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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Caratinga
Caratinga climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean22°day and night
Seasonal swing6°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,276 mm122 wet days a year
19.79° S, 42.14° WElevation 586 mUTC−3 · Brasilia Standard Time
When to goCaratinga · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low26° / 18°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Caratinga has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 28° and nights 20°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 23° and lows of 14°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 6°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,276 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (285 mm, 20 wet days) and July the driest (8 mm, 3 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 24% in July to 55% in December.
Compared with Brasília, the capital, Caratinga is 2.4° warmer on a February afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · February
- Coldest nights
- 14° · July
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 24% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 19 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 56 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 28° | 28° | 28° | 26° | 25° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 27° |
| Average low | 20° | 20° | 20° | 19° | 16° | 15° | 14° | 15° | 16° | 18° | 19° | 20° |
| Precipitation | 228 mm | 126 mm | 144 mm | 66 mm | 28 mm | 15 mm | 8 mm | 17 mm | 38 mm | 97 mm | 224 mm | 285 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.3 | 12.6 | 16.1 | 10.9 | 6 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 9.9 | 18.1 | 19.5 |
| Cloud cover | 50% | 40% | 38% | 29% | 28% | 26% | 24% | 25% | 34% | 43% | 50% | 55% |
| Daylight | 13h 12 | 12h 44 | 12h 13 | 11h 39 | 11h 11 | 10h 56 | 11h 02 | 11h 26 | 11h 58 | 12h 32 | 13h 03 | 13h 19 |
| Month score | 47 | 52 | 53 | 69 | 86 | 92 | 93 | 93 | 84 | 65 | 53 | 49 |
ivMonth by month
Caratinga in every month
January47
28° / 20°
228 mm · 14.3 wet days
February52
28° / 20°
126 mm · 12.6 wet days
March53
28° / 20°
144 mm · 16.1 wet days
April69
26° / 19°
66 mm · 10.9 wet days
May86
25° / 16°
28 mm · 6 wet days
June92
23° / 15°
15 mm · 3.5 wet days
July93
23° / 14°
8 mm · 2.8 wet days
August93
24° / 15°
17 mm · 3.1 wet days
September84
25° / 16°
38 mm · 5.5 wet days
October65
26° / 18°
97 mm · 9.9 wet days
November53
26° / 19°
224 mm · 18.1 wet days
December49
27° / 20°
285 mm · 19.5 wet days