São Francisco de Paula is a city in the Serra Gaúcha of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

The municipality contains the São Francisco de Paula National Forest, a 1,616 hectares (3,990 acres) sustainable use conservation area created in 1968.

[3] It also contains part of the 6,655 hectares (16,440 acres) Tainhas State Park, created in 1975.

[4] São Francisco de Paula features an Oceanic climate (type Cfb), with humid, cool-to-warm summers and humid, cold winters.

It is the wettest place in Rio Grande do Sul State with more than 2,100 millimetres (83 in) of rain precipitation per year.