Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouro Preto 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.
February is a warm month in Ouro Preto: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 187 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Conselheiro Lafaiete (42 km away). In February its highs average 26.0°C, 1.1°C warmer than Ouro Preto, with 143 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Ouro Preto ranks joint 436th of 448 for the warmest February highs and joint 275th of 448 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Ouro Preto is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 187 mm to 227 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
Ouro Preto climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 294 | 19.8 | 13.213 h |
| February, selected | 24.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 187 | 15.9 | 12.813 h |
| March | 23.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 227 | 19.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.7°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 99 | 13.1 | 11.612 h |
| May | 20.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 48 | 8.0 | 11.211 h |
| June | 20.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 17 | 3.4 | 10.911 h |
| July | 20.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 11 | 2.8 | 11.011 h |
| August | 21.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 24 | 4.1 | 11.411 h |
| September | 23.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 83 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 23.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 139 | 15.3 | 12.513 h |
| November | 23.0°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 283 | 21.7 | 13.113 h |
| December | 24.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 340 | 24.2 | 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
- Conselheiro Lafaiete in FebruaryBrazil · 42 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Nova Lima in FebruaryBrazil · 58 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.4°C · 124 mm rain
- Sabará in FebruaryBrazil · 65 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 124 mm rain
- Belo Horizonte in FebruaryBrazil · 69 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 120 mm rain
- Ibirité in FebruaryBrazil · 71 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 120 mm rain
- João Monlevade in FebruaryBrazil · 74 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 126 mm rain
- Viçosa in FebruaryBrazil · 76 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 118 mm rain
- Contagem in FebruaryBrazil · 77 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 120 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 Ouro Preto) is explained once on the Ouro Preto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.