Boa Esperança climate — normals and trends
Boa Esperança (Brazil) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 1,357 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 (22.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Boa Esperança averages 0 frost days, 29 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.
Boa Esperança has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.3 °C (on 25 September 2023) and the coldest 3.2 °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
Boa EsperançaMinas Gerais
- coords
- -21.09°, -45.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
20.6°C
Average daily high
25.8°C
Average daily low
16.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,357mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
12.0km/h
Seasonal range
5.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
29 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
150 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
27.6 °C
Average feels-like low
16.9 °C
Average peak gust
29.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
30 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °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
37.3 °C
25 September 2023
Coldest day
3.2 °C
1 June 1979
Wettest day
136 mm
2 January 1997
Windiest day
27.7 km/h
18 May 2022
Strongest gust
75.6 km/h
3 January 2000
Hottest feels-like
39.3 °C
29 October 2007
Coldest feels-like
0.0 °C
20 July 2021
Sunniest day
13.3 h
16 December 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 275 mm | +39 mm |
| Feb | 29.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 57 mm | -114 mm |
| Mar | 29.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 121 mm | -36 mm |
| Apr | 26.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 97 mm | +32 mm |
| May | 24.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 5 mm | -37 mm |
| Jun | 24.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 6 mm | -16 mm |
| Jul | 24.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 3 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 26.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 7 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 28.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 11 mm | -48 mm |
| Oct | 28.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 91 mm | -36 mm |
| Nov | 28.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 89 mm | -100 mm |
| Dec | 29.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 169 mm | -82 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Boa Esperança?
Boa Esperança has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 1,357 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Boa Esperança?
The hottest day measured in Boa Esperança between 1940 and 2025 was 25 September 2023, reaching 37.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Boa Esperança?
The coldest day measured in Boa Esperança between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 3.2 °C.
Does it snow in Boa Esperança?
Almost never: Boa Esperança sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Boa Esperança warmed?
Yes: Boa Esperança warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Boa Esperança?
The wettest day measured in Boa Esperança between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1997, with 136 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Boa Esperança?
The windiest day measured in Boa Esperança between 1940 and 2025 was 18 May 2022, with winds reaching 27.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Boa Esperança?
The warmest month in Boa Esperança is February (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Boa Esperança?
Boa Esperança receives on average 1,357 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Boa Esperança?
Boa Esperança gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Boa Esperança?
Yes: Boa Esperança has on average 30 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Boa Esperança?
In Boa Esperança, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.3 °C on 29 October 2007, and the lowest was 0.0 °C on 20 July 2021.
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