Poços de Caldas climate — normals and trends
Poços de Caldas (Brazil) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 1,891 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 (20.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (15.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Poços de Caldas averages 0 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 178 rainy days per year.
Poços de Caldas 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 34.1 °C (on 28 September 1961) and the coldest -1.0 °C (on 10 July 1994).
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
Poços de CaldasMinas Gerais
- coords
- -21.79°, -46.56°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.6°C
Average daily high
23.5°C
Average daily low
14.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,891mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
13.3km/h
Seasonal range
5.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
178 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
24.7 °C
Average feels-like low
14.5 °C
Average peak gust
33.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · 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
34.1 °C
28 September 1961
Coldest day
-1.0 °C
10 July 1994
Wettest day
115 mm
24 December 1945
Windiest day
31.8 km/h
16 July 2016
Strongest gust
82.1 km/h
18 July 2007
Hottest feels-like
36.6 °C
19 October 2016
Coldest feels-like
-4.7 °C
22 July 1981
Sunniest day
13.3 h
24 December 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 250 mm | -71 mm |
| Feb | 27.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 104 mm | -158 mm |
| Mar | 26.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 163 mm | -54 mm |
| Apr | 24.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 113 mm | +14 mm |
| May | 22.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 4 mm | -61 mm |
| Jun | 21.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 29 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 21.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 7 mm | -23 mm |
| Aug | 23.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 9 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 26.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 17 mm | -69 mm |
| Oct | 25.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 131 mm | -48 mm |
| Nov | 25.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 220 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 26.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 230 mm | -92 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Poços de Caldas?
Poços de Caldas has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 1,891 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Poços de Caldas?
The hottest day measured in Poços de Caldas between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 1961, reaching 34.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Poços de Caldas?
The coldest day measured in Poços de Caldas between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1994, at -1.0 °C.
Does it snow in Poços de Caldas?
Almost never: Poços de Caldas sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Poços de Caldas warmed?
Yes: Poços de Caldas warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Poços de Caldas?
The wettest day measured in Poços de Caldas between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1945, with 115 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Poços de Caldas?
The windiest day measured in Poços de Caldas between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2016, with winds reaching 31.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Poços de Caldas?
The warmest month in Poços de Caldas is February (20.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Poços de Caldas?
Poços de Caldas receives on average 1,891 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 178 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Poços de Caldas?
Poços de Caldas gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Poços de Caldas?
Yes: Poços de Caldas has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Poços de Caldas?
In Poços de Caldas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.6 °C on 19 October 2016, and the lowest was -4.7 °C on 22 July 1981.
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