Climate averages 1991–2020
Caratinga weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Caratinga: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manhuaçu (53 km away). In February its highs average 28.0°C, 1.0°C cooler than Caratinga, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Caratinga ranks joint 165th of 448 for the warmest February highs and joint 84th of 448 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Caratinga is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 101 mm to 129 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Caratinga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 174 | 16.0 | 13.213 h |
| February, selected | 29.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 101 | 12.8 | 12.813 h |
| March | 28.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 129 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 68 | 11.6 | 11.712 h |
| May | 25.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 27 | 5.7 | 11.211 h |
| June | 24.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 12 | 2.7 | 11.011 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 9.6 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 9.9 | 3.1 | 11.411 h |
| September | 26.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 36 | 6.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 86 | 10.4 | 12.513 h |
| November | 27.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 173 | 17.0 | 13.013 h |
| December | 27.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 223 | 19.8 | 13.313 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
- Manhuaçu in FebruaryBrazil · 53 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Ipatinga in FebruaryBrazil · 55 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Timóteo in FebruaryBrazil · 58 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 159 mm rain
- Coronel Fabriciano in FebruaryBrazil · 59 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 159 mm rain
- Governador Valadares in FebruaryBrazil · 106 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 101 mm rain
- João Monlevade in FebruaryBrazil · 108 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 126 mm rain
- Itabira in FebruaryBrazil · 115 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 141 mm rain
- Viçosa in FebruaryBrazil · 132 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 118 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Caratinga) is explained once on the Caratinga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.