Conselheiro Lafaiete climate — normals and trends

Conselheiro Lafaiete (Brazil) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 1,434 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 (15.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Conselheiro Lafaiete averages 0 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 154 rainy days per year.

Conselheiro Lafaiete has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.2 °C (on 24 September 2007) and the coldest 2.5 °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

Conselheiro LafaieteMinas Gerais

coords
-20.66°, -43.79°
period
19402025 · 86 yrs
CwbSubtropical highland, dry winterWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.2°C

Average daily high

24.3°C

Average daily low

15.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,434mm

Sunshine / day

9.1h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

12.8km/h

Seasonal range

5.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

9 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

154 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.9 °C

Average feels-like low

15.4 °C

Average peak gust

29.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

3 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.3 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

1940Each stripe is one year, from 1940 (left) to 2025 (right). Blue = colder than the period average, red = warmer.2025

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

35.2 °C

24 September 2007

Coldest day

2.5 °C

1 June 1979

Wettest day

130 mm

24 January 2020

Windiest day

31.3 km/h

10 December 2025

Strongest gust

77.4 km/h

11 October 1972

Hottest feels-like

38.8 °C

30 December 2025

Coldest feels-like

-0.8 °C

1 June 1979

Sunniest day

13.3 h

22 December 1946

YearHottest dayColdest dayAnnual meanRainfallHot daysFrost days
202532.2 °C28 December 20257.0 °C2 August 202519.6 °C902 mm230
202433.1 °C8 October 20246.8 °C13 August 202420.7 °C1,196 mm370
202334.3 °C25 September 20236.7 °C7 July 202320.2 °C1,160 mm310
202231.5 °C10 September 20225.5 °C20 May 202219.3 °C1,531 mm30
202133.7 °C21 September 20214.7 °C30 July 202119.5 °C1,185 mm150
202034.5 °C3 October 20206.0 °C26 August 202019.6 °C1,441 mm240
201932.7 °C12 September 20196.3 °C8 July 201920.3 °C952 mm280
201830.8 °C6 March 20184.6 °C21 May 201819.8 °C1,435 mm80
201733.0 °C22 October 20177.4 °C26 August 201719.7 °C792 mm130
201632.0 °C10 February 20166.1 °C15 June 201620.2 °C1,350 mm240
201534.0 °C16 October 20159.1 °C31 July 201520.3 °C1,145 mm340
201433.9 °C19 October 20146.4 °C8 August 201419.9 °C867 mm220
201332.5 °C22 September 20137.9 °C3 August 201319.4 °C1,228 mm80
201232.8 °C31 October 20125.7 °C27 September 201219.5 °C1,126 mm160
201131.4 °C2 October 20116.6 °C6 June 201119.2 °C1,400 mm110
201031.3 °C5 September 20105.4 °C13 June 201019.6 °C1,138 mm130
200931.1 °C3 March 20097.2 °C13 July 200919.9 °C1,802 mm50
200832.2 °C7 September 20086.4 °C18 July 200819.4 °C1,542 mm120
200735.2 °C24 September 20075.6 °C31 July 200719.9 °C1,199 mm220
200633.1 °C25 January 20068.2 °C20 July 200619.5 °C1,128 mm110
200534.4 °C18 October 20059.0 °C2 August 200519.7 °C1,265 mm120
200432.5 °C29 September 20047.7 °C11 August 200419.3 °C1,484 mm100
200332.1 °C24 September 20038.1 °C21 August 200319.6 °C1,209 mm150
200233.1 °C17 October 20028.9 °C3 September 200220.3 °C1,405 mm110
200131.8 °C4 February 20017.7 °C18 September 200119.6 °C1,194 mm70
200031.7 °C15 January 20004.7 °C18 July 200019.1 °C1,262 mm90
199931.8 °C21 January 19997.1 °C25 September 199919.0 °C1,097 mm90
199831.6 °C5 February 19986.2 °C14 July 199819.7 °C1,280 mm170
199732.9 °C10 September 19975.5 °C9 June 199719.8 °C1,432 mm200
199630.7 °C31 January 19966.7 °C26 July 199619.2 °C1,510 mm80
199532.5 °C17 January 19955.7 °C7 June 199519.8 °C1,366 mm270
199433.7 °C2 November 19946.0 °C7 August 199419.8 °C1,288 mm240
199331.5 °C30 November 19937.7 °C23 June 199319.8 °C1,380 mm140
199229.7 °C16 November 19927.2 °C27 July 199219.4 °C1,634 mm00
199131.1 °C10 August 19917.4 °C5 August 199119.4 °C1,654 mm20
199032.0 °C10 February 19907.6 °C19 May 199019.7 °C991 mm110
198928.9 °C21 February 19894.5 °C10 July 198919.2 °C1,439 mm00
198833.1 °C30 January 19885.7 °C16 July 198819.3 °C1,421 mm80
198731.2 °C19 October 19877.8 °C27 June 198719.9 °C1,743 mm80
198631.3 °C18 October 19867.5 °C11 July 198619.5 °C1,275 mm20
198530.3 °C4 February 19854.2 °C11 June 198519.1 °C1,685 mm30
198431.1 °C14 January 19847.5 °C1 August 198419.9 °C1,109 mm90
198329.5 °C9 January 19835.9 °C6 August 198319.4 °C1,746 mm00
198230.1 °C24 November 19828.0 °C6 May 198219.2 °C1,687 mm10
198130.3 °C4 March 19815.3 °C11 June 198118.9 °C1,552 mm30
198031.7 °C28 October 19807.4 °C30 June 198019.2 °C1,279 mm50
197929.9 °C26 October 19792.5 °C1 June 197918.7 °C1,847 mm00
197829.6 °C21 January 19785.3 °C16 August 197819.0 °C1,625 mm00
197730.5 °C6 December 19778.3 °C18 May 197719.5 °C1,245 mm40
197630.1 °C12 January 19768.2 °C23 June 197619.0 °C1,455 mm10
197530.4 °C9 December 19755.2 °C8 July 197518.9 °C1,321 mm20
197430.7 °C1 September 19746.9 °C16 June 197419.1 °C1,250 mm30
197331.6 °C6 January 19736.1 °C20 June 197319.7 °C1,578 mm100
197230.5 °C27 October 19726.5 °C22 June 197219.2 °C1,271 mm30
197130.7 °C31 January 19716.4 °C20 July 197119.1 °C1,228 mm50
197030.3 °C24 December 19706.8 °C6 July 197019.1 °C972 mm20
196931.3 °C17 February 19697.4 °C8 June 196919.4 °C1,169 mm80
196831.2 °C29 October 19686.4 °C14 June 196818.0 °C985 mm40
196731.3 °C12 October 19675.8 °C22 July 196719.3 °C1,429 mm40
196632.3 °C16 September 19668.0 °C22 June 196618.7 °C1,389 mm10
196530.5 °C11 September 19654.8 °C12 July 196518.4 °C2,028 mm20
196429.8 °C2 September 19646.3 °C16 July 196417.9 °C1,819 mm00
196334.9 °C18 October 19637.3 °C9 August 196319.6 °C774 mm300
196229.6 °C30 August 19626.2 °C18 June 196218.0 °C2,265 mm00
196135.0 °C29 September 19618.7 °C20 June 196119.3 °C1,739 mm290
196033.7 °C25 September 19606.4 °C4 June 196018.2 °C1,799 mm70
195930.0 °C24 February 19596.8 °C22 August 195918.9 °C1,363 mm10
195831.7 °C7 October 19587.0 °C22 September 195818.7 °C1,165 mm140
195731.3 °C26 October 19575.9 °C22 July 195718.7 °C1,522 mm50
195630.0 °C28 January 19565.2 °C17 August 195617.8 °C1,370 mm10
195532.7 °C1 October 19558.0 °C15 July 195518.8 °C1,130 mm140
195432.6 °C22 September 19547.2 °C12 August 195419.0 °C1,667 mm110
195329.6 °C22 August 19537.9 °C28 July 195318.6 °C1,686 mm00
195230.4 °C4 September 19526.1 °C16 July 195218.6 °C2,305 mm40
195132.4 °C25 November 19516.3 °C16 July 195118.3 °C1,257 mm90
195031.4 °C20 September 19506.9 °C11 June 195018.4 °C1,917 mm20
194930.1 °C5 October 19496.5 °C4 July 194918.4 °C1,816 mm30
194831.7 °C27 September 19486.7 °C30 August 194818.6 °C1,230 mm40
194731.7 °C10 January 19477.3 °C8 August 194718.3 °C1,635 mm40
194631.0 °C4 November 19467.8 °C29 July 194619.0 °C1,531 mm20
194530.2 °C30 August 19458.1 °C21 May 194518.7 °C1,916 mm10
194430.6 °C2 October 19446.9 °C22 August 194418.3 °C2,070 mm20
194326.9 °C24 February 19437.0 °C18 August 194317.3 °C1,945 mm00
194232.8 °C7 October 19424.0 °C26 June 194217.8 °C1,491 mm40
194129.7 °C13 January 19417.6 °C9 June 194118.5 °C2,234 mm00
194029.9 °C24 August 19408.4 °C9 July 194018.7 °C2,005 mm00

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Across the whole year

Average daily high
25.1 °C
+0.8 °C
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
23 d/yr
+14
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
0
Annual rainfall
902 mm
-532 mm

Month by month

Highvs. normalPrecipitationvs. normal
Jan27.0 °C+0.9 °C234 mm-14 mm
Feb28.2 °C+1.8 °C11 mm-165 mm
Mar26.9 °C+1.2 °C125 mm-46 mm
Apr24.5 °C+0.2 °C108 mm+35 mm
May22.6 °C-0.1 °C5 mm-33 mm
Jun22.8 °C+0.8 °C5 mm-14 mm
Jul22.0 °C+0.1 °C7 mm-6 mm
Aug23.5 °C0.0 °C13 mm-9 mm
Sep24.9 °C+0.2 °C15 mm-50 mm
Oct25.0 °C+0.1 °C93 mm-49 mm
Nov26.0 °C+1.3 °C115 mm-102 mm
Dec27.5 °C+2.2 °C173 mm-80 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day
32.2 °C
28 Dec 2025
Coldest day
7.0 °C
2 Aug 2025
Wettest day
34.9 mm
30 Oct 2025
Windiest day
31.3 km/h
10 Dec 2025
Strongest gust
67.0 km/h
10 Dec 2025
Hottest feels-like
38.8 °C
30 Dec 2025
Coldest feels-like
4.5 °C
15 Jun 2025
Sunniest day
13.2 h
28 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Conselheiro Lafaiete?

Conselheiro Lafaiete has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 1,434 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Conselheiro Lafaiete?

The hottest day measured in Conselheiro Lafaiete between 1940 and 2025 was 24 September 2007, reaching 35.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Conselheiro Lafaiete?

The coldest day measured in Conselheiro Lafaiete between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 2.5 °C.

Does it snow in Conselheiro Lafaiete?

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

Has the climate of Conselheiro Lafaiete warmed?

Yes: Conselheiro Lafaiete warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Conselheiro Lafaiete?

The wettest day measured in Conselheiro Lafaiete between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2020, with 130 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Conselheiro Lafaiete?

The windiest day measured in Conselheiro Lafaiete between 1940 and 2025 was 10 December 2025, with winds reaching 31.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Conselheiro Lafaiete?

The warmest month in Conselheiro Lafaiete is February (21.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Conselheiro Lafaiete?

Conselheiro Lafaiete receives on average 1,434 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 154 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Conselheiro Lafaiete?

Conselheiro Lafaiete gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Conselheiro Lafaiete?

Yes: Conselheiro Lafaiete has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Conselheiro Lafaiete?

In Conselheiro Lafaiete, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.8 °C on 30 December 2025, and the lowest was -0.8 °C on 1 June 1979.

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