 2022, reaching 40.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Encarnación?
The coldest day measured in Encarnación between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1975, at -1.1 °C.
Does it snow in Encarnación?
Almost never: Encarnación sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Encarnación warmed?
Yes: Encarnación warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Encarnación?
The wettest day measured in Encarnación between 1940 and 2025 was 7 December 2024, with 178 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Encarnación?
The windiest day measured in Encarnación between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 1992, with winds reaching 40.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Encarnación?
The warmest month in Encarnación is January (26.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Encarnación?
Encarnación receives on average 1,820 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Encarnación?
Encarnación gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Encarnación?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Encarnación between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 1965, with 0.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Encarnación?
Yes: Encarnación has on average 112 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Encarnación?
In Encarnación, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.7 °C on 23 January 2022, and the lowest was -4.4 °C on 14 June 1967.
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