| Candelária | |
| Type: | Municipality |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | South |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Paulo Butzge |
| Leader Party: | PMDB |
| Area Note: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 943.731 |
| Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
| Population As Of: | 2020 [2] |
| Population Total: | 31,421 |
| Timezone: | BRT |
| Utc Offset: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | -29.6689°N -52.7889°W |
| Elevation M: | 57 |
Candelária is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
8 km west of Candelária there is an outcrop of Caturrita Formation where various Triassic fossils have been collected, especially small cynodonts like Riograndia. The discovery of Riograndia in 2001 made it possible to better study the complex of anatomical changes involved in the transition from cynodonts to mammals.[3]
The Museum Aristides Carlos Rodrigues, in this city, has fossils.