Curitiba weather by month & the best time to visit
🇧🇷 Brazil · major city break · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Curitiba is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 76/100), with April and May close behind. Curitiba averages about 2,019 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 77 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,019
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 76/100
- Rain / year
- 1,631 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 3.1M
- Elevation
- 906 m
When is the best time to visit Curitiba?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Curitiba is August, then April and May. The dullest month is January (63/100, 221 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Curitiba?
Curitiba gets a moderate 2,019 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 13 Sunshine Score points separate August from January. It ranks #120 of 131 destinations in Brazil for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,486 hours. The year's 1,631 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63 | 26° / 79°F | 17° / 63°F | 221 mm | 10 |
| February | 63 | 26° / 79°F | 17° / 63°F | 192 mm | 10 |
| March | 63 | 25° / 77°F | 16° / 61°F | 148 mm | 9 |
| April | 72 | 24° / 75°F | 14° / 57°F | 102 mm | 7 |
| May | 71 | 20° / 68°F | 11° / 52°F | 104 mm | 5 |
| June | 65 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 106 mm | 4 |
| July | 67 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 97 mm | 4 |
| August | 76 | 20° / 68°F | 9° / 48°F | 77 mm | 5 |
| September | 68 | 22° / 72°F | 11° / 52°F | 122 mm | 6 |
| October | 63 | 24° / 75°F | 13° / 55°F | 148 mm | 8 |
| November | 65 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 141 mm | 9 |
| December | 63 | 26° / 79°F | 16° / 61°F | 173 mm | 10 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Navegantes Brazil · 159 km · best in Aug · 1,888 h sun/yr
- Florianópolis Brazil · 246 km · best in Jun · 2,046 h sun/yr
- Londrina Brazil · 314 km · best in Aug · 2,600 h sun/yr
- Campinas Brazil · 348 km · best in Aug · 2,449 h sun/yr
- São Paulo Brazil · 360 km · best in Aug · 2,156 h sun/yr
- Maringá Brazil · 367 km · best in Aug · 2,627 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Joinville Brazil · 86 km · 1,888 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Ponta Grossa Brazil · 105 km · 2,126 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- União da Vitória Brazil · 205 km · 2,181 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Guarapuava Brazil · 236 km · 2,307 h sun/yr · best in Apr
Head-to-head
How Curitiba compares month by month: Curitiba vs Florianópolis · Curitiba vs Londrina · Curitiba vs Maringá · Curitiba vs Chapecó · all comparisons
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