Caxambu climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Caxambu?

Caxambu has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.9 °C and it receives 1,191 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Caxambu between 1940 and 2025 was 25 September 2023, reaching 34.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Caxambu?

The coldest day measured in Caxambu between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at -0.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Caxambu?

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

Q: Has the climate of Caxambu warmed?

Yes: Caxambu warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Caxambu?

The wettest day measured in Caxambu between 1940 and 2025 was 28 November 1975, with 139 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Caxambu?

The windiest day measured in Caxambu between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 2025, with winds reaching 28.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Caxambu?

The warmest month in Caxambu is January (21.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Caxambu?

Caxambu receives on average 1,191 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Caxambu?

Caxambu gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Caxambu (Brazil) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.9 °C and it receives 1,191 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 January (21.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (15.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Caxambu averages 0 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 142 rainy days per year.

Caxambu has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.0 °C (on 25 September 2023) and the coldest -0.1 °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

CaxambuMinas Gerais

coords: -21.98°, -44.93°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwbSubtropical highland, dry winterWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.9°C

Average daily high

24.0°C

Average daily low

14.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,191mm

Sunshine / day

9.4h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

10.1km/h

Seasonal range

6.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

6 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

142 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.4 °C

Average feels-like low

14.6 °C

Average peak gust

26.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

1 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · 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

34.0 °C

25 September 2023

Coldest day

-0.1 °C

1 June 1979

Wettest day

139 mm

28 November 1975

Windiest day

28.5 km/h

22 September 2025

Strongest gust

70.9 km/h

28 November 1950

Hottest feels-like

36.6 °C

18 February 1994

Coldest feels-like

-3.4 °C

1 June 1979

Sunniest day

13.3 h

27 December 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	32.8 °C28 December 2025	5.5 °C17 July 2025	19.4 °C	774 mm	17	0
2024	32.8 °C2 October 2024	4.5 °C11 August 2024	20.2 °C	1,168 mm	25	0
2023	34.0 °C25 September 2023	5.3 °C15 July 2023	19.9 °C	937 mm	31	0
2022	31.2 °C10 September 2022	2.9 °C20 May 2022	19.0 °C	1,030 mm	2	0
2021	32.0 °C6 September 2021	2.3 °C20 July 2021	19.2 °C	967 mm	9	0
2020	33.3 °C2 October 2020	2.8 °C27 May 2020	19.6 °C	897 mm	25	0
2019	32.0 °C3 February 2019	3.8 °C8 July 2019	20.0 °C	843 mm	22	0
2018	30.6 °C5 March 2018	2.5 °C21 May 2018	19.9 °C	890 mm	5	0
2017	32.5 °C19 February 2017	4.8 °C5 July 2017	20.0 °C	683 mm	17	0
2016	31.8 °C19 October 2016	3.1 °C14 June 2016	19.9 °C	1,086 mm	14	0
2015	33.4 °C19 January 2015	6.8 °C27 June 2015	20.3 °C	1,073 mm	29	0
2014	32.6 °C19 October 2014	4.8 °C7 August 2014	20.1 °C	579 mm	29	0
2013	31.8 °C26 December 2013	5.3 °C31 July 2013	19.2 °C	1,222 mm	3	0
2012	32.8 °C31 October 2012	4.5 °C20 July 2012	19.4 °C	931 mm	13	0
2011	31.1 °C30 January 2011	3.2 °C28 June 2011	19.2 °C	1,246 mm	8	0
2010	31.5 °C16 February 2010	4.4 °C18 August 2010	19.6 °C	977 mm	12	0
2009	30.7 °C2 March 2009	3.6 °C13 July 2009	19.7 °C	1,452 mm	4	0
2008	30.9 °C16 October 2008	3.4 °C15 July 2008	19.1 °C	1,219 mm	3	0
2007	32.5 °C24 September 2007	3.2 °C30 July 2007	19.8 °C	1,022 mm	18	0
2006	31.3 °C25 January 2006	6.6 °C6 July 2006	19.3 °C	972 mm	5	0
2005	30.9 °C14 October 2005	5.6 °C10 July 2005	19.4 °C	1,068 mm	3	0
2004	29.8 °C29 September 2004	4.2 °C24 July 2004	18.8 °C	1,130 mm	0	0
2003	31.5 °C26 February 2003	6.2 °C27 May 2003	19.5 °C	1,071 mm	15	0
2002	31.8 °C12 October 2002	5.6 °C9 July 2002	19.9 °C	1,133 mm	10	0
2001	29.8 °C2 February 2001	6.0 °C18 September 2001	19.1 °C	1,092 mm	0	0
2000	30.4 °C15 January 2000	1.3 °C18 July 2000	18.8 °C	1,219 mm	3	0
1999	30.5 °C22 January 1999	4.7 °C25 September 1999	18.7 °C	1,046 mm	2	0
1998	31.1 °C31 January 1998	4.8 °C7 June 1998	19.3 °C	1,130 mm	4	0
1997	31.2 °C9 September 1997	2.9 °C9 June 1997	19.3 °C	1,206 mm	9	0
1996	31.3 °C25 January 1996	3.8 °C13 July 1996	18.9 °C	1,467 mm	6	0
1995	31.6 °C17 January 1995	5.9 °C6 June 1995	19.4 °C	1,422 mm	13	0
1994	31.0 °C3 February 1994	1.2 °C28 June 1994	19.6 °C	1,073 mm	14	0
1993	30.7 °C7 September 1993	6.0 °C21 June 1993	19.5 °C	940 mm	6	0
1992	28.8 °C14 November 1992	6.0 °C16 June 1992	19.2 °C	1,348 mm	0	0
1991	29.6 °C16 November 1991	5.2 °C8 July 1991	19.0 °C	1,537 mm	0	0
1990	30.7 °C10 February 1990	2.9 °C19 May 1990	19.3 °C	1,091 mm	4	0
1989	29.3 °C28 February 1989	2.7 °C19 July 1989	18.8 °C	1,165 mm	0	0
1988	31.4 °C26 September 1988	0.7 °C6 June 1988	19.0 °C	1,173 mm	6	0
1987	31.2 °C16 September 1987	2.9 °C9 August 1987	19.4 °C	1,268 mm	4	0
1986	31.3 °C18 October 1986	3.8 °C13 July 1986	19.1 °C	1,263 mm	1	0
1985	30.3 °C15 October 1985	0.9 °C9 June 1985	18.8 °C	1,237 mm	3	0
1984	32.4 °C17 January 1984	6.0 °C1 August 1984	19.7 °C	905 mm	11	0
1983	29.3 °C17 February 1983	4.4 °C7 August 1983	19.0 °C	1,998 mm	0	0
1982	28.8 °C17 January 1982	5.7 °C27 July 1982	18.8 °C	1,706 mm	0	0
1981	30.2 °C3 March 1981	0.6 °C22 July 1981	18.7 °C	1,214 mm	1	0
1980	30.5 °C30 October 1980	4.6 °C18 June 1980	19.1 °C	1,169 mm	4	0
1979	30.7 °C7 December 1979	-0.1 °C1 June 1979	18.5 °C	1,485 mm	1	1
1978	30.3 °C25 October 1978	1.8 °C16 August 1978	18.8 °C	1,126 mm	2	0
1977	31.0 °C6 February 1977	5.2 °C21 May 1977	19.5 °C	1,008 mm	3	0
1976	30.0 °C19 January 1976	4.3 °C6 July 1976	18.5 °C	1,454 mm	1	0
1975	29.5 °C14 February 1975	2.1 °C8 July 1975	18.6 °C	1,344 mm	0	0
1974	30.1 °C19 November 1974	4.1 °C1 July 1974	18.9 °C	940 mm	2	0
1973	31.2 °C10 February 1973	3.3 °C20 June 1973	19.4 °C	1,112 mm	5	0
1972	29.6 °C29 November 1972	4.9 °C22 June 1972	18.7 °C	1,162 mm	0	0
1971	31.5 °C26 January 1971	4.4 °C20 July 1971	18.9 °C	946 mm	9	0
1970	31.3 °C23 March 1970	4.9 °C13 August 1970	18.8 °C	778 mm	2	0
1969	30.5 °C8 January 1969	4.0 °C11 July 1969	19.1 °C	801 mm	3	0
1968	29.8 °C15 December 1968	3.5 °C18 May 1968	17.8 °C	725 mm	0	0
1967	30.2 °C1 March 1967	3.5 °C20 July 1967	19.0 °C	919 mm	1	0
1966	30.3 °C16 September 1966	6.0 °C25 May 1966	18.4 °C	1,456 mm	1	0
1965	28.8 °C3 September 1965	3.4 °C12 July 1965	18.1 °C	1,376 mm	0	0
1964	27.7 °C2 September 1964	4.1 °C29 July 1964	17.6 °C	1,724 mm	0	0
1963	33.2 °C17 October 1963	4.4 °C23 June 1963	19.2 °C	709 mm	17	0
1962	28.6 °C11 September 1962	3.9 °C27 July 1962	17.5 °C	1,992 mm	0	0
1961	33.2 °C26 September 1961	7.5 °C9 August 1961	19.2 °C	1,172 mm	28	0
1960	32.3 °C25 September 1960	3.3 °C15 July 1960	17.9 °C	1,637 mm	4	0
1959	29.3 °C31 January 1959	5.1 °C19 June 1959	18.7 °C	936 mm	0	0
1958	30.9 °C17 November 1958	4.5 °C22 June 1958	18.3 °C	963 mm	4	0
1957	30.6 °C19 October 1957	2.0 °C21 July 1957	18.1 °C	1,165 mm	2	0
1956	30.4 °C2 February 1956	3.4 °C17 August 1956	17.6 °C	1,023 mm	1	0
1955	32.1 °C1 October 1955	4.2 °C26 May 1955	18.5 °C	1,060 mm	9	0
1954	31.6 °C19 September 1954	6.1 °C30 August 1954	18.4 °C	1,448 mm	3	0
1953	28.6 °C25 January 1953	5.1 °C28 July 1953	18.3 °C	1,310 mm	0	0
1952	29.8 °C4 September 1952	3.1 °C16 July 1952	18.2 °C	1,347 mm	0	0
1951	30.7 °C19 November 1951	4.3 °C16 July 1951	18.0 °C	935 mm	3	0
1950	29.4 °C20 September 1950	4.5 °C15 July 1950	18.1 °C	1,297 mm	0	0
1949	28.4 °C18 March 1949	5.1 °C3 July 1949	17.9 °C	1,543 mm	0	0
1948	31.8 °C27 September 1948	5.3 °C4 August 1948	18.4 °C	917 mm	2	0
1947	30.3 °C9 January 1947	3.8 °C4 August 1947	17.8 °C	1,550 mm	3	0
1946	27.6 °C2 November 1946	5.1 °C30 July 1946	18.3 °C	1,317 mm	0	0
1945	28.0 °C30 August 1945	5.8 °C27 June 1945	18.1 °C	1,783 mm	0	0
1944	29.4 °C30 August 1944	5.2 °C13 July 1944	18.0 °C	1,640 mm	0	0
1943	28.2 °C17 January 1943	4.7 °C7 September 1943	17.1 °C	1,231 mm	0	0
1942	31.8 °C28 November 1942	1.3 °C24 June 1942	17.5 °C	1,015 mm	4	0
1941	29.0 °C13 January 1941	5.9 °C9 June 1941	18.1 °C	2,113 mm	0	0
1940	28.4 °C12 September 1940	6.6 °C9 July 1940	18.3 °C	1,901 mm	0	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.2 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

17 d/yr

+11

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

774 mm

-417 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.1 °C	+1.3 °C	162 mm	-56 mm
Feb	28.5 °C	+2.5 °C	55 mm	-85 mm
Mar	27.5 °C	+2.0 °C	82 mm	-35 mm
Apr	24.6 °C	+0.4 °C	63 mm	+13 mm
May	23.1 °C	+1.0 °C	5 mm	-35 mm
Jun	21.9 °C	+0.8 °C	13 mm	-13 mm
Jul	22.0 °C	+0.9 °C	5 mm	-15 mm
Aug	23.8 °C	+0.7 °C	8 mm	-16 mm
Sep	25.7 °C	+1.0 °C	32 mm	-29 mm
Oct	25.3 °C	+0.4 °C	95 mm	-18 mm
Nov	25.7 °C	+0.8 °C	103 mm	-55 mm
Dec	27.3 °C	+2.2 °C	152 mm	-72 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.8 °C

28 Dec 2025

Coldest day

5.5 °C

17 Jul 2025

Wettest day

39.2 mm

9 Dec 2025

Windiest day

28.5 km/h

22 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

68.4 km/h

22 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.5 °C

28 Dec 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.4 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.3 h

27 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Caxambu?

Caxambu has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.9 °C and it receives 1,191 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Caxambu?

The hottest day measured in Caxambu between 1940 and 2025 was 25 September 2023, reaching 34.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Caxambu?

The coldest day measured in Caxambu between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at -0.1 °C.

Does it snow in Caxambu?

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

Has the climate of Caxambu warmed?

Yes: Caxambu warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Caxambu?

The wettest day measured in Caxambu between 1940 and 2025 was 28 November 1975, with 139 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Caxambu?

The windiest day measured in Caxambu between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 2025, with winds reaching 28.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Caxambu?

The warmest month in Caxambu is January (21.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Caxambu?

Caxambu receives on average 1,191 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Caxambu?

Caxambu gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Caxambu?

Yes: Caxambu has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Caxambu?

In Caxambu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.6 °C on 18 February 1994, and the lowest was -3.4 °C on 1 June 1979.

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