Monte Alto climate — normals and trends
Monte Alto (Brazil) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 1,443 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 (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is June (19.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Monte Alto averages 0 frost days, 101 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 153 rainy days per year.
Monte Alto has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.5 °C (on 17 October 1963) and the coldest 2.0 °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
Monte AltoSão Paulo
- coords
- -21.26°, -48.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
22.6°C
Average daily high
28.0°C
Average daily low
18.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,443mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
13.5km/h
Seasonal range
5.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
101 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
153 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
30.4 °C
Average feels-like low
18.8 °C
Average peak gust
30.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
130 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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
40.5 °C
17 October 1963
Coldest day
2.0 °C
1 June 1979
Wettest day
128 mm
8 November 1953
Windiest day
35.5 km/h
7 June 2011
Strongest gust
84.6 km/h
7 June 2011
Hottest feels-like
43.0 °C
29 October 2007
Coldest feels-like
-1.3 °C
27 June 1994
Sunniest day
13.3 h
11 December 2021
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 158 mm | -89 mm |
| Feb | 31.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 75 mm | -128 mm |
| Mar | 31.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 66 mm | -97 mm |
| Apr | 28.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 94 mm | +16 mm |
| May | 27.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 12 mm | -40 mm |
| Jun | 25.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 47 mm | +16 mm |
| Jul | 26.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 2 mm | -23 mm |
| Aug | 28.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 1 mm | -24 mm |
| Sep | 31.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 19 mm | -40 mm |
| Oct | 30.0 °C | +0.3 °C | 100 mm | -42 mm |
| Nov | 30.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 87 mm | -91 mm |
| Dec | 30.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 152 mm | -87 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Monte Alto?
Monte Alto has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 1,443 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Monte Alto?
The hottest day measured in Monte Alto between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 1963, reaching 40.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Monte Alto?
The coldest day measured in Monte Alto between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 2.0 °C.
Does it snow in Monte Alto?
Almost never: Monte Alto sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Monte Alto warmed?
Yes: Monte Alto warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Monte Alto?
The wettest day measured in Monte Alto between 1940 and 2025 was 8 November 1953, with 128 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Monte Alto?
The windiest day measured in Monte Alto between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 2011, with winds reaching 35.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Monte Alto?
The warmest month in Monte Alto is January (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is June (19.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Monte Alto?
Monte Alto receives on average 1,443 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Monte Alto?
Monte Alto gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Monte Alto?
Yes: Monte Alto has on average 130 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Monte Alto?
In Monte Alto, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.0 °C on 29 October 2007, and the lowest was -1.3 °C on 27 June 1994.
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