Gramado (Serra Gaucha) weather in January
January in Gramado: hot, soaked, with clean air — fine if you can take 18 rainy days.
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
#8 of 12 months in Gramado · #521 of 1413 destinations to visit in January · comfort 78/100 (tier B)
- Days
- 26°C
- Nights
- 17°C
- Wet days
- 18
- Sun
- 10.9 h
- Humidity
- 81%
- Daylight
- 14 h
Traveller notes on Gramado in January
Other months in Gramado
Gramado's forum is clear this is genuine winter in Brazil's hill country - temperatures for July and August described in a wide 0-18C range depending heavily on whether a cold front is blowing up from Argentina that particular week. One practical heads-up from regulars: mid-August gets unusually crowded and expensive because of the town's film festival, so hotel prices spike independent of the weather itself. The wider vineyard region nearby stays in the same cold-winter pattern through the end of the month, which is exactly why this hilly corner of Rio Grande do Sul markets itself as Brazil's cozy winter getaway.
Forum posters describe Gramado's climate as genuinely distinctive within Brazil - hot summers (roughly 10-30C December-March) but winters cold enough that snow has occasionally been reported, a real rarity for the country. February specifically sits at the warmer end of that summer range, making it one of the hotter months to visit despite Gramado's overall reputation as a cool-climate mountain town. Posters consistently name March as a more comfortable alternative if flexible on timing - still warm, but without February's full summer heat. The town's European-style architecture (a legacy of Italian and German settlers) and hydrangea-lined streets are named as the year-round draw regardless of which summer month a visit lands on.
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Gramado climate normals — January
Monthly averages from ERA5 reanalysis. AQI is the mean US Air Quality Index for the month.
Crowds in Gramado in January
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
Peak crowdsNatal Luz, Summer holidays in Brazil, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Best months for Gramado's weather
Ranked by this destination's own climate comfort score across the year — a different thing from how busy it gets (see Crowds above).
Fair weatherGramado's weather doesn't swing hard through the year — comfort stays fairly steady in every month.
What's on in Gramado in January
Recurring seasonal events, natural spectacles, closures and holidays — curated and sourced.
- Season
Grape harvest in the Serra
15 Jan – 15 Mar · usuallyThe Serra Gaucha picks its grapes in late summer. Wineries in the Vale dos Vinhedos, about an hour away, run harvest days with picking, grape treading and long lunches. Source ↗
- Festival
Natal Luz
20 Oct – 20 Jan · usuallyChristmas & New YearCrowdedBook earlyThe largest Christmas event in the country runs for close to three months: ticketed shows in the amphitheatre, two big parades most nights, and the whole town lit. Rooms and show tickets sell from midyear. Source ↗
- Nature
Hydrangeas on the roadsides
1 Nov – 31 Jan · usuallyWildflowers & bloomsThe hydrangeas that give the region its name line the roads between Gramado and Canela through the early summer, blue where the soil is acid and pink where it is not. They brown off by late January. Source ↗
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Gramado in January — FAQ
- Is January a good time to visit Gramado?
- January in Gramado: hot, soaked, with clean air — fine if you can take 18 rainy days. It ranks #8 of 12 months for Gramado on SeasonMap's comfort score (78/100).
- What is the weather like in Gramado in January?
- In January, Gramado averages a daily high of 26.2°C and a low of 17°C, with about 189.9 mm of rain over roughly 18.2 rainy days.
- What is the air quality in Gramado in January?
- Gramado has a mean US Air Quality Index of about 25 in January.