Climate and average weather in Carangola

In Carangola, the weather is humid, hot, wet, and partly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around December.

Best: late April to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Carangola typically varies from 14°C to 29°C, and is rarely below 11°C or above 32°C. February is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Carangola for warm-weather activities is from late April to late September.

Hottest
Feb
29°
Coldest
Jul
14°
Wettest
Dec
249 mm
Driest
Jul
16 mm
Rain / yr
1312 mm
139 wet days
Daylight
10.7–13.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
416 m
20.7°S
Clearest
Aug
47% cloud

Carangola is human settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Carangola weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late April to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Carangola, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Carangola stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is February, with an average high of 29°C and low of 19°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 14°C and high of 24°C.

Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2920
Feb2919
Mar2819
Apr2617
May2415
Jun2414
Jul2414
Aug2414
Sep2616
Oct2617
Nov2618
Dec2719

Average hourly temperature in Carangola

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on February afternoons, near 29°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 14°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Carangola weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 20°18216.113.14.7
Feb29° / 19°12412.512.74.9
Mar28° / 19°16917.312.15.1
Apr26° / 17°8812.211.56.2
May24° / 15°488.1117.3
Jun24° / 14°194.210.88.0
Jul24° / 14°164.110.98.1
Aug24° / 14°234.711.38.0
Sep26° / 16°658.411.97.0
Oct26° / 17°1141212.56.1
Nov26° / 18°21518.2135.1
Dec27° / 19°24920.713.24.7

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Carangola gets about 1312 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 6.0 months, from around Oct 18 to Apr 18, peaking in December at about 68% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jun 26.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 249 mm over about 21 wet days; July is the driest, with 16 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetDec 11 · 68%Jun 26 · 12%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan5216
Feb4613
Mar5517
Apr4012
May268
Jun154
Jul134
Aug165
Sep278
Oct3912
Nov6118
Dec6521

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Carangola collects about 1312 mm of rain across 139 wet days — roughly 109 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 249 mm, while July is the driest at just 16 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 49% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec182124169884819162365114215249
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan18216
Feb12413
Mar16917
Apr8812
May488
Jun194
Jul164
Aug235
Sep658
Oct11412
Nov21518
Dec24921

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Carangola, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around April 4 and lasts for 5.6 months, ending around September 21. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 61% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 22 and lasts for 6.4 months, ending around April 3. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 78% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 30 · 63%Dec 4 · 17%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3169
Feb3961
Mar3763
Apr4852
May5149
Jun6139
Jul6040
Aug6139
Sep5050
Oct3367
Nov2278
Dec2377

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around December 16, brings about 13 h 18 min of light; the shortest, around June 16, only 10 h 42 min — a swing of roughly 2 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan13.16:237:31
Feb12.76:427:24
Mar12.16:537:02
Apr11.57:036:34
May11.07:146:15
Jun10.87:266:11
Jul10.97:286:19
Aug11.37:146:31
Sep11.96:466:39
Oct12.56:196:48
Nov13.06:037:03
Dec13.26:077:22

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Carangola averages about 8 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 2 and 14 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.3 months, from around Apr 20 to Sep 26. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 13 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is December, down near 3 sunny days — about 73% fewer than the August peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightAug 3114 daysDec 12 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan5Gloomy
Feb6Gloomy
Mar5Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May9Mixed
Jun12Mixed
Jul13Mixed
Aug13Mixed
Sep11Mixed
Oct6Gloomy
Nov3Gloomy
Dec4Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Carangola, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 6.7 months, from around October 14 to May 6. The muggiest month is February, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 99% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around May 7 to October 13, and July is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 90% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 22 · 92%Feb 3 · 0%humidmuggycomfortabledryhumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan0129664
Feb0130654
Mar0125713
Apr01240480
May8365070
Jun17582500
Jul30611000
Aug32551300
Sep17463150
Oct52748200
Nov11044450
Dec0227683

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Carangola is steady company: average speeds sit near 7 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeSep 16 · 8 km/hMar 29 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb6calm
Mar6calm
Apr6calm
May6calm
Jun6calm
Jul7calm
Aug7calm
Sep8calm
Oct7calm
Nov7calm
Dec7calm

Hazard calendar for Carangola

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Carangola's rainy season runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Carangola

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Carangola throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early May, Carangola is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Carangola for general outdoor tourist activities is from late April to late September, with a peak score in the first week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 1 · 8.2

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan4.8fair
Feb4.9fair
Mar5.1fair
Apr6.2good
May7.2good
Jun8.0ideal
Jul8.1ideal
Aug8.0ideal
Sep7.0good
Oct6.1good
Nov5.1fair
Dec4.7fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Carangola for hot-weather activities run from early January to early March and again from late March to late October, with a peak score in the last week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 30 · 7.0

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Carangola, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

Carangola packs about the same all year — highs hold near 29°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In February, Carangola sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Carangola by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Carangola peaks around February 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeFeb 10UV 15Jun 21UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug9Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Carangola

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in February the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan97
Feb8.57
Mar86.5
Apr75
May6.53.5
Jun5.52.5
Jul62.5
Aug6.54
Sep7.55
Oct86
Nov8.57
Dec97
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Carangola is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Carangola banks about 4,160 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around February.

01,0002,0003,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan434
Feb397
Mar414
Apr356
May301
Jun265
Jul264
Aug282
Sep314
Oct360
Nov362
Dec412

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Carangola receives about 4.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.5 and 6.0 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.9 months, from around Sep 1 to Mar 28. The brightest month is February, averaging about 5.9 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is June, down near 3.6 kWh/m² — roughly 40% less than the February peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseFeb 56.0 kWhJun 203.5 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.9Bright
Feb6.0Bright
Mar5.1Bright
Apr4.3Bright
May3.7Moderate
Jun3.5Moderate
Jul3.7Moderate
Aug4.4Bright
Sep4.9Bright
Oct5.2Bright
Nov5.0Bright
Dec5.5Bright

Where is Carangola?

Carangola sits at 20.7°S, 42.0°W, 416 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Espera Feliz, 16 km away.

Topography around Carangola

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Carangola.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Carangola has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 666 m around an average of 549 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,178 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,807 m.

The land around Carangola is covered by grassland (59%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, grassland (52%) and trees (47%) within 16 km, and grassland (55%) and trees (45%) within 80 km.

3 km
666 m
16 km
1,178 m
80 km
2,807 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaces
Nearby: Espera Feliz 16 km · Divino 18 km · Porciúncula 26 km · Natividade 35 km · Guaçuí 37 km · Manhumirim 42 km · Santa Margarida 45 km · Alegre 52 km

Brazil travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / N
127 / 220 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 46% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$10,713
2025
Happiness
6.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
89%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
19.3
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
16
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 482
Religion
Roman Catholic 57%Evangelical 27%none 9%other 4%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Carangola (-20.7331°, -42.0294°, elevation 416 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).