Climate averages 1991–2020

São João del Rei weather
in September.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 25.4°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 14.7°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 60 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in São João del Rei · average highYear overview

September is a warm month in São João del Rei: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Barbacena (52 km away). In September its highs average 22.8°C, 2.6°C cooler than São João del Rei, with 77 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, São João del Rei ranks joint 323rd of 448 for the warmest September highs and joint 207th of 448 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 448 cities is 27.5°C; São João del Rei is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.

From September to October, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 100 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. 51015202530 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

São João del Rei climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for São João del Rei, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 26.3°C18.4°C18.4°C22820.513.313 h
February 26.8°C18.4°C18.4°C13615.812.813 h
March 25.8°C17.9°C17.9°C14717.412.212 h
April 24.7°C16.4°C16.4°C498.711.612 h
May 22.7°C13.7°C13.7°C315.311.111 h
June 22.1°C12.3°C12.3°C152.510.911 h
July 22.3°C11.9°C11.9°C101.911.011 h
August 23.9°C12.8°C12.8°C172.811.411 h
September, selected 25.4°C14.7°C14.7°C607.312.012 h
October 25.9°C16.4°C16.4°C10012.512.613 h
November 25.0°C17.0°C17.0°C18618.913.113 h
December 25.8°C18.0°C18.0°C23822.213.413 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

September in nearby cities

Distance from São João del Rei

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 São João del Rei) is explained once on the São João del Rei year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.