Caratinga climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Caratinga?

Caratinga has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 1,195 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Caratinga?

The hottest day measured in Caratinga between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 2023, reaching 37.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Caratinga?

The coldest day measured in Caratinga between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 6.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Caratinga?

Almost never: Caratinga sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Caratinga warmed?

Yes: Caratinga warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Caratinga?

The wettest day measured in Caratinga between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1945, with 212 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Caratinga?

The windiest day measured in Caratinga between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 1968, with winds reaching 24.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Caratinga?

The warmest month in Caratinga is February (24.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Caratinga?

Caratinga receives on average 1,195 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Caratinga?

Caratinga gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Caratinga (Brazil) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 1,195 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 (24.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (18.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Caratinga averages 0 frost days, 58 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 141 rainy days per year.

Caratinga has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.6 °C (on 18 November 2023) and the coldest 6.7 °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

CaratingaMinas Gerais

coords: -19.79°, -42.14°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthDecemberDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

21.9°C

Average daily high

26.7°C

Average daily low

18.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,195mm

Sunshine / day

9.5h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

10.3km/h

Seasonal range

5.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

58 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

141 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.1 °C

Average feels-like low

19.5 °C

Average peak gust

26.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

107 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

37.6 °C

18 November 2023

Coldest day

6.7 °C

1 June 1979

Wettest day

212 mm

22 December 1945

Windiest day

24.6 km/h

18 November 1968

Strongest gust

68.4 km/h

23 December 1994

Hottest feels-like

43.4 °C

11 February 1998

Coldest feels-like

4.2 °C

1 June 1979

Sunniest day

13.1 h

9 January 1950

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.0 °C29 December 2025	11.1 °C6 July 2025	23.0 °C	799 mm	105
2024	36.3 °C9 October 2024	12.6 °C26 July 2024	23.6 °C	1,201 mm	129
2023	37.6 °C18 November 2023	10.0 °C4 July 2023	23.2 °C	877 mm	135
2022	33.2 °C14 September 2022	9.0 °C21 May 2022	22.3 °C	1,249 mm	81
2021	34.5 °C21 September 2021	9.7 °C1 August 2021	22.1 °C	1,040 mm	66
2020	36.9 °C7 October 2020	9.2 °C28 May 2020	22.3 °C	1,035 mm	72
2019	35.9 °C13 September 2019	10.5 °C9 July 2019	23.4 °C	689 mm	150
2018	35.1 °C14 October 2018	10.9 °C21 May 2018	22.7 °C	1,080 mm	93
2017	34.5 °C6 March 2017	8.8 °C4 July 2017	22.5 °C	619 mm	100
2016	35.5 °C1 January 2016	9.0 °C15 June 2016	23.2 °C	1,067 mm	144
2015	37.2 °C5 November 2015	11.5 °C28 June 2015	23.6 °C	703 mm	164
2014	35.8 °C15 October 2014	9.8 °C8 August 2014	22.8 °C	712 mm	113
2013	35.1 °C23 September 2013	11.5 °C2 August 2013	22.1 °C	1,351 mm	61
2012	37.0 °C1 November 2012	11.0 °C10 July 2012	22.6 °C	694 mm	92
2011	33.6 °C23 February 2011	10.3 °C4 September 2011	21.9 °C	1,043 mm	68
2010	34.8 °C17 February 2010	7.9 °C17 August 2010	22.6 °C	905 mm	115
2009	34.7 °C14 March 2009	12.5 °C23 June 2009	22.8 °C	1,487 mm	105
2008	34.6 °C27 October 2008	10.6 °C13 July 2008	22.3 °C	1,286 mm	76
2007	36.2 °C24 September 2007	10.0 °C30 July 2007	22.8 °C	737 mm	113
2006	36.6 °C26 January 2006	11.0 °C19 July 2006	22.2 °C	1,042 mm	75
2005	36.0 °C18 October 2005	10.0 °C9 July 2005	22.6 °C	1,142 mm	95
2004	35.0 °C13 November 2004	8.7 °C24 July 2004	22.1 °C	1,234 mm	68
2003	35.7 °C22 October 2003	12.0 °C4 July 2003	22.8 °C	1,071 mm	115
2002	34.5 °C2 December 2002	12.4 °C27 May 2002	23.0 °C	1,041 mm	104
2001	34.3 °C3 February 2001	10.0 °C18 September 2001	22.5 °C	1,124 mm	83
2000	34.4 °C4 October 2000	9.4 °C18 July 2000	21.9 °C	1,181 mm	57
1999	35.1 °C11 February 1999	9.9 °C25 September 1999	22.0 °C	987 mm	75
1998	35.0 °C10 February 1998	10.0 °C9 June 1998	22.7 °C	902 mm	101
1997	36.5 °C15 September 1997	9.1 °C10 June 1997	22.4 °C	1,030 mm	86
1996	34.4 °C9 March 1996	10.6 °C25 July 1996	22.4 °C	1,055 mm	102
1995	35.5 °C17 January 1995	10.7 °C7 June 1995	22.5 °C	1,188 mm	93
1994	33.8 °C3 October 1994	9.9 °C11 July 1994	22.4 °C	1,249 mm	88
1993	35.2 °C2 November 1993	10.4 °C23 June 1993	22.8 °C	773 mm	115
1992	31.8 °C7 April 1992	10.7 °C28 July 1992	21.9 °C	1,464 mm	26
1991	32.5 °C31 October 1991	11.2 °C16 August 1991	21.8 °C	1,348 mm	31
1990	34.2 °C23 January 1990	9.5 °C20 May 1990	22.4 °C	905 mm	69
1989	33.2 °C15 September 1989	8.9 °C15 June 1989	22.0 °C	1,059 mm	61
1988	34.3 °C30 January 1988	7.7 °C15 July 1988	22.2 °C	931 mm	57
1987	33.7 °C19 October 1987	11.6 °C28 June 1987	22.7 °C	1,264 mm	70
1986	32.8 °C18 October 1986	9.5 °C10 July 1986	22.4 °C	830 mm	86
1985	32.2 °C1 February 1985	8.2 °C12 June 1985	21.6 °C	1,484 mm	29
1984	33.1 °C3 March 1984	11.0 °C1 August 1984	22.4 °C	1,193 mm	68
1983	32.3 °C18 October 1983	9.2 °C4 August 1983	22.0 °C	1,573 mm	26
1982	32.4 °C22 November 1982	10.0 °C6 May 1982	21.7 °C	1,298 mm	24
1981	32.5 °C24 December 1981	8.6 °C6 July 1981	21.5 °C	1,499 mm	25
1980	34.2 °C29 October 1980	11.5 °C30 August 1980	21.8 °C	1,238 mm	27
1979	32.1 °C16 December 1979	6.7 °C1 June 1979	21.1 °C	2,003 mm	13
1978	31.9 °C21 January 1978	10.5 °C26 August 1978	21.6 °C	1,557 mm	23
1977	32.9 °C17 March 1977	10.5 °C19 May 1977	22.1 °C	1,112 mm	53
1976	32.6 °C26 January 1976	10.8 °C19 July 1976	22.1 °C	1,126 mm	42
1975	32.5 °C15 February 1975	9.8 °C23 July 1975	21.6 °C	1,274 mm	35
1974	32.5 °C11 January 1974	9.6 °C30 June 1974	21.8 °C	926 mm	37
1973	34.6 °C5 January 1973	10.2 °C26 July 1973	22.4 °C	1,540 mm	58
1972	33.1 °C30 November 1972	11.3 °C6 May 1972	22.0 °C	1,124 mm	43
1971	34.0 °C25 February 1971	10.5 °C25 July 1971	21.7 °C	1,411 mm	57
1970	32.7 °C25 March 1970	10.7 °C9 July 1970	21.8 °C	826 mm	49
1969	34.0 °C10 January 1969	11.0 °C28 June 1969	22.0 °C	933 mm	58
1968	34.0 °C30 October 1968	9.7 °C13 August 1968	20.6 °C	1,104 mm	28
1967	33.3 °C12 October 1967	9.5 °C21 July 1967	21.8 °C	1,398 mm	36
1966	32.3 °C17 September 1966	11.8 °C21 May 1966	21.4 °C	1,227 mm	17
1965	30.7 °C3 September 1965	9.4 °C25 July 1965	21.0 °C	1,540 mm	11
1964	30.0 °C17 February 1964	9.1 °C1 June 1964	20.5 °C	1,853 mm	2
1963	37.3 °C19 October 1963	10.1 °C9 July 1963	22.3 °C	656 mm	76
1962	31.8 °C12 September 1962	10.1 °C19 June 1962	20.8 °C	1,753 mm	6
1961	35.4 °C29 September 1961	10.5 °C7 August 1961	21.6 °C	1,466 mm	43
1960	34.8 °C26 September 1960	9.8 °C13 July 1960	20.8 °C	1,525 mm	14
1959	34.4 °C7 February 1959	11.8 °C13 June 1959	21.9 °C	1,046 mm	47
1958	33.6 °C20 December 1958	9.2 °C21 June 1958	21.2 °C	950 mm	38
1957	33.0 °C24 September 1957	9.4 °C22 July 1957	21.2 °C	1,424 mm	27
1956	31.8 °C28 January 1956	9.0 °C11 August 1956	20.6 °C	1,338 mm	29
1955	33.8 °C15 September 1955	10.8 °C4 August 1955	21.3 °C	1,065 mm	31
1954	35.1 °C23 September 1954	11.0 °C30 August 1954	21.6 °C	1,066 mm	36
1953	32.6 °C31 January 1953	10.9 °C29 July 1953	21.3 °C	1,371 mm	11
1952	31.0 °C2 October 1952	10.8 °C9 July 1952	21.0 °C	1,999 mm	6
1951	34.4 °C25 November 1951	11.0 °C12 July 1951	20.9 °C	989 mm	37
1950	32.8 °C21 September 1950	10.9 °C15 July 1950	20.9 °C	1,294 mm	16
1949	31.9 °C6 October 1949	10.6 °C3 July 1949	20.9 °C	1,644 mm	14
1948	32.1 °C5 October 1948	9.7 °C30 August 1948	21.2 °C	1,129 mm	33
1947	34.3 °C10 February 1947	10.0 °C8 August 1947	21.4 °C	950 mm	47
1946	34.0 °C8 October 1946	10.2 °C30 July 1946	21.7 °C	976 mm	25
1945	31.7 °C29 November 1945	12.1 °C15 July 1945	21.3 °C	1,526 mm	13
1944	30.9 °C3 October 1944	10.8 °C13 July 1944	20.7 °C	1,422 mm	11
1943	29.1 °C17 December 1943	9.9 °C19 July 1943	19.8 °C	1,917 mm	0
1942	32.9 °C28 November 1942	7.6 °C24 June 1942	20.4 °C	1,337 mm	13
1941	30.9 °C13 January 1941	11.2 °C9 June 1941	21.0 °C	1,459 mm	6
1940	30.9 °C13 September 1940	12.1 °C8 August 1940	21.0 °C	1,808 mm	5

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.1 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

105 d/yr

+47

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

799 mm

-396 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.1 °C	+0.4 °C	277 mm	+82 mm
Feb	31.6 °C	+2.5 °C	11 mm	-122 mm
Mar	30.6 °C	+2.2 °C	63 mm	-80 mm
Apr	28.0 °C	+1.1 °C	80 mm	+7 mm
May	26.0 °C	+0.8 °C	21 mm	-10 mm
Jun	25.7 °C	+1.5 °C	6 mm	-11 mm
Jul	25.2 °C	+1.2 °C	6 mm	-9 mm
Aug	26.2 °C	+0.9 °C	11 mm	-4 mm
Sep	27.9 °C	+1.2 °C	22 mm	-18 mm
Oct	28.4 °C	+1.0 °C	70 mm	-44 mm
Nov	28.4 °C	+1.3 °C	59 mm	-131 mm
Dec	30.1 °C	+2.4 °C	172 mm	-56 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.0 °C

29 Dec 2025

Coldest day

11.1 °C

6 Jul 2025

Wettest day

48.7 mm

4 Jan 2025

Windiest day

20.2 km/h

19 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

46.8 km/h

22 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.0 °C

29 Dec 2025

Coldest feels-like

10.4 °C

6 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

30 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Caratinga?

Caratinga has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 1,195 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Caratinga?

The hottest day measured in Caratinga between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 2023, reaching 37.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Caratinga?

The coldest day measured in Caratinga between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 6.7 °C.

Does it snow in Caratinga?

Almost never: Caratinga sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Caratinga warmed?

Yes: Caratinga warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Caratinga?

The wettest day measured in Caratinga between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1945, with 212 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Caratinga?

The windiest day measured in Caratinga between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 1968, with winds reaching 24.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Caratinga?

The warmest month in Caratinga is February (24.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Caratinga?

Caratinga receives on average 1,195 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Caratinga?

Caratinga gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Caratinga?

Yes: Caratinga has on average 107 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Caratinga?

In Caratinga, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.4 °C on 11 February 1998, and the lowest was 4.2 °C on 1 June 1979.

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