São Sebastião do Paraíso climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of São Sebastião do Paraíso?

São Sebastião do Paraíso has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 1,661 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in São Sebastião do Paraíso?

The hottest day measured in São Sebastião do Paraíso between 1940 and 2025 was 25 September 2023, reaching 36.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in São Sebastião do Paraíso?

The coldest day measured in São Sebastião do Paraíso between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 0.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in São Sebastião do Paraíso?

Almost never: São Sebastião do Paraíso sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of São Sebastião do Paraíso warmed?

Yes: São Sebastião do Paraíso warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in São Sebastião do Paraíso?

The wettest day measured in São Sebastião do Paraíso between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1940, with 140 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in São Sebastião do Paraíso?

The windiest day measured in São Sebastião do Paraíso between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 1976, with winds reaching 28.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in São Sebastião do Paraíso?

The warmest month in São Sebastião do Paraíso is February (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is June (17.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in São Sebastião do Paraíso?

São Sebastião do Paraíso receives on average 1,661 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 167 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in São Sebastião do Paraíso?

São Sebastião do Paraíso gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

São Sebastião do Paraíso (Brazil) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 1,661 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 (22.5 °C on average) and the coldest is June (17.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

São Sebastião do Paraíso averages 0 frost days, 32 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 167 rainy days per year.

São Sebastião do Paraíso 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 36.9 °C (on 25 September 2023) and the coldest 0.1 °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

São Sebastião do ParaísoMinas Gerais

coords: -20.92°, -46.99°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJuneWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.6°C

Average daily high

25.9°C

Average daily low

16.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,661mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

13.4km/h

Seasonal range

5.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

32 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

167 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.6 °C

Average feels-like low

16.7 °C

Average peak gust

33.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

21 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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

36.9 °C

25 September 2023

Coldest day

0.1 °C

1 June 1979

Wettest day

140 mm

24 December 1940

Windiest day

28.9 km/h

3 July 1976

Strongest gust

78.1 km/h

30 July 1989

Hottest feels-like

39.6 °C

17 October 2014

Coldest feels-like

-3.0 °C

22 July 1981

Sunniest day

13.3 h

16 December 1946

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.0 °C7 October 2025	3.5 °C11 August 2025	21.0 °C	1,028 mm	73
2024	36.8 °C8 October 2024	2.8 °C11 August 2024	21.9 °C	1,362 mm	83
2023	36.9 °C25 September 2023	5.3 °C15 July 2023	21.3 °C	1,395 mm	74
2022	33.0 °C10 September 2022	2.2 °C20 May 2022	20.5 °C	1,407 mm	31
2021	36.3 °C21 September 2021	1.3 °C20 July 2021	20.9 °C	1,202 mm	55
2020	36.0 °C6 October 2020	4.8 °C28 May 2020	21.2 °C	1,475 mm	67
2019	35.5 °C12 September 2019	4.1 °C7 July 2019	21.8 °C	1,410 mm	78
2018	34.0 °C24 September 2018	5.2 °C21 May 2018	21.5 °C	1,358 mm	55
2017	35.1 °C14 October 2017	8.2 °C11 June 2017	21.6 °C	1,261 mm	67
2016	34.0 °C18 September 2016	5.0 °C13 June 2016	21.7 °C	1,676 mm	77
2015	36.4 °C16 October 2015	10.7 °C30 May 2015	22.0 °C	1,642 mm	90
2014	36.4 °C17 October 2014	8.5 °C20 July 2014	21.7 °C	1,039 mm	89
2013	33.2 °C11 November 2013	3.8 °C26 July 2013	20.8 °C	1,601 mm	39
2012	34.4 °C28 October 2012	6.0 °C14 July 2012	21.2 °C	1,533 mm	55
2011	33.8 °C30 September 2011	4.5 °C5 August 2011	21.1 °C	1,645 mm	40
2010	32.6 °C17 September 2010	6.9 °C13 May 2010	21.2 °C	1,401 mm	58
2009	32.4 °C18 September 2009	5.0 °C3 June 2009	21.2 °C	1,848 mm	37
2008	33.7 °C26 October 2008	8.6 °C14 July 2008	20.9 °C	1,676 mm	30
2007	34.4 °C23 September 2007	7.1 °C25 May 2007	21.6 °C	1,547 mm	55
2006	33.8 °C25 January 2006	8.4 °C28 June 2006	21.0 °C	1,617 mm	31
2005	33.8 °C17 October 2005	8.6 °C11 August 2005	21.0 °C	1,626 mm	27
2004	33.1 °C25 September 2004	7.0 °C28 May 2004	20.5 °C	1,725 mm	30
2003	33.8 °C25 September 2003	7.8 °C18 August 2003	21.0 °C	1,470 mm	41
2002	35.0 °C12 October 2002	5.2 °C3 September 2002	21.7 °C	1,406 mm	49
2001	32.6 °C10 September 2001	6.3 °C28 June 2001	21.0 °C	1,392 mm	30
2000	33.3 °C14 October 2000	4.1 °C18 July 2000	20.7 °C	1,657 mm	29
1999	34.0 °C16 October 1999	6.4 °C24 June 1999	20.7 °C	1,487 mm	42
1998	32.6 °C13 September 1998	8.8 °C1 June 1998	21.1 °C	1,621 mm	39
1997	34.0 °C9 November 1997	3.8 °C9 June 1997	20.9 °C	1,756 mm	51
1996	32.1 °C28 August 1996	5.4 °C13 July 1996	20.6 °C	1,930 mm	34
1995	33.5 °C18 January 1995	8.0 °C8 June 1995	21.1 °C	1,841 mm	55
1994	34.5 °C3 October 1994	1.3 °C27 June 1994	21.3 °C	1,615 mm	57
1993	32.4 °C30 November 1993	5.7 °C20 June 1993	20.8 °C	1,570 mm	29
1992	30.6 °C15 November 1992	10.1 °C14 August 1992	20.6 °C	1,789 mm	7
1991	31.0 °C18 September 1991	8.9 °C7 July 1991	20.7 °C	2,085 mm	19
1990	32.7 °C11 October 1990	4.9 °C19 May 1990	21.0 °C	1,427 mm	43
1989	30.6 °C1 February 1989	6.4 °C27 May 1989	20.3 °C	1,730 mm	4
1988	35.1 °C27 September 1988	4.4 °C5 June 1988	20.8 °C	1,667 mm	32
1987	33.0 °C18 October 1987	4.3 °C9 August 1987	21.1 °C	1,402 mm	32
1986	33.8 °C7 October 1986	6.2 °C2 June 1986	20.6 °C	1,555 mm	23
1985	34.4 °C17 November 1985	2.6 °C9 June 1985	20.6 °C	1,667 mm	27
1984	33.1 °C17 January 1984	7.3 °C27 August 1984	21.3 °C	1,351 mm	43
1983	31.0 °C17 February 1983	6.3 °C4 August 1983	20.5 °C	2,417 mm	7
1982	31.4 °C23 November 1982	9.1 °C28 May 1982	20.5 °C	2,054 mm	15
1981	32.4 °C20 September 1981	0.5 °C21 July 1981	20.3 °C	1,570 mm	13
1980	34.1 °C28 October 1980	5.2 °C15 June 1980	20.8 °C	1,363 mm	17
1979	32.8 °C7 December 1979	0.1 °C1 June 1979	20.2 °C	1,586 mm	15
1978	31.7 °C25 October 1978	4.3 °C16 August 1978	20.4 °C	1,491 mm	25
1977	32.1 °C1 March 1977	4.2 °C18 May 1977	21.0 °C	1,492 mm	24
1976	31.9 °C19 January 1976	6.2 °C6 July 1976	20.0 °C	1,944 mm	12
1975	31.8 °C17 February 1975	4.6 °C18 July 1975	20.5 °C	1,518 mm	31
1974	32.1 °C14 September 1974	8.2 °C30 May 1974	20.5 °C	1,540 mm	38
1973	32.8 °C19 September 1973	3.3 °C20 June 1973	21.0 °C	1,582 mm	34
1972	32.9 °C26 October 1972	3.9 °C9 July 1972	20.5 °C	1,649 mm	10
1971	32.5 °C25 January 1971	6.9 °C10 June 1971	20.2 °C	1,492 mm	19
1970	32.6 °C24 December 1970	9.7 °C15 July 1970	20.6 °C	1,139 mm	18
1969	33.7 °C11 September 1969	4.1 °C11 July 1969	21.1 °C	1,107 mm	46
1968	34.2 °C8 October 1968	5.2 °C18 May 1968	19.9 °C	1,035 mm	24
1967	33.2 °C6 September 1967	7.4 °C9 June 1967	20.6 °C	1,575 mm	23
1966	33.5 °C16 September 1966	8.0 °C23 September 1966	20.1 °C	1,763 mm	9
1965	32.1 °C6 September 1965	1.8 °C12 July 1965	19.6 °C	2,188 mm	15
1964	32.0 °C2 September 1964	5.7 °C28 July 1964	19.4 °C	2,156 mm	3
1963	36.7 °C18 October 1963	5.6 °C22 June 1963	21.4 °C	1,080 mm	71
1962	31.9 °C11 September 1962	5.2 °C7 July 1962	19.4 °C	2,507 mm	16
1961	36.6 °C28 September 1961	9.5 °C28 May 1961	21.1 °C	1,886 mm	60
1960	35.8 °C25 September 1960	5.9 °C10 July 1960	19.8 °C	2,163 mm	15
1959	32.4 °C23 September 1959	5.7 °C8 June 1959	20.6 °C	1,458 mm	21
1958	32.6 °C7 October 1958	8.1 °C22 June 1958	20.2 °C	1,337 mm	35
1957	34.0 °C20 October 1957	3.6 °C22 July 1957	19.9 °C	1,794 mm	17
1956	31.7 °C2 February 1956	5.6 °C6 June 1956	19.4 °C	1,517 mm	21
1955	35.0 °C17 September 1955	5.6 °C23 May 1955	20.4 °C	1,435 mm	33
1954	34.2 °C19 September 1954	5.2 °C21 June 1954	20.3 °C	1,911 mm	21
1953	31.2 °C22 August 1953	8.1 °C6 July 1953	20.1 °C	2,014 mm	2
1952	32.7 °C4 September 1952	5.5 °C16 July 1952	19.8 °C	2,075 mm	15
1951	32.0 °C20 November 1951	9.8 °C16 July 1951	19.8 °C	1,641 mm	17
1950	32.8 °C19 September 1950	7.2 °C11 June 1950	19.8 °C	2,158 mm	7
1949	32.4 °C13 October 1949	9.3 °C18 May 1949	19.9 °C	1,969 mm	11
1948	34.4 °C27 September 1948	6.4 °C16 June 1948	20.3 °C	1,512 mm	18
1947	31.3 °C9 January 1947	6.3 °C8 July 1947	19.5 °C	2,116 mm	9
1946	30.4 °C8 September 1946	5.4 °C27 July 1946	20.0 °C	1,854 mm	1
1945	30.7 °C29 September 1945	9.3 °C21 May 1945	19.7 °C	2,504 mm	3
1944	32.7 °C16 September 1944	8.4 °C9 June 1944	19.9 °C	2,140 mm	17
1943	28.3 °C17 January 1943	8.0 °C27 June 1943	18.8 °C	1,811 mm	0
1942	35.6 °C28 November 1942	4.1 °C19 June 1942	19.5 °C	1,498 mm	37
1941	29.8 °C13 January 1941	8.0 °C30 May 1941	19.8 °C	2,578 mm	0
1940	31.5 °C23 August 1940	8.1 °C19 August 1940	20.0 °C	2,356 mm	5

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.1 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

73 d/yr

+41

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1028 mm

-633 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.4 °C	+1.5 °C	198 mm	-87 mm
Feb	29.3 °C	+2.1 °C	83 mm	-146 mm
Mar	28.9 °C	+2.1 °C	131 mm	-62 mm
Apr	26.1 °C	+0.4 °C	119 mm	+30 mm
May	24.7 °C	+0.9 °C	3 mm	-49 mm
Jun	24.0 °C	+0.9 °C	20 mm	-9 mm
Jul	24.2 °C	+0.8 °C	4 mm	-18 mm
Aug	26.5 °C	+0.7 °C	12 mm	-12 mm
Sep	29.1 °C	+1.6 °C	22 mm	-48 mm
Oct	27.8 °C	+0.4 °C	108 mm	-51 mm
Nov	28.2 °C	+1.5 °C	146 mm	-73 mm
Dec	28.3 °C	+1.8 °C	182 mm	-111 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.0 °C

7 Oct 2025

Coldest day

3.5 °C

11 Aug 2025

Wettest day

36.6 mm

8 Nov 2025

Windiest day

27.4 km/h

9 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

62.3 km/h

8 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.2 °C

26 Dec 2025

Coldest feels-like

0.8 °C

11 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

13.2 h

23 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of São Sebastião do Paraíso?

São Sebastião do Paraíso has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 1,661 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in São Sebastião do Paraíso?

The hottest day measured in São Sebastião do Paraíso between 1940 and 2025 was 25 September 2023, reaching 36.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in São Sebastião do Paraíso?

The coldest day measured in São Sebastião do Paraíso between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 0.1 °C.

Does it snow in São Sebastião do Paraíso?

Almost never: São Sebastião do Paraíso sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of São Sebastião do Paraíso warmed?

Yes: São Sebastião do Paraíso warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in São Sebastião do Paraíso?

The wettest day measured in São Sebastião do Paraíso between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1940, with 140 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in São Sebastião do Paraíso?

The windiest day measured in São Sebastião do Paraíso between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 1976, with winds reaching 28.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in São Sebastião do Paraíso?

The warmest month in São Sebastião do Paraíso is February (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is June (17.4 °C).

How much does it rain in São Sebastião do Paraíso?

São Sebastião do Paraíso receives on average 1,661 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 167 rainy days.

Is it sunny in São Sebastião do Paraíso?

São Sebastião do Paraíso gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in São Sebastião do Paraíso?

Yes: São Sebastião do Paraíso has on average 21 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in São Sebastião do Paraíso?

In São Sebastião do Paraíso, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.6 °C on 17 October 2014, and the lowest was -3.0 °C on 22 July 1981.

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