Climate averages 1991–2020
Conselheiro Lafaiete weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Conselheiro Lafaiete: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 236 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ouro Preto (42 km away). In January its highs average 24.5°C, 1.1°C cooler than Conselheiro Lafaiete, with 294 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Conselheiro Lafaiete ranks joint 422nd of 448 for the warmest January highs and joint 274th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Conselheiro Lafaiete is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 236 mm to 143 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Conselheiro Lafaiete climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 25.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 236 | 19.2 | 13.213 h |
| February | 26.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 143 | 14.8 | 12.813 h |
| March | 25.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 164 | 18.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 64 | 10.3 | 11.612 h |
| May | 22.0°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 34 | 5.8 | 11.111 h |
| June | 21.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 13 | 2.8 | 10.911 h |
| July | 21.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 8.0 | 1.9 | 11.011 h |
| August | 23.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.411 h |
| September | 24.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 64 | 8.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 103 | 13.2 | 12.613 h |
| November | 24.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 211 | 19.5 | 13.113 h |
| December | 25.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 253 | 23.2 | 13.413 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
January in nearby cities
- Ouro Preto in JanuaryBrazil · 42 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 294 mm rain
- Barbacena in JanuaryBrazil · 63 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 291 mm rain
- São João del Rei in JanuaryBrazil · 72 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 228 mm rain
- Nova Lima in JanuaryBrazil · 75 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 216 mm rain
- Ibirité in JanuaryBrazil · 76 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 218 mm rain
- Belo Horizonte in JanuaryBrazil · 84 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.5°C · 218 mm rain
- Contagem in JanuaryBrazil · 86 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 218 mm rain
- Sabará in JanuaryBrazil · 86 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 216 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 Conselheiro Lafaiete) is explained once on the Conselheiro Lafaiete year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.