Climate averages 1991–2020

Paracatu weather
in July.

A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 26.2°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 15.5°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 1.1 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a warm month in Paracatu: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 1.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 12 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Unaí (96 km away). In July its highs average 27.2°C, 1.0°C warmer than Paracatu, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Paracatu ranks joint 138th of 448 for the warmest July highs and joint 32nd of 448 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 448 cities is 24.7°C; Paracatu is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.1 mm to 4.5 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Paracatu climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Paracatu, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	28.4°C20.4°C	20.4°C	254	19.6	13.013 h
February	28.6°C20.4°C	20.4°C	174	16.5	12.713 h
March	28.0°C20.2°C	20.2°C	198	18.3	12.212 h
April	27.5°C19.4°C	19.4°C	69	9.6	11.712 h
May	26.6°C17.3°C	17.3°C	17	2.8	11.311 h
June	25.9°C16.0°C	16.0°C	5.0	0.9	11.111 h
July, selected	26.2°C15.5°C	15.5°C	1.1	0.3	11.211 h
August	28.2°C16.4°C	16.4°C	4.5	0.9	11.512 h
September	30.6°C18.9°C	18.9°C	29	4.1	12.012 h
October	30.7°C20.4°C	20.4°C	96	10.4	12.512 h
November	28.2°C20.2°C	20.2°C	235	20.4	12.913 h
December	28.2°C20.4°C	20.4°C	281	22.0	13.113 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Paracatu

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