Porto Alegre weather by month & the best time to visit
🇧🇷 Brazil · major city break · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Porto Alegre is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 74/100), with February and March close behind. Porto Alegre averages about 2,283 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 98 mm of rain in April.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,283
- Sunniest month
- April
- Peak score
- 74/100
- Rain / year
- 1,446 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 3.9M
- Elevation
- Sea level
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When is the best time to visit Porto Alegre?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Porto Alegre is April, then February and March. The dullest month is July (59/100, 149 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Porto Alegre?
Porto Alegre gets a moderate 2,283 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 15 Sunshine Score points separate April from July. It ranks #95 of 131 destinations in Brazil for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,486 hours. The year's 1,446 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 | 70 | 30° / 86°F | 20° / 68°F | 120 mm | 10 |
| February | 73 | 30° / 86°F | 20° / 68°F | 103 mm | 10 |
| March | 73 | 28° / 82°F | 19° / 66°F | 103 mm | 8 |
| April | 74 | 26° / 79°F | 16° / 61°F | 98 mm | 6 |
| May | 72 | 21° / 70°F | 12° / 54°F | 112 mm | 4 |
| June | 66 | 19° / 66°F | 10° / 50°F | 113 mm | 3 |
| July | 59 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 149 mm | 3 |
| August | 71 | 20° / 68°F | 10° / 50°F | 116 mm | 4 |
| September | 65 | 22° / 72°F | 12° / 54°F | 157 mm | 5 |
| October | 65 | 24° / 75°F | 14° / 57°F | 155 mm | 7 |
| November | 72 | 26° / 79°F | 16° / 61°F | 110 mm | 9 |
| December | 72 | 28° / 82°F | 18° / 64°F | 110 mm | 10 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Chapecó Brazil · 350 km · best in Aug · 2,444 h sun/yr
- Florianópolis Brazil · 363 km · best in Jun · 2,046 h sun/yr
- Navegantes Brazil · 425 km · best in Aug · 1,888 h sun/yr
- Curitiba Brazil · 534 km · best in Aug · 2,019 h sun/yr
- Foz do Iguaçu Brazil · 588 km · best in Aug · 2,500 h sun/yr
- Montevideo Uruguay · 705 km · best in Dec · 2,791 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Canela Brazil · 77 km · 2,260 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Caxias Do Sul Brazil · 89 km · 2,282 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Criciúma Brazil · 220 km · 2,097 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Pelotas Brazil · 221 km · 2,338 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Passo Fundo Brazil · 225 km · 2,446 h sun/yr · best in Feb
Head-to-head
How Porto Alegre compares month by month: Porto Alegre vs Montevideo · Porto Alegre vs Florianópolis · Porto Alegre vs Chapecó · Porto Alegre vs Navegantes · all comparisons
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