Santa Vitória climate — normals and trends
Santa Vitória (Brazil) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.8 °C and it receives 1,193 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 October (26.7 °C on average) and the coldest is June (22.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Santa Vitória averages 0 frost days, 178 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 144 rainy days per year.
Santa Vitória 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 41.8 °C (on 18 October 1963) and the coldest 4.2 °C (on 18 July 1975).
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 VitóriaMinas Gerais
- coords
- -18.84°, -50.12°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
24.8°C
Average daily high
30.0°C
Average daily low
20.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,193mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
12.7km/h
Seasonal range
4.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
178 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
144 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
32.8 °C
Average feels-like low
22.3 °C
Average peak gust
28.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
243 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.3 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
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
41.8 °C
18 October 1963
Coldest day
4.2 °C
18 July 1975
Wettest day
103 mm
14 November 1953
Windiest day
32.3 km/h
13 September 2023
Strongest gust
68.0 km/h
20 September 1984
Hottest feels-like
42.8 °C
5 January 1998
Coldest feels-like
-0.4 °C
18 July 1975
Sunniest day
13.0 h
16 January 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 129 mm | -84 mm |
| Feb | 30.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 103 mm | -73 mm |
| Mar | 32.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 48 mm | -110 mm |
| Apr | 30.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 55 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 29.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 8 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 29.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 22 mm | +12 mm |
| Jul | 29.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -9 mm |
| Aug | 31.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 2 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 35.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 35 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 33.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 50 mm | -58 mm |
| Nov | 32.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 111 mm | -57 mm |
| Dec | 31.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 142 mm | -74 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Santa Vitória?
Santa Vitória has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.8 °C and it receives 1,193 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Vitória?
The hottest day measured in Santa Vitória between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1963, reaching 41.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Santa Vitória?
The coldest day measured in Santa Vitória between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1975, at 4.2 °C.
Does it snow in Santa Vitória?
Almost never: Santa Vitória sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Santa Vitória warmed?
Yes: Santa Vitória warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Santa Vitória?
The wettest day measured in Santa Vitória between 1940 and 2025 was 14 November 1953, with 103 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Santa Vitória?
The windiest day measured in Santa Vitória between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 2023, with winds reaching 32.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Santa Vitória?
The warmest month in Santa Vitória is October (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is June (22.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Santa Vitória?
Santa Vitória receives on average 1,193 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 144 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Santa Vitória?
Santa Vitória gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Santa Vitória?
Yes: Santa Vitória has on average 243 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Vitória?
In Santa Vitória, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.8 °C on 5 January 1998, and the lowest was -0.4 °C on 18 July 1975.
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