Climate and average weather in Encruzilhada do Sul

In Encruzilhada do Sul, the summers are humid, hot, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are mild and partly cloudy.

Best: late July to late December

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Encruzilhada do Sul typically varies from 8°C to 29°C, and is rarely below 2°C or above 33°C. January is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Encruzilhada do Sul for warm-weather activities are from late February to mid June and late July to late December.

Hottest
Jan
29°
Coldest
Jul
Wettest
Oct
168 mm
Driest
May
104 mm
Rain / yr
1568 mm
132 wet days
Daylight
10.0–14.0 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
431 m
30.5°S
Clearest
Aug
54% cloud

Encruzilhada do Sul is human settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Encruzilhada do Sul weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late July to late December.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Encruzilhada do Sul, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.3 months, from November 18 to March 29, with daily high temperatures above 26°C. The hottest month of the year in Encruzilhada do Sul is January, with an average high of 29°C and low of 18°C.

The cool season lasts 2.8 months, from May 23 to August 15, with daily high temperatures below 19°C. The coldest month of the year in Encruzilhada do Sul is July, with an average low of 8°C and high of 17°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2918
Feb2818
Mar2717
Apr2414
May2011
Jun189
Jul178
Aug199
Sep2011
Oct2313
Nov2615
Dec2817

Average hourly temperature in Encruzilhada do Sul

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on January afternoons, near 29°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Encruzilhada do Sul weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 18°13614.613.85.1
Feb28° / 18°1291313.15.5
Mar27° / 17°11711.812.26.3
Apr24° / 14°1239.311.36.9
May20° / 11°1048.710.56.4
Jun18° / 1269.410.15.7
Jul17° / 1341010.25.5
Aug19° / 12610.310.96.2
Sep20° / 11°15210.611.86.2
Oct23° / 13°16811.712.76.4
Nov26° / 15°12310.313.56.7
Dec28° / 17°13011.813.96.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Encruzilhada do Sul gets about 1568 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 3.6 months, from around Dec 5 to Mar 23, peaking in January at about 48% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around May 8.

October is the wettest month by volume, with 168 mm over about 12 wet days; May is the driest, with 104 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJan 18 · 48%May 8 · 28%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan4715
Feb4613
Mar3812
Apr319
May289
Jun329
Jul3210
Aug3310
Sep3611
Oct3712
Nov3510
Dec3812

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Encruzilhada do Sul collects about 1568 mm of rain across 132 wet days — roughly 131 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. October is the wettest month with 168 mm, while May is the driest at just 104 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 29% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150175200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec136129117123104126134126152168123130
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan13615
Feb12913
Mar11712
Apr1239
May1049
Jun1269
Jul13410
Aug12610
Sep15211
Oct16812
Nov12310
Dec13012

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Encruzilhada do Sul, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around November 11 and lasts for 5.4 months, ending around April 22. The clearest month is March, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 54% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around August 26 and lasts for 2.5 months, ending around November 10. The cloudiest month is October, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 61% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMar 16 · 55%Oct 7 · 36%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5050
Feb4951
Mar5446
Apr5050
May4654
Jun4357
Jul4852
Aug4951
Sep4159
Oct3961
Nov5050
Dec5347

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around December 14, brings about 14 hours of light; the shortest, around June 14, only 10 hours — a swing of roughly 4 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan13.86:468:33
Feb13.17:128:18
Mar12.27:337:47
Apr11.37:537:08
May10.58:126:40
Jun10.18:296:31
Jul10.28:306:42
Aug10.98:087:01
Sep11.87:307:19
Oct12.76:527:38
Nov13.56:288:02
Dec13.96:278:25

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Encruzilhada do Sul averages about 10 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 7 and 12 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 2.1 months, from around Nov 3 to Jan 6. The sunniest month is November, with roughly 11 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is October, down near 8 sunny days — about 24% fewer than the November peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergloomymixedNov 2812 daysOct 67 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan10Mixed
Feb7Mixed
Mar10Mixed
Apr11Mixed
May10Mixed
Jun9Mixed
Jul11Mixed
Aug11Mixed
Sep9Mixed
Oct9Mixed
Nov11Mixed
Dec11Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Encruzilhada do Sul, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.7 months, from around October 31 to April 20. The muggiest month is January, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 83% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around April 21 to October 30, and July is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 94% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 26 · 95%Jan 30 · 16%oppressivecomfortablemuggyhumiddryhumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan512263918
Feb413253819
Mar91732349
Apr292426191
May53271730
Jun6823910
Jul7420600
Aug6824800
Sep56261610
Oct39282590
Nov272828161
Dec122130306

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Encruzilhada do Sul is steady company: average speeds sit near 11 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeSep 26 · 12 km/hMay 3 · 10 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan11calm
Feb11calm
Mar11calm
Apr10calm
May10calm
Jun10calm
Jul11calm
Aug11calm
Sep12light breeze
Oct12light breeze
Nov12calm
Dec11calm

Best time to visit Encruzilhada do Sul

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Encruzilhada do Sul throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early August, Encruzilhada do Sul is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Encruzilhada do Sul for general outdoor tourist activities run from mid February to late June and again from late July to late December, with a peak score in the second week of April.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationApr 14 · 7.0

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan5.1fair
Feb5.5good
Mar6.3good
Apr6.9good
May6.4good
Jun5.7good
Jul5.5good
Aug6.1good
Sep6.1good
Oct6.4good
Nov6.7good
Dec6.0good

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Encruzilhada do Sul for hot-weather activities is from late October to late April, with a peak score in the last week of December.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationDec 24 · 6.6

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Encruzilhada do Sul, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around January (highs near 29°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around July (highs near 17°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In January, Encruzilhada do Sul sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Encruzilhada do Sul by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Encruzilhada do Sul peaks around January 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateExtremeJan 16UV 13Jun 18UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar10Extreme
Apr7Very high
May4Moderate
Jun3Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug5Moderate
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov11Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Encruzilhada do Sul

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in January the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 9 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan96.5
Feb8.56.5
Mar7.55
Apr6.53.5
May40
Jun10
Jul30
Aug4.50
Sep6.53.5
Oct6.53
Nov8.56
Dec96.5
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Encruzilhada do Sul is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun980
Jul960
Aug980
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Encruzilhada do Sul banks about 3,005 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around January.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan419
Feb370
Mar371
Apr270
May171
Jun98
Jul77
Aug128
Sep167
Oct244
Nov304
Dec386

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Encruzilhada do Sul receives about 4.5 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.4 and 6.7 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around Sep 28 to Mar 27. The brightest month is December, averaging about 6.6 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is June, down near 2.4 kWh/m² — roughly 63% less than the December peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseDec 66.7 kWhJun 242.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan6.3Intense
Feb5.6Bright
Mar4.9Bright
Apr3.8Moderate
May2.9Moderate
Jun2.4Moderate
Jul2.6Moderate
Aug3.5Moderate
Sep4.2Bright
Oct5.0Bright
Nov6.3Intense
Dec6.7Intense

Where is Encruzilhada do Sul?

Encruzilhada do Sul sits at 30.5°S, 52.5°W, 431 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Rio Pardo, 63 km away.

Topography around Encruzilhada do Sul

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Encruzilhada do Sul.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Encruzilhada do Sul has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m around an average of 391 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 384 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 595 m.

The land around Encruzilhada do Sul is covered by trees (44%) and grassland (36%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and trees (48%), grassland (25%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
185 m
16 km
384 m
80 km
595 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Rio Pardo 63 km · Cachoeira do Sul 67 km · Butiá 71 km · Camaquã 76 km · Vera Cruz 92 km · Caçapava do Sul 92 km · Santa Cruz do Sul 92 km · Canguçu 96 km

Brazil travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / N
127 / 220 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 46% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$10,713
2025
Happiness
6.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
89%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
19.3
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
16
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 482
Religion
Roman Catholic 57%Evangelical 27%none 9%other 4%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Encruzilhada do Sul (-30.5439°, -52.5219°, elevation 431 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).