Araxá climate — normals and trends
Araxá (Brazil) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 1,219 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is February (22.3 °C on average) and the coldest is June (17.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Araxá averages 0 frost days, 33 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 146 rainy days per year.
Araxá has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 18 October 1963) and the coldest 0.9 °C (on 1 June 1979).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AraxáMinas Gerais
- coords
- -19.59°, -46.94°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
20.8°C
Average daily high
26.2°C
Average daily low
16.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,219mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
12.9km/h
Seasonal range
4.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
33 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
146 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
27.7 °C
Average feels-like low
16.7 °C
Average peak gust
31.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
13 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
36.7 °C
18 October 1963
Coldest day
0.9 °C
1 June 1979
Wettest day
164 mm
4 January 1961
Windiest day
30.2 km/h
3 July 1976
Strongest gust
67.7 km/h
30 July 1989
Hottest feels-like
38.9 °C
15 November 2023
Coldest feels-like
-2.3 °C
1 June 1979
Sunniest day
13.2 h
20 December 1958
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 216 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | 29.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 45 mm | -112 mm |
| Mar | 28.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 101 mm | -42 mm |
| Apr | 26.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 112 mm | +53 mm |
| May | 24.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 0 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 24.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 12 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 24.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 1 mm | -10 mm |
| Aug | 26.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 9 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 29.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 26 mm | -18 mm |
| Oct | 28.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 58 mm | -60 mm |
| Nov | 28.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 116 mm | -65 mm |
| Dec | 28.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 203 mm | -25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Araxá?
Araxá has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 1,219 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Araxá?
The hottest day measured in Araxá between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1963, reaching 36.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Araxá?
The coldest day measured in Araxá between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 0.9 °C.
Does it snow in Araxá?
Almost never: Araxá sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Araxá warmed?
Yes: Araxá warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Araxá?
The wettest day measured in Araxá between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1961, with 164 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Araxá?
The windiest day measured in Araxá between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 1976, with winds reaching 30.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Araxá?
The warmest month in Araxá is February (22.3 °C on average); the coldest is June (17.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Araxá?
Araxá receives on average 1,219 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 146 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Araxá?
Araxá gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Araxá?
Yes: Araxá has on average 13 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Araxá?
In Araxá, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.9 °C on 15 November 2023, and the lowest was -2.3 °C on 1 June 1979.
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