Santa Rita do Sapucaí climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Santa Rita do Sapucaí?

Santa Rita do Sapucaí has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.7 °C and it receives 1,214 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Rita do Sapucaí?

The hottest day measured in Santa Rita do Sapucaí between 1940 and 2025 was 25 September 2023, reaching 35.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Santa Rita do Sapucaí?

The coldest day measured in Santa Rita do Sapucaí between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 1981, at 0.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Santa Rita do Sapucaí?

Almost never: Santa Rita do Sapucaí sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Santa Rita do Sapucaí warmed?

Yes: Santa Rita do Sapucaí warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Santa Rita do Sapucaí?

The wettest day measured in Santa Rita do Sapucaí between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 2000, with 137 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Santa Rita do Sapucaí?

The windiest day measured in Santa Rita do Sapucaí between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2016, with winds reaching 28.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Santa Rita do Sapucaí?

The warmest month in Santa Rita do Sapucaí is February (22.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Santa Rita do Sapucaí?

Santa Rita do Sapucaí receives on average 1,214 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 148 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Santa Rita do Sapucaí?

Santa Rita do Sapucaí gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Santa Rita do Sapucaí (Brazil) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.7 °C and it receives 1,214 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 (22.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Santa Rita do Sapucaí averages 0 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 148 rainy days per year.

Santa Rita do Sapucaí has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 25 September 2023) and the coldest 0.9 °C (on 21 July 1981).

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 Rita do SapucaíMinas Gerais

coords: -22.25°, -45.70°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.7°C

Average daily high

25.0°C

Average daily low

15.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,214mm

Sunshine / day

9.5h

Mean relative humidity

74%

Average peak wind

9.8km/h

Seasonal range

6.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

21 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

148 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.5 °C

Average feels-like low

15.9 °C

Average peak gust

26.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

9 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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

35.7 °C

25 September 2023

Coldest day

0.9 °C

21 July 1981

Wettest day

137 mm

3 January 2000

Windiest day

28.6 km/h

16 July 2016

Strongest gust

72.0 km/h

28 November 1950

Hottest feels-like

38.6 °C

28 December 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.4 °C

10 July 1994

Sunniest day

13.4 h

16 December 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.5 °C28 December 2025	4.0 °C25 June 2025	20.4 °C	882 mm	58
2024	35.4 °C2 October 2024	4.1 °C11 August 2024	21.3 °C	1,119 mm	78
2023	35.7 °C25 September 2023	5.9 °C15 July 2023	20.7 °C	1,079 mm	64
2022	32.9 °C10 September 2022	3.7 °C20 May 2022	19.8 °C	1,063 mm	29
2021	34.2 °C21 September 2021	1.9 °C20 July 2021	20.3 °C	872 mm	52
2020	35.5 °C2 October 2020	3.9 °C28 May 2020	20.5 °C	1,015 mm	53
2019	33.7 °C3 February 2019	4.0 °C8 July 2019	21.0 °C	983 mm	58
2018	32.2 °C12 March 2018	5.1 °C21 May 2018	20.9 °C	903 mm	47
2017	33.9 °C19 February 2017	7.3 °C4 July 2017	20.7 °C	847 mm	59
2016	34.6 °C19 October 2016	3.9 °C14 June 2016	20.8 °C	1,162 mm	51
2015	35.4 °C19 January 2015	9.2 °C27 June 2015	21.2 °C	1,287 mm	58
2014	33.8 °C3 January 2014	8.2 °C6 August 2014	21.2 °C	603 mm	66
2013	33.2 °C26 December 2013	5.0 °C26 July 2013	20.0 °C	1,205 mm	28
2012	34.5 °C31 October 2012	6.2 °C14 July 2012	20.3 °C	1,027 mm	44
2011	32.5 °C30 January 2011	4.1 °C5 August 2011	20.0 °C	1,171 mm	35
2010	32.4 °C16 February 2010	6.3 °C17 August 2010	20.4 °C	1,047 mm	50
2009	32.7 °C6 March 2009	5.0 °C3 June 2009	20.5 °C	1,364 mm	34
2008	33.2 °C16 October 2008	5.4 °C15 July 2008	19.9 °C	1,305 mm	27
2007	32.9 °C21 October 2007	4.4 °C30 July 2007	20.6 °C	1,000 mm	50
2006	33.3 °C25 January 2006	6.7 °C6 September 2006	20.2 °C	1,027 mm	20
2005	32.3 °C14 October 2005	6.7 °C10 July 2005	20.2 °C	1,111 mm	17
2004	31.2 °C29 September 2004	5.4 °C24 July 2004	19.7 °C	1,183 mm	12
2003	32.4 °C11 February 2003	7.6 °C27 May 2003	20.3 °C	1,044 mm	35
2002	33.4 °C16 October 2002	5.3 °C3 September 2002	20.8 °C	1,024 mm	36
2001	31.1 °C25 November 2001	7.0 °C28 June 2001	20.0 °C	1,090 mm	13
2000	32.1 °C18 January 2000	4.8 °C17 July 2000	19.7 °C	1,274 mm	19
1999	32.3 °C22 January 1999	6.1 °C17 August 1999	19.6 °C	1,094 mm	22
1998	32.5 °C31 January 1998	5.4 °C26 June 1998	20.0 °C	1,275 mm	23
1997	33.6 °C9 September 1997	4.5 °C9 June 1997	20.1 °C	1,259 mm	34
1996	32.3 °C27 January 1996	5.2 °C13 July 1996	19.7 °C	1,547 mm	24
1995	33.5 °C16 January 1995	8.4 °C7 June 1995	20.2 °C	1,473 mm	35
1994	32.6 °C3 October 1994	1.0 °C10 July 1994	20.5 °C	1,073 mm	34
1993	31.9 °C30 November 1993	6.8 °C23 June 1993	20.2 °C	1,126 mm	23
1992	30.1 °C6 January 1992	7.7 °C26 July 1992	19.8 °C	1,206 mm	2
1991	30.8 °C19 November 1991	6.8 °C8 July 1991	19.8 °C	1,517 mm	4
1990	31.9 °C26 January 1990	2.9 °C23 June 1990	20.0 °C	1,123 mm	30
1989	30.7 °C7 December 1989	4.9 °C11 July 1989	19.5 °C	1,218 mm	3
1988	32.5 °C26 September 1988	3.5 °C6 June 1988	19.8 °C	1,246 mm	24
1987	31.6 °C14 January 1987	4.6 °C9 August 1987	20.1 °C	1,222 mm	17
1986	31.3 °C7 October 1986	5.4 °C5 June 1986	19.9 °C	1,206 mm	10
1985	32.6 °C16 November 1985	3.1 °C8 June 1985	19.6 °C	1,169 mm	13
1984	33.1 °C17 January 1984	6.7 °C23 July 1984	20.5 °C	939 mm	39
1983	30.8 °C17 February 1983	6.1 °C8 August 1983	19.8 °C	2,083 mm	5
1982	30.1 °C22 February 1982	6.9 °C27 July 1982	19.6 °C	1,558 mm	3
1981	31.6 °C20 September 1981	0.9 °C21 July 1981	19.5 °C	1,165 mm	11
1980	31.1 °C27 October 1980	6.1 °C18 June 1980	19.9 °C	1,181 mm	9
1979	32.5 °C7 December 1979	1.1 °C1 June 1979	19.3 °C	1,423 mm	3
1978	31.8 °C27 January 1978	2.8 °C16 August 1978	19.6 °C	1,091 mm	19
1977	32.7 °C1 March 1977	7.0 °C18 May 1977	20.3 °C	1,145 mm	25
1976	32.1 °C19 January 1976	5.5 °C6 July 1976	19.2 °C	1,567 mm	6
1975	31.0 °C18 February 1975	4.0 °C8 July 1975	19.6 °C	1,191 mm	18
1974	32.0 °C19 November 1974	6.0 °C29 June 1974	19.6 °C	1,058 mm	12
1973	32.3 °C10 February 1973	4.7 °C20 June 1973	20.1 °C	1,129 mm	29
1972	31.5 °C29 November 1972	4.6 °C9 July 1972	19.6 °C	1,296 mm	9
1971	33.0 °C25 January 1971	6.1 °C25 April 1971	19.6 °C	1,007 mm	26
1970	31.5 °C24 December 1970	5.4 °C3 July 1970	19.6 °C	902 mm	16
1969	31.7 °C7 February 1969	4.6 °C11 July 1969	20.1 °C	769 mm	20
1968	31.5 °C8 October 1968	5.5 °C18 May 1968	18.9 °C	753 mm	13
1967	31.6 °C2 December 1967	6.5 °C9 June 1967	19.9 °C	906 mm	6
1966	31.0 °C16 September 1966	6.4 °C23 September 1966	19.1 °C	1,366 mm	4
1965	30.0 °C10 September 1965	1.4 °C12 July 1965	18.8 °C	1,440 mm	1
1964	28.2 °C2 September 1964	5.2 °C29 July 1964	18.3 °C	1,624 mm	0
1963	33.9 °C16 October 1963	5.1 °C22 June 1963	20.0 °C	847 mm	29
1962	29.4 °C11 September 1962	4.2 °C7 July 1962	18.3 °C	1,662 mm	0
1961	35.3 °C28 September 1961	8.9 °C30 May 1961	20.1 °C	1,229 mm	38
1960	33.7 °C25 September 1960	6.0 °C15 July 1960	18.7 °C	1,560 mm	7
1959	30.3 °C31 January 1959	6.7 °C8 June 1959	19.6 °C	984 mm	5
1958	31.7 °C16 November 1958	4.3 °C22 June 1958	19.1 °C	1,026 mm	16
1957	31.7 °C20 October 1957	3.0 °C21 July 1957	18.8 °C	1,262 mm	2
1956	31.5 °C2 February 1956	5.7 °C6 June 1956	18.4 °C	1,091 mm	10
1955	32.6 °C1 October 1955	5.6 °C26 May 1955	19.1 °C	1,062 mm	12
1954	33.0 °C19 September 1954	6.2 °C21 June 1954	19.2 °C	1,434 mm	12
1953	29.3 °C13 January 1953	7.6 °C7 July 1953	19.1 °C	1,376 mm	0
1952	31.1 °C4 September 1952	4.4 °C16 July 1952	18.9 °C	1,250 mm	6
1951	31.5 °C19 November 1951	7.1 °C2 June 1951	18.8 °C	1,004 mm	5
1950	30.1 °C20 September 1950	7.2 °C11 June 1950	18.7 °C	1,391 mm	2
1949	29.9 °C18 March 1949	7.5 °C23 June 1949	18.6 °C	1,446 mm	0
1948	32.7 °C27 September 1948	6.2 °C16 June 1948	19.2 °C	1,084 mm	7
1947	31.3 °C9 January 1947	5.3 °C8 July 1947	18.5 °C	1,550 mm	9
1946	29.0 °C11 January 1946	5.2 °C26 July 1946	19.0 °C	1,497 mm	0
1945	29.3 °C30 August 1945	6.6 °C15 July 1945	18.8 °C	1,959 mm	0
1944	31.3 °C7 September 1944	7.0 °C9 June 1944	18.9 °C	1,625 mm	7
1943	29.4 °C17 January 1943	5.9 °C27 July 1943	18.0 °C	1,259 mm	0
1942	33.1 °C28 November 1942	2.8 °C26 June 1942	18.4 °C	1,010 mm	11
1941	30.3 °C13 January 1941	8.4 °C6 September 1941	18.9 °C	1,945 mm	1
1940	29.6 °C12 September 1940	9.3 °C19 August 1940	19.0 °C	1,782 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.4 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

58 d/yr

+37

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

882 mm

-332 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.2 °C	+1.4 °C	190 mm	-21 mm
Feb	29.7 °C	+2.8 °C	86 mm	-67 mm
Mar	29.1 °C	+2.6 °C	74 mm	-45 mm
Apr	25.6 °C	+0.5 °C	67 mm	+12 mm
May	24.2 °C	+1.3 °C	5 mm	-42 mm
Jun	22.5 °C	+0.7 °C	25 mm	-5 mm
Jul	22.9 °C	+1.0 °C	4 mm	-22 mm
Aug	25.2 °C	+1.3 °C	6 mm	-23 mm
Sep	27.5 °C	+1.8 °C	45 mm	-20 mm
Oct	26.4 °C	+0.5 °C	96 mm	-21 mm
Nov	26.9 °C	+0.9 °C	139 mm	-13 mm
Dec	28.5 °C	+2.3 °C	145 mm	-65 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.5 °C

28 Dec 2025

Coldest day

4.0 °C

25 Jun 2025

Wettest day

40.1 mm

31 Jan 2025

Windiest day

23.3 km/h

11 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

63.4 km/h

10 Dec 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.6 °C

28 Dec 2025

Coldest feels-like

1.7 °C

25 Jun 2025

Sunniest day

13.4 h

21 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Santa Rita do Sapucaí?

Santa Rita do Sapucaí has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.7 °C and it receives 1,214 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Rita do Sapucaí?

The hottest day measured in Santa Rita do Sapucaí between 1940 and 2025 was 25 September 2023, reaching 35.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Santa Rita do Sapucaí?

The coldest day measured in Santa Rita do Sapucaí between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 1981, at 0.9 °C.

Does it snow in Santa Rita do Sapucaí?

Almost never: Santa Rita do Sapucaí sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Santa Rita do Sapucaí warmed?

Yes: Santa Rita do Sapucaí warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Santa Rita do Sapucaí?

The wettest day measured in Santa Rita do Sapucaí between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 2000, with 137 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Santa Rita do Sapucaí?

The windiest day measured in Santa Rita do Sapucaí between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2016, with winds reaching 28.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Santa Rita do Sapucaí?

The warmest month in Santa Rita do Sapucaí is February (22.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Santa Rita do Sapucaí?

Santa Rita do Sapucaí receives on average 1,214 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 148 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Santa Rita do Sapucaí?

Santa Rita do Sapucaí gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Santa Rita do Sapucaí?

Yes: Santa Rita do Sapucaí has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Rita do Sapucaí?

In Santa Rita do Sapucaí, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.6 °C on 28 December 2025, and the lowest was -2.4 °C on 10 July 1994.

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