Santa Luzia climate — normals and trends
Santa Luzia (Brazil) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,116 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 (22.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Santa Luzia averages 0 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.
Santa Luzia 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 36.6 °C (on 18 November 2023) and the coldest 3.7 °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
Santa LuziaMinas Gerais
- coords
- -19.77°, -43.85°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
20.5°C
Average daily high
25.7°C
Average daily low
16.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,116mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
12.6km/h
Seasonal range
5.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
26 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
128 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
27.3 °C
Average feels-like low
16.7 °C
Average peak gust
30.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
15 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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
36.6 °C
18 November 2023
Coldest day
3.7 °C
1 June 1979
Wettest day
142 mm
12 December 1989
Windiest day
29.9 km/h
6 June 1997
Strongest gust
65.2 km/h
6 June 1997
Hottest feels-like
39.6 °C
26 January 2006
Coldest feels-like
0.7 °C
1 June 1979
Sunniest day
13.2 h
3 January 1947
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 244 mm | +40 mm |
| Feb | 28.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 19 mm | -106 mm |
| Mar | 28.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 93 mm | -34 mm |
| Apr | 25.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 77 mm | +24 mm |
| May | 24.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 4 mm | -22 mm |
| Jun | 24.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 3 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 23.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 2 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 25.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 4 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 27.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 8 mm | -30 mm |
| Oct | 27.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 35 mm | -66 mm |
| Nov | 27.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 73 mm | -114 mm |
| Dec | 28.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 176 mm | -50 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Santa Luzia?
Santa Luzia has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,116 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Luzia?
The hottest day measured in Santa Luzia between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 2023, reaching 36.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Santa Luzia?
The coldest day measured in Santa Luzia between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 3.7 °C.
Does it snow in Santa Luzia?
Almost never: Santa Luzia sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Santa Luzia warmed?
Yes: Santa Luzia warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Santa Luzia?
The wettest day measured in Santa Luzia between 1940 and 2025 was 12 December 1989, with 142 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Santa Luzia?
The windiest day measured in Santa Luzia between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 1997, with winds reaching 29.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Santa Luzia?
The warmest month in Santa Luzia is February (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Santa Luzia?
Santa Luzia receives on average 1,116 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Santa Luzia?
Santa Luzia gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Santa Luzia?
Yes: Santa Luzia has on average 15 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Luzia?
In Santa Luzia, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.6 °C on 26 January 2006, and the lowest was 0.7 °C on 1 June 1979.
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