Taboão da Serra is a municipality in the state ofSão Paulo in Brazil. It is part of theMetropolitan Region of São Paulo.[2] The population is 273,542 in an area of 20.39 km2 (7.87 sq mi).[3][1] It is the second smallest city by area in the São Paulo Metropolitan Area (RMSP).
Without significant geographical boundaries with the capital of São Paulo, Taboão da Serra is indistinguishable from the neighborhoods of São Paulo that it borders, such asButantã andCampo Limpo. In other words, it is a cityconurbated with the capital of São Paulo, a phenomenon that has become increasingly common in recent decades in the cities of theMetropolitan Region of São Paulo. For many years, the city was divided between the profile of adormitory town and an industrial location.[4]
Like the rest ofGreater São Paulo, the city has a monsoon-influencedhumid subtropical climate (Cfa), according to theKöppen classification. Summers are rainy and not too warm. The winters are rainless and not too cold.The year average temperature is 63.5 (17.5 Cº), and the coldest month is July (Average 55.4 [13 °C]). The hottest month is February with an average temperature of 71.6 (22 °C). Rainfall is abundant, amounting to an annual average of 1,400 millimetres (57.2 in).