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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Congonhas
Congonhas climate by month
Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical · CwaBest May–Jul
Annual mean20°day and night
Seasonal swing6°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,540 mm140 wet days a year
20.51° S, 43.86° WElevation 884 mUTC−3 · Brasilia Standard Time
When to goCongonhas · weather score
Best timeMay–Jul
October: high / low26° / 16°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Congonhas has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 27° and nights 18°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 22° and lows of 12°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 6°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,540 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (297 mm, 24 wet days) and July the driest (10 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 23% in August to 54% in December.
Compared with Brasília, the capital, Congonhas is 1° warmer on a February afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 27° · February
- Coldest nights
- 12° · July
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- August · 23% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 22 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 54 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 | 26° | 27° | 26° | 25° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 25° | 26° |
| Average low | 19° | 18° | 18° | 16° | 14° | 12° | 12° | 12° | 14° | 16° | 17° | 18° |
| Precipitation | 297 mm | 176 mm | 180 mm | 67 mm | 37 mm | 15 mm | 10 mm | 20 mm | 67 mm | 133 mm | 224 mm | 314 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 24 | 19 | 15.3 | 9.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 22.8 |
| Cloud cover | 52% | 44% | 41% | 32% | 29% | 26% | 24% | 23% | 34% | 43% | 50% | 54% |
| Daylight | 13h 14 | 12h 46 | 12h 14 | 11h 38 | 11h 09 | 10h 54 | 11h 00 | 11h 24 | 11h 58 | 12h 33 | 13h 05 | 13h 22 |
| Month score | 52 | 53 | 58 | 77 | 94 | 94 | 95 | 94 | 87 | 59 | 57 | 54 |
ivMonth by month
Congonhas in every month
January52
26° / 19°
297 mm · 24 wet days
February53
27° / 18°
176 mm · 19 wet days
March58
26° / 18°
180 mm · 15.3 wet days
April77
25° / 16°
67 mm · 9.2 wet days
May94
23° / 14°
37 mm · 2.5 wet days
June94
22° / 12°
15 mm · 2.5 wet days
July95
22° / 12°
10 mm · 2.3 wet days
August94
24° / 12°
20 mm · 2.5 wet days
September87
25° / 14°
67 mm · 4.7 wet days
October59
26° / 16°
133 mm · 17.5 wet days
November57
25° / 17°
224 mm · 17.5 wet days
December54
26° / 18°
314 mm · 22.8 wet days