Climate averages 1991–2020

Barbacena weather
in February.

A warm, very wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 25.0°C Daytime mean, February
Average low 16.9°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 188 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Barbacena · average highYear overview

February is a warm month in Barbacena: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 188 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is São João del Rei (52 km away). In February its highs average 26.8°C, 1.8°C warmer than Barbacena, with 136 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Barbacena ranks joint 432nd of 448 for the warmest February highs and joint 279th of 448 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Barbacena is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 188 mm to 202 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 51015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Barbacena climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Barbacena, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 24.5°C16.9°C16.9°C29121.613.313 h
February, selected 25.0°C16.9°C16.9°C18816.812.813 h
March 24.0°C16.5°C16.5°C20220.512.212 h
April 22.7°C15.0°C15.0°C8212.111.612 h
May 20.6°C12.3°C12.3°C447.311.111 h
June 20.1°C11.0°C11.0°C203.610.911 h
July 20.0°C10.5°C10.5°C163.611.011 h
August 21.4°C11.1°C11.1°C264.711.411 h
September 22.8°C12.8°C12.8°C779.412.012 h
October 23.4°C14.5°C14.5°C13315.212.613 h
November 22.9°C15.3°C15.3°C24921.313.113 h
December 24.0°C16.5°C16.5°C30624.213.413 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

February in nearby cities

Distance from Barbacena

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Barbacena) is explained once on the Barbacena year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.