Location
The municipality is located in the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba, with limits: Pinhais and Piraquara north; Tijucas South south; Morretes Guaratuba the east, Curitiba, Rio Grande and Farm Mandirituba west. Its headquarters is marked by the following coordinates: 25 ° 32'06 "south latitude and 49 º 12'21" of longitude west of Greenwich, linking the state capital, through the BR-376 a journey of 7 miles.
Altitude
It is 906 meters in the municipal seat.
Weather
São José dos Pinhais has a humid subtropical climate. The average annual temperature of 16 ° C, being a city a little cooler than Curitiba.
Due to the altitude, the city has large variations in temperature (about 11 ° C daily), and major changes in climate in a short time, as in September 2006, when the temperature was 1 ° C on day 7 and three days later it rose to 33 ° C. In summer, the maximum temperature often exceeds 30 ° C and can reach 35 ° C, but at night the temperature drops too: around 15 ° C. The average temperature in summer is 22 ° C.
The highest temperature recorded in the city was 39 ° C, on January 9, 2003. In winter, especially in June and July, the maximum temperature hardly exceeds 18 ° C and minimum up to 5 ° C. But in August, a mass of dry air and hot vai for the South, increasing the temperature too, and could even reach 30 ° C. The minimum temperature recorded in the city was -6 ° C in 1975. It is common in these months frosts occur, but the occurrence of snow is very rare (the last time was in 1975).
Geographical accidents
The city is cut off from all streams and creeks. Its main geographic accident, however, is the Iguaçu River, whose source occurs within its territory and it serves to limit the city of Curitiba. The main tributaries of the Iguaçu River in the territory are to joseense are rivers Itaqui, Small and Miringuava and stream of Agouti. Already, the stream of Simões, the range and Rancho Grande, the river Imbaú, Plate, Guaratubinha, Arraial, the Quatis, Spanish, Capivari and St. John are the Serra do Mar to the Atlantic Ocean. The stream of ounce is the only tributary of the River Floodplain. Castelhanos the Sierra is located in the far east of the city.
The territory of the municipality includes an area of 931.73 km ².
Natural Resources
The gravel is the main natural resource of the municipality. Other significant assets include agate, sand, clay and kaolin.
