Santa Luzia climate

Name: Santa Luzia
Address: BR

Santa Luzia is warmest in October, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 13 °C. December is the wettest month (223 mm) and July the driest (3.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Santa Luzia averages 991 mm of rain and 255 days above 25 °C.

Brazil · population 219,132 · 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 28 °C
Coldest month July 13 °C
Driest month July 4 mm
Wettest month December 223 mm
Least cloud August 33 % cloud
Hottest on record October 37 °C
Coldest on record July 6.5 °C

What to expectSanta Luzia through the year

Santa Luzia has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in July to 28 °C in October, a swing of 5.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 255 days a year reach 25 °C, 37 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 223 mm against 4 mm in July — 63 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.5 °C	179 mm	75 %
February	28.0 °C	100 mm	68 %
March	27.3 °C	122 mm	67 %
April	26.5 °C	48 mm	53 %
May	24.9 °C	24 mm	46 %
June	24.1 °C	7 mm	40 %
July	24.3 °C	4 mm	34 %
August	25.8 °C	9 mm	33 %
September	27.5 °C	39 mm	44 %
October	28.2 °C	70 mm	61 %
November	26.8 °C	166 mm	76 %
December	26.9 °C	223 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	27.5 °C	19.5 °C	23.2 °C	34.7 °C	14.9 °C	26	5
February	28.0 °C	19.5 °C	23.5 °C	33.9 °C	14.9 °C	26	5
March	27.3 °C	19.0 °C	22.8 °C	31.9 °C	13.7 °C	27	2
April	26.5 °C	17.7 °C	21.8 °C	31.6 °C	10.7 °C	24	1
May	24.9 °C	15.1 °C	19.7 °C	31.0 °C	7.7 °C	16	0
June	24.1 °C	13.7 °C	18.6 °C	29.2 °C	6.8 °C	10	0
July	24.3 °C	13.4 °C	18.5 °C	30.3 °C	6.5 °C	12	0
August	25.8 °C	14.4 °C	19.8 °C	32.4 °C	7.4 °C	20	1
September	27.5 °C	16.4 °C	21.6 °C	36.1 °C	8.4 °C	23	6
October	28.2 °C	18.3 °C	22.9 °C	36.9 °C	11.2 °C	26	9
November	26.8 °C	18.7 °C	22.3 °C	36.3 °C	13.2 °C	22	4
December	26.9 °C	19.2 °C	22.7 °C	33.8 °C	14.6 °C	24	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	179 mm	17	13 h/day	75 %	76 %	12 km/h
February	100 mm	12	13 h/day	68 %	73 %	12 km/h
March	122 mm	15	12 h/day	67 %	76 %	12 km/h
April	48 mm	8	12 h/day	53 %	74 %	12 km/h
May	24 mm	4	11 h/day	46 %	72 %	12 km/h
June	7 mm	2	11 h/day	40 %	70 %	12 km/h
July	4 mm	1	11 h/day	34 %	66 %	13 km/h
August	9 mm	2	11 h/day	33 %	60 %	14 km/h
September	39 mm	5	12 h/day	44 %	60 %	15 km/h
October	70 mm	10	13 h/day	61 %	64 %	14 km/h
November	166 mm	18	13 h/day	76 %	74 %	13 km/h
December	223 mm	21	13 h/day	79 %	79 %	12 km/h

How Santa Luzia 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
Santa Luzia	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
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 Santa Luzia ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in South America in July	10thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in South America in June	15thof 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in South America in May	15thof 50	93/100
Places with the best weather in South America in August	25thof 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in the world in July	25thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in South America in September	36thof 50	88/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Santa Luzia.

QuestionsCommon questions about Santa Luzia’s climate

When is the best time to visit Santa Luzia?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, August 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 Santa Luzia get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 37 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °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 Santa Luzia?

December, averaging 223 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is July with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 991 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 Santa Luzia 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.