Juiz de Fora climate

Name: Juiz de Fora
Address: BR

Juiz de Fora is warmest in February, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 13 °C. January is the wettest month (332 mm) and July the driest (23 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Juiz de Fora averages 1,855 mm of rain and 192 days above 25 °C.

Brazil · population 540,756 · 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 28 °C
Coldest month July 13 °C
Driest month July 23 mm
Wettest month January 332 mm
Least cloud July 49 % cloud
Hottest on record October 36 °C
Coldest on record July 5.0 °C

What to expectJuiz de Fora through the year

Juiz de Fora has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 22 °C in July to 28 °C in February, a swing of 6.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 192 days a year reach 25 °C, 24 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 332 mm against 23 mm in July — 15 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.4 °C	332 mm	79 %
February	27.9 °C	239 mm	72 %
March	26.6 °C	233 mm	74 %
April	25.1 °C	100 mm	64 %
May	22.9 °C	54 mm	58 %
June	22.4 °C	24 mm	51 %
July	22.2 °C	23 mm	49 %
August	23.4 °C	30 mm	49 %
September	24.8 °C	75 mm	60 %
October	25.7 °C	140 mm	73 %
November	25.4 °C	275 mm	81 %
December	26.8 °C	328 mm	80 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.4 °C	19.3 °C	22.8 °C	34.6 °C	14.4 °C	25	5
February	27.9 °C	19.3 °C	23.0 °C	33.1 °C	14.5 °C	25	5
March	26.6 °C	18.8 °C	22.1 °C	32.5 °C	14.1 °C	23	2
April	25.1 °C	17.3 °C	20.7 °C	30.5 °C	9.3 °C	17	0
May	22.9 °C	14.6 °C	18.3 °C	30.0 °C	7.3 °C	8	0
June	22.4 °C	13.2 °C	17.3 °C	28.2 °C	5.4 °C	5	0
July	22.2 °C	12.6 °C	16.9 °C	30.0 °C	5.0 °C	6	0
August	23.4 °C	13.3 °C	17.8 °C	32.6 °C	7.1 °C	11	0
September	24.8 °C	15.1 °C	19.4 °C	35.2 °C	7.6 °C	15	3
October	25.7 °C	16.7 °C	20.6 °C	35.7 °C	9.9 °C	18	4
November	25.4 °C	17.6 °C	20.9 °C	33.5 °C	10.1 °C	17	2
December	26.8 °C	18.8 °C	22.2 °C	33.1 °C	12.3 °C	23	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	332 mm	22	13 h/day	79 %	81 %	13 km/h
February	239 mm	18	13 h/day	72 %	79 %	12 km/h
March	233 mm	21	12 h/day	74 %	82 %	11 km/h
April	100 mm	13	12 h/day	64 %	81 %	11 km/h
May	54 mm	8	11 h/day	58 %	80 %	11 km/h
June	24 mm	5	11 h/day	51 %	79 %	11 km/h
July	23 mm	4	11 h/day	49 %	77 %	12 km/h
August	30 mm	5	11 h/day	49 %	74 %	13 km/h
September	75 mm	9	12 h/day	60 %	73 %	14 km/h
October	140 mm	15	13 h/day	73 %	77 %	14 km/h
November	275 mm	21	13 h/day	81 %	81 %	13 km/h
December	328 mm	24	13 h/day	80 %	82 %	13 km/h

How Juiz de Fora 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
Juiz de Fora	28 °C	13 °C	1,855 mm	192
Teresópolis · Brazil	26 °C	13 °C	2,028 mm	127
Petrópolis · Brazil	27 °C	13 °C	1,966 mm	154
Nova Friburgo · Brazil	27 °C	13 °C	2,042 mm	157
Magé · Brazil	31 °C	16 °C	1,588 mm	260
Nova Iguaçu · Brazil	32 °C	16 °C	1,386 mm	277
Duque de Caxias · Brazil	31 °C	16 °C	1,613 mm	271

Where Juiz de Fora ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in South America in August	13th of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in South America in June	31st of 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in South America in July	34th of 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in South America in September	40th of 50	88/100
Places with the best weather in the world in August	41st of 50	95/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Juiz de Fora.

QuestionsCommon questions about Juiz de Fora’s climate

When is the best time to visit Juiz de Fora?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, September, October 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 Juiz de Fora get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 24 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 13 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Juiz de Fora?

January, averaging 332 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is July with 23 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,855 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 Juiz de Fora 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: -21.764°, -43.350° (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.