🇬🇧 What to wear in Brazil in winter

If you have plans to live in Brazil or visit, this text has tips on how to choose what to wear in the country in the winter that is starting. Although winter only officially starts at the end of June, in Brazil the coldest time tends to be from May to August. The tips are also useful for Brazilians planning to travel or move to another city in the country.

Due to its continental dimensions, the climate is not the same throughout Brazil. Don't expect every place you visit to be hot and sunny. Temperatures throughout the country at this time are below 30°C. In the south, below 20°C (at least in capital cities and in the Serra Gaúcha), and you can experience some nights of negative temperatures in some places. Today in Curitiba the temperatures are identical to those in Stockholm. In the mid-season (spring and autumn) Curitiba's temperatures are generally similar to those of Stockholm and Helsinki, lessening the impact of the move for Swedish and Finnish visitors. Not that Curitiba is a tourist city. It is a beautiful city, possibly one of the best capitals in Brazil to live in, but in two days any tourist can see everything that is most interesting (from a tourism point of view) in the city.

I recommend that you research the temperatures of the cities you are going to visit or live in before traveling.

In most of Brazil it is hot all year round, but those who live in hot regions feel the winter because temperatures at this time drop a lot compared to summer temperatures. The experience of visiting and living in a place is different, I've talked about it before, and this is just one of the differences. So unless you come from a place where it's very cold year round, you'll need winter clothes like wool sweaters or leather coats and closed-toe shoes like boots. No need for down coats or snowshoes. But... wellies are a good choice for rainy days. As far as I remember, only in the northeast rains are common in winter, but there is always a risk of rain in other regions. If you come from a very cold place, try the local temperature to see if you need winter clothes. If you are coming as a tourist, I recommend bringing some winter items to avoid problems and I will explain this further later. If you are going to colder regions of the country, heavier coats are recommended, especially if you are coming from a warm place.

If you are going to buy knitwear, the less synthetic materials in the composition, the better. This is a point that makes me recommend to tourists to bring winter clothes. In most Brazilian stores the knits are of low quality, with a lot of synthetic material in the composition, they protect little from the cold and they look old very quickly.

Many Brazilians, when traveling south from the warmer regions, wear countless layers of clothing. It's a silly mistake that takes away mobility. Choosing the right pieces is possible to dress well with a maximum of 3 layers of clothes in southern Brazil and cold cities in other regions. In other parts of the country I recommend two layers only if there is a risk that you will get hot if you use only one.

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