Sete Lagoas climate
Sete Lagoas is warmest in October, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 13 °C. December is the wettest month (281 mm) and July the driest (4.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Sete Lagoas averages 1,250 mm of rain and 265 days above 25 °C.
Brazil · population 238,909 · 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 29 °C
- Coldest month July 13 °C
- Driest month July 4 mm
- Wettest month December 281 mm
- Least cloud August 29 % cloud
- Hottest on record September 36 °C
- Coldest on record June 6.3 °C
What to expectSete Lagoas through the year
Sete Lagoas has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 25 °C in July to 29 °C in October, a swing of 4.9 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 265 days a year reach 25 °C, 38 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in September.
Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 281 mm against 4 mm in July — 64 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.6 °C | 231 mm | 74 % |
| February | 28.1 °C | 127 mm | 67 % |
| March | 27.4 °C | 154 mm | 65 % |
| April | 26.6 °C | 61 mm | 50 % |
| May | 25.0 °C | 31 mm | 43 % |
| June | 24.3 °C | 8 mm | 36 % |
| July | 24.5 °C | 4 mm | 30 % |
| August | 26.2 °C | 10 mm | 29 % |
| September | 28.1 °C | 45 mm | 40 % |
| October | 28.7 °C | 92 mm | 58 % |
| November | 26.9 °C | 206 mm | 74 % |
| December | 27.0 °C | 281 mm | 77 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.6 °C | 19.5 °C | 23.3 °C | 34.6 °C | 14.9 °C | 27 | 4 | 0 |
| February | 28.1 °C | 19.5 °C | 23.7 °C | 33.1 °C | 15.2 °C | 26 | 5 | 0 |
| March | 27.4 °C | 19.1 °C | 23.0 °C | 32.1 °C | 15.1 °C | 27 | 2 | 0 |
| April | 26.6 °C | 17.8 °C | 22.0 °C | 31.6 °C | 10.7 °C | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| May | 25.0 °C | 15.3 °C | 19.9 °C | 30.7 °C | 8.1 °C | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 24.3 °C | 13.7 °C | 18.8 °C | 29.6 °C | 6.3 °C | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 24.5 °C | 13.4 °C | 18.8 °C | 29.9 °C | 6.4 °C | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 26.2 °C | 14.4 °C | 20.1 °C | 32.4 °C | 8.5 °C | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| September | 28.1 °C | 16.7 °C | 22.2 °C | 36.4 °C | 8.7 °C | 25 | 8 | 0 |
| October | 28.7 °C | 18.5 °C | 23.3 °C | 36.4 °C | 11.9 °C | 27 | 10 | 0 |
| November | 26.9 °C | 18.8 °C | 22.5 °C | 36.1 °C | 12.8 °C | 23 | 4 | 0 |
| December | 27.0 °C | 19.3 °C | 22.8 °C | 32.7 °C | 14.1 °C | 25 | 2 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 231 mm | 17 | 13 h/day | 74 % | 76 % | 12 km/h |
| February | 127 mm | 12 | 13 h/day | 67 % | 72 % | 12 km/h |
| March | 154 mm | 15 | 12 h/day | 65 % | 76 % | 12 km/h |
| April | 61 mm | 9 | 12 h/day | 50 % | 74 % | 12 km/h |
| May | 31 mm | 5 | 11 h/day | 43 % | 72 % | 12 km/h |
| June | 8 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 36 % | 69 % | 12 km/h |
| July | 4 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 30 % | 64 % | 13 km/h |
| August | 10 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 29 % | 58 % | 14 km/h |
| September | 45 mm | 6 | 12 h/day | 40 % | 58 % | 15 km/h |
| October | 92 mm | 11 | 13 h/day | 58 % | 63 % | 15 km/h |
| November | 206 mm | 18 | 13 h/day | 74 % | 75 % | 13 km/h |
| December | 281 mm | 21 | 13 h/day | 77 % | 79 % | 12 km/h |
How Sete Lagoas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sete Lagoas | 29 °C | 13 °C | 1,250 mm | 265 |
| Ribeirão das Neves · Brazil | 28 °C | 13 °C | 1,029 mm | 235 |
| Santa Luzia · Brazil | 28 °C | 13 °C | 991 mm | 255 |
| Contagem · Brazil | 27 °C | 12 °C | 1,174 mm | 196 |
| Betim · Brazil | 28 °C | 12 °C | 1,269 mm | 235 |
| Belo Horizonte · Brazil | 27 °C | 12 °C | 1,176 mm | 212 |
| Divinópolis · Brazil | 28 °C | 13 °C | 1,357 mm | 257 |
Where Sete Lagoas ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in South America in July | 13thof 50 | 96/100 |
| Places with the best weather in South America in June | 14thof 50 | 95/100 |
| Places with the best weather in South America in May | 17thof 50 | 93/100 |
| Places with the best weather in the world in July | 29thof 50 | 96/100 |
| Places with the best weather in South America in August | 35thof 50 | 93/100 |
| Places with the best weather in South America in September | 44thof 50 | 86/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Sete Lagoas.
QuestionsCommon questions about Sete Lagoas’s climate
When is the best time to visit Sete Lagoas?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, July, 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 Sete Lagoas get?
In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 38 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 Sete Lagoas?
December, averaging 281 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is July with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,250 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 Sete Lagoas 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
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.