Barão de Cocais climate — normals and trends
Barão de Cocais (Brazil) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 1,670 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 (21.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Barão de Cocais averages 0 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 165 rainy days per year.
Barão de Cocais has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.8 °C (on 24 September 2007) and the coldest 2.7 °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
Barão de CocaisMinas Gerais
- coords
- -19.95°, -43.49°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
19.4°C
Average daily high
24.3°C
Average daily low
15.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,670mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
10.8km/h
Seasonal range
5.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
165 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
26.0 °C
Average feels-like low
16.2 °C
Average peak gust
30.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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
35.8 °C
24 September 2007
Coldest day
2.7 °C
1 June 1979
Wettest day
127 mm
14 January 1964
Windiest day
25.2 km/h
6 June 1997
Strongest gust
73.1 km/h
23 December 1994
Hottest feels-like
38.9 °C
17 January 1995
Coldest feels-like
-0.1 °C
1 June 1979
Sunniest day
13.2 h
28 December 1970
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 351 mm | +72 mm |
| Feb | 27.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 12 mm | -172 mm |
| Mar | 26.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 164 mm | -31 mm |
| Apr | 24.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 123 mm | +31 mm |
| May | 22.2 °C | -0.5 °C | 10 mm | -34 mm |
| Jun | 22.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 9 mm | -11 mm |
| Jul | 21.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 5 mm | -10 mm |
| Aug | 23.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 16 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 25.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 18 mm | -50 mm |
| Oct | 24.9 °C | -0.1 °C | 98 mm | -70 mm |
| Nov | 25.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 112 mm | -161 mm |
| Dec | 27.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 243 mm | -67 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Barão de Cocais?
Barão de Cocais has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 1,670 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Barão de Cocais?
The hottest day measured in Barão de Cocais between 1940 and 2025 was 24 September 2007, reaching 35.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Barão de Cocais?
The coldest day measured in Barão de Cocais between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 2.7 °C.
Does it snow in Barão de Cocais?
Almost never: Barão de Cocais sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Barão de Cocais warmed?
Yes: Barão de Cocais warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Barão de Cocais?
The wettest day measured in Barão de Cocais between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1964, with 127 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Barão de Cocais?
The windiest day measured in Barão de Cocais between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 1997, with winds reaching 25.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Barão de Cocais?
The warmest month in Barão de Cocais is February (21.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Barão de Cocais?
Barão de Cocais receives on average 1,670 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 165 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Barão de Cocais?
Barão de Cocais gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Barão de Cocais?
Yes: Barão de Cocais has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Barão de Cocais?
In Barão de Cocais, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.9 °C on 17 January 1995, and the lowest was -0.1 °C on 1 June 1979.
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