Belo Horizonte climate

Name: Belo Horizonte
Address: BR

Belo Horizonte is warmest in October, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 12 °C. December is the wettest month (263 mm) and July the driest (4.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Belo Horizonte averages 1,176 mm of rain and 212 days above 25 °C.

Brazil · 888 m elevation · population 2,721,564 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month October 27 °C
Coldest month July 12 °C
Driest month July 5 mm
Wettest month December 263 mm
Least cloud August 32 % cloud
Hottest on record October 36 °C
Coldest on record July 4.9 °C

What to expectBelo Horizonte through the year

Belo Horizonte has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 23 °C in July to 27 °C in October, a swing of 5.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 212 days a year reach 25 °C, 19 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 263 mm against 5 mm in July — 55 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.7 °C	218 mm	75 %
February	27.2 °C	119 mm	69 %
March	26.4 °C	149 mm	66 %
April	25.6 °C	56 mm	52 %
May	24.0 °C	32 mm	45 %
June	23.3 °C	10 mm	38 %
July	23.5 °C	5 mm	33 %
August	25.0 °C	11 mm	32 %
September	26.6 °C	48 mm	44 %
October	27.3 °C	81 mm	61 %
November	25.9 °C	186 mm	75 %
December	26.1 °C	263 mm	79 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.7 °C	18.6 °C	22.3 °C	33.6 °C	13.2 °C	24	2
February	27.2 °C	18.4 °C	22.5 °C	32.8 °C	13.5 °C	24	2
March	26.4 °C	18.0 °C	21.9 °C	31.1 °C	13.6 °C	24	0
April	25.6 °C	16.6 °C	20.8 °C	30.6 °C	8.7 °C	19	0
May	24.0 °C	14.1 °C	18.8 °C	30.1 °C	6.7 °C	10	0
June	23.3 °C	12.5 °C	17.6 °C	28.4 °C	5.3 °C	5	0
July	23.5 °C	12.1 °C	17.5 °C	29.5 °C	4.9 °C	6	0
August	25.0 °C	12.9 °C	18.7 °C	31.4 °C	6.4 °C	15	1
September	26.6 °C	15.3 °C	20.7 °C	34.9 °C	7.2 °C	21	4
October	27.3 °C	17.2 °C	21.9 °C	35.6 °C	9.5 °C	23	6
November	25.9 °C	17.8 °C	21.4 °C	35.4 °C	12.0 °C	19	2
December	26.1 °C	18.4 °C	21.8 °C	32.8 °C	13.3 °C	21	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	218 mm	18	13 h/day	75 %	77 %	12 km/h
February	119 mm	13	13 h/day	69 %	75 %	12 km/h
March	149 mm	17	12 h/day	66 %	78 %	11 km/h
April	56 mm	10	12 h/day	52 %	76 %	11 km/h
May	32 mm	5	11 h/day	45 %	73 %	11 km/h
June	10 mm	2	11 h/day	38 %	72 %	11 km/h
July	5 mm	1	11 h/day	33 %	67 %	12 km/h
August	11 mm	2	11 h/day	32 %	62 %	13 km/h
September	48 mm	6	12 h/day	44 %	62 %	14 km/h
October	81 mm	11	13 h/day	61 %	66 %	14 km/h
November	186 mm	18	13 h/day	75 %	76 %	13 km/h
December	263 mm	22	13 h/day	79 %	80 %	12 km/h

How Belo Horizonte compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Belo Horizonte	27 °C	12 °C	1,176 mm	212
Contagem · Brazil	27 °C	12 °C	1,174 mm	196
Santa Luzia · Brazil	28 °C	13 °C	991 mm	255
Ribeirão das Neves · Brazil	28 °C	13 °C	1,029 mm	235
Betim · Brazil	28 °C	12 °C	1,269 mm	235
Sete Lagoas · Brazil	29 °C	13 °C	1,250 mm	265
Divinópolis · Brazil	28 °C	13 °C	1,357 mm	257

Where Belo Horizonte ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in South America in May	8th of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in South America in August	9th of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in South America in July	11th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in South America in June	13th of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in the world in July	26th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in August	30th of 50	95/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Belo Horizonte.

QuestionsCommon questions about Belo Horizonte’s climate

When is the best time to visit Belo Horizonte?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, October is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Belo Horizonte get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 19 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 12 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Belo Horizonte?

December, averaging 263 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is July with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,176 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Belo Horizonte rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: -19.921°, -43.938° , 888 m above sea level (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.