Ipatinga climate

Name: Ipatinga
Address: BR

Ipatinga is warmest in February, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 17 °C. December is the wettest month (238 mm) and July the driest (6.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ipatinga averages 1,076 mm of rain and 312 days above 25 °C.

Brazil · population 235,311 · 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 February 31 °C
Coldest month July 17 °C
Driest month July 7 mm
Wettest month December 238 mm
Least cloud August 44 % cloud
Hottest on record September 40 °C
Coldest on record May 11 °C

What to expectIpatinga through the year

Ipatinga has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in July to 31 °C in February, a swing of 5.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 312 days a year reach 25 °C, 122 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 238 mm against 7 mm in July — 36 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.5 °C	176 mm	72 %
February	31.2 °C	103 mm	64 %
March	30.1 °C	127 mm	65 %
April	28.7 °C	66 mm	58 %
May	26.7 °C	29 mm	53 %
June	25.8 °C	10 mm	47 %
July	25.9 °C	7 mm	45 %
August	27.2 °C	10 mm	44 %
September	29.0 °C	37 mm	54 %
October	29.8 °C	85 mm	67 %
November	28.8 °C	188 mm	78 %
December	29.6 °C	238 mm	78 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.5 °C	22.3 °C	25.9 °C	38.7 °C	18.0 °C	30	18
February	31.2 °C	22.4 °C	26.3 °C	37.4 °C	17.7 °C	27	20
March	30.1 °C	22.0 °C	25.6 °C	36.6 °C	17.8 °C	30	16
April	28.7 °C	21.0 °C	24.3 °C	35.3 °C	15.6 °C	28	8
May	26.7 °C	18.6 °C	22.2 °C	33.9 °C	10.7 °C	23	2
June	25.8 °C	17.2 °C	21.1 °C	34.2 °C	11.0 °C	20	1
July	25.9 °C	16.7 °C	20.9 °C	34.0 °C	11.3 °C	21	1
August	27.2 °C	17.3 °C	21.8 °C	35.1 °C	11.2 °C	25	4
September	29.0 °C	19.0 °C	23.5 °C	40.2 °C	12.9 °C	27	11
October	29.8 °C	20.6 °C	24.7 °C	39.7 °C	14.4 °C	28	15
November	28.8 °C	21.1 °C	24.4 °C	39.3 °C	15.0 °C	25	11
December	29.6 °C	21.9 °C	25.2 °C	37.2 °C	17.0 °C	29	15

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	176 mm	14	13 h/day	72 %	75 %	10 km/h
February	103 mm	10	13 h/day	64 %	72 %	9.9 km/h
March	127 mm	13	12 h/day	65 %	77 %	8.7 km/h
April	66 mm	8	12 h/day	58 %	77 %	7.9 km/h
May	29 mm	4	11 h/day	53 %	76 %	8.1 km/h
June	10 mm	2	11 h/day	47 %	74 %	8.2 km/h
July	7 mm	2	11 h/day	45 %	69 %	9.0 km/h
August	10 mm	2	11 h/day	44 %	64 %	10 km/h
September	37 mm	5	12 h/day	54 %	63 %	11 km/h
October	85 mm	9	13 h/day	67 %	67 %	11 km/h
November	188 mm	15	13 h/day	78 %	77 %	10 km/h
December	238 mm	17	13 h/day	78 %	79 %	10.0 km/h

How Ipatinga 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
Ipatinga	31 °C	17 °C	1,076 mm	312
Governador Valadares · Brazil	32 °C	18 °C	1,009 mm	333
Santa Luzia · Brazil	28 °C	13 °C	991 mm	255
Belo Horizonte · Brazil	27 °C	12 °C	1,176 mm	212
Ribeirão das Neves · Brazil	28 °C	13 °C	1,029 mm	235
Contagem · Brazil	27 °C	12 °C	1,174 mm	196

Where Ipatinga ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in South America in February	35thof 50	31 °C
The warmest places in South America in January	47thof 50	30 °C
The warmest places in South America in March	47thof 50	30 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Ipatinga.

QuestionsCommon questions about Ipatinga’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ipatinga?

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

How hot does Ipatinga get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 122 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 17 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ipatinga?

December, averaging 238 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is July with 7 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,076 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 Ipatinga 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
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.