Climate guideThirty-year normals for Minas
Minas climate by month
Humid subtropical · CfaBest Oct–Dec
Annual mean16°day and night
Seasonal swing12°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,235 mm86 wet days a year
34.38° S, 55.24° WElevation 134 mUTC−3 · Uruguay Standard Time
When to goMinas · weather score
Best timeOct–Dec
October: high / low20° / 11°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Minas has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is January, when afternoons average 28° and nights 17°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 14° and lows of 7°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 12°.
About 1,235 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (115 mm, 10 wet days) and December the driest (83 mm, 6 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 28% in January to 43% in June.
Compared with Montevideo, the capital, Minas is 2.9° warmer on a January afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · January
- Coldest nights
- 7° · July
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- January · 28% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 26 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 52 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° | 26° | 25° | 21° | 17° | 15° | 14° | 16° | 17° | 20° | 23° | 26° |
| Average low | 17° | 17° | 16° | 13° | 10° | 7° | 7° | 7° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 15° |
| Precipitation | 96 mm | 113 mm | 115 mm | 104 mm | 111 mm | 104 mm | 98 mm | 99 mm | 93 mm | 117 mm | 102 mm | 83 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 6.7 | 8.8 | 10.3 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 7 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 5.8 |
| Cloud cover | 28% | 32% | 31% | 36% | 40% | 43% | 42% | 40% | 40% | 38% | 35% | 30% |
| Daylight | 14h 12 | 13h 19 | 12h 20 | 11h 14 | 10h 21 | 9h 52 | 10h 04 | 10h 50 | 11h 51 | 12h 55 | 13h 54 | 14h 26 |
| Month score | 73 | 73 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 60 | 59 | 71 | 75 | 82 | 81 | 83 |
ivMonth by month
Minas in every month
January73
28° / 17°
96 mm · 6.7 wet days
February73
26° / 17°
113 mm · 8.8 wet days
March75
25° / 16°
115 mm · 10.3 wet days
April78
21° / 13°
104 mm · 8.3 wet days
May77
17° / 10°
111 mm · 6.3 wet days
June60
15° / 7°
104 mm · 6.8 wet days
July59
14° / 7°
98 mm · 6.2 wet days
August71
16° / 7°
99 mm · 6.3 wet days
September75
17° / 8°
93 mm · 7 wet days
October82
20° / 11°
117 mm · 6.2 wet days
November81
23° / 13°
102 mm · 7.2 wet days
December83
26° / 15°
83 mm · 5.8 wet days