Climate averages 1991–2020

Montes Claros weather
in September.

A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

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

Average high 30.3°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 18.6°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 12 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Montes Claros · average highYear overview

September is a hot month in Montes Claros: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes September a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Janaúba (119 km away). In September its highs average 32.1°C, 1.7°C warmer than Montes Claros, with 7.5 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Montes Claros ranks joint 119th of 448 for the warmest September highs and joint 49th of 448 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 448 cities is 27.5°C; Montes Claros is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.

From September to October, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 67 mm.

The annual picture

September 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. 101520253035 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 2500

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

Every month, side by side

Montes Claros climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Montes Claros, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.9°C20.5°C20.5°C13112.713.013 h
February 29.4°C20.7°C20.7°C929.812.713 h
March 28.8°C20.5°C20.5°C11111.412.212 h
April 28.3°C19.6°C19.6°C355.911.712 h
May 27.3°C17.8°C17.8°C9.62.211.311 h
June 26.5°C16.4°C16.4°C2.00.411.111 h
July 26.4°C15.9°C15.9°C0.70.111.211 h
August 28.0°C16.6°C16.6°C1.90.611.612 h
September, selected 30.3°C18.6°C18.6°C122.212.012 h
October 30.7°C20.2°C20.2°C677.412.512 h
November 28.3°C20.2°C20.2°C17815.012.913 h
December 28.4°C20.3°C20.3°C20616.513.113 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

September in nearby cities

Distance from Montes Claros

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 Montes Claros) is explained once on the Montes Claros year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.