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Will it rain today in Porto Alegre?

Should you take an umbrella in Porto Alegre? The forecast below loads live every time you open the page: rain now, when the next shower comes, and how much falls today and tomorrow.

Rain right now

It is raining in Porto Alegre right now: light rain. Today’s total: 2.9 mm over 12 wet hours. Tomorrow: 2.0 mm of rain.

Rain now0.3 mm/hlight · rain
Next rainnowToday
Today2.9 mm12 wet hours
Tomorrow2.0 mm6 wet hours

As of 2026-10-16 17:35 UTC (NOAA GFS snapshot). Updating live…

Rain every 3 hours, today and tomorrow

Today · Friday 16 October

2.9 mm of rain, 12 wet hours, up to 0.3 mm/h. (the forecast covers part of the day)

Every 3 hours as a table
HoursRain (mm)mm/hType
06:00–09:000.20.1dry
09:00–12:000.40.1light · rain
12:00–15:000.80.3light · rain
15:00–18:000.90.3light · rain
18:00–21:000.30.1light · rain
21:00–00:000.20.1dry

Tomorrow · Saturday 17 October

2.0 mm of rain, 6 wet hours, up to 0.2 mm/h.

Every 3 hours as a table
HoursRain (mm)mm/hType
00:00–03:000.10dry
03:00–06:000.20.1dry
06:00–09:000.20.1dry
09:00–12:000.10dry
12:00–15:000.30.1dry
15:00–18:000.40.1light · rain
18:00–21:000.40.2light · rain
21:00–00:000.30.1dry

Times in local time (America/Sao_Paulo). Each bar is the rain over 3 hours; striped bars are snow.

Rain map around Porto Alegre

The same NOAA GFS precipitation on the map, moving hour by hour: blue light, darker heavy. Tap for the value.

Open the rain map on Porto Alegre

How much it rains in Porto Alegre, month by month

Porto Alegre gets about 1,446 mm of rain a year. The wettest month is September (157 mm), the driest April (98 mm); a normal October brings 155 mm.

Average monthly rain and snow (water equivalent) 2001–2025, NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis, public domain), on a ~50 km grid: mountains and coasts can differ locally.

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Questions

Will it rain today in Porto Alegre?
At 16 October 2026 the forecast said: It is raining in Porto Alegre right now: light rain. Today’s total: 2.9 mm over 12 wet hours. Tomorrow: 2.0 mm of rain. The box at the top of the page loads the latest NOAA GFS forecast every time you open it, with the time the next rain starts.
How much does it rain in Porto Alegre?
About 1,446 mm a year on average (2001–2025). September is the wettest month with 157 mm, April the driest with 98 mm.
What do the rain amounts mean?
1 mm is a litre of water per square metre. Under 2.5 mm an hour is light rain (a drizzle to a steady rain), 2.5–7.6 moderate, above 7.6 heavy: you get soaked in minutes and streets can flood.
How accurate is the forecast?
It is the global NOAA GFS model on a 0.25° grid every 3 hours: good at telling a rainy day from a dry one, less at placing a single summer thunderstorm. Check the rain map for the showers moving around Porto Alegre.

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How this page works

The rain is the one the rain layer of the map paints: NOAA GFS forecast (public domain), precipitation rate averaged over 3 hours, read at Porto Alegre and summed per local day. Rain or snow comes from the GFS precipitation type. The monthly normals are NASA POWER. No third-party weather service.