Climate and average weather in Novo Cruzeiro

In Novo Cruzeiro, 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 mid October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Novo Cruzeiro typically varies from 14°C to 29°C, and is rarely below 11°C or above 33°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 Novo Cruzeiro for warm-weather activities is from late April to mid October.

Hottest
Feb
29°
Coldest
Jul
14°
Wettest
Dec
196 mm
Driest
Aug
10 mm
Rain / yr
953 mm
116 wet days
Daylight
11.0–13.0 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
770 m
17.5°S
Clearest
Aug
49% cloud

Novo Cruzeiro is settlement in Brazil.

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

Novo Cruzeiro 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 mid October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Novo Cruzeiro 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 10°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2919
Feb2919
Mar2819
Apr2718
May2516
Jun2515
Jul2414
Aug2514
Sep2715
Oct2817
Nov2718
Dec2819

Average hourly temperature in Novo Cruzeiro

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

Novo Cruzeiro 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° / 19°12313.212.95.1
Feb29° / 19°9610.712.65.1
Mar28° / 19°12814.212.15.2
Apr27° / 18°721111.66.3
May25° / 16°256.611.27.2
Jun25° / 15°144.2117.8
Jul24° / 14°124.411.18.0
Aug25° / 14°103.911.47.9
Sep27° / 15°234.911.97.3
Oct28° / 17°799.212.46.1
Nov27° / 18°17616.312.85.2
Dec28° / 19°19617.1134.9

Chance of rain

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

Novo Cruzeiro gets about 953 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 6.1 months, from around Oct 21 to Apr 25, peaking in December at about 61% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 2.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 196 mm over about 17 wet days; August is the driest, with 10 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetDec 3 · 61%Aug 2 · 11%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan4313
Feb3911
Mar4514
Apr3611
May227
Jun144
Jul144
Aug134
Sep165
Oct309
Nov5516
Dec5417

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Novo Cruzeiro collects about 953 mm of rain across 116 wet days — roughly 79 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 196 mm, while August is the driest at just 10 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 52% of the year’s total.

050100150200250JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1239612872251412102379176196
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan12313
Feb9611
Mar12814
Apr7211
May257
Jun144
Jul124
Aug104
Sep235
Oct799
Nov17616
Dec19617

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Novo Cruzeiro, 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 May 24 and lasts for 5.0 months, ending around October 21. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 58% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 22 and lasts for 5.0 months, ending around March 21. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 75% 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 31 · 64%Nov 30 · 18%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3664
Feb4258
Mar4258
Apr4753
May4555
Jun5347
Jul5248
Aug5842
Sep5644
Oct4456
Nov2575
Dec2773

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 January 1, brings about 13 hours of light; the shortest, around May 30, only 11 hours — a swing of roughly 2 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.96:297:25
Feb12.66:457:20
Mar12.16:537:01
Apr11.67:006:36
May11.27:086:19
Jun11.07:196:17
Jul11.17:226:25
Aug11.47:096:34
Sep11.96:456:39
Oct12.46:206:45
Nov12.86:086:58
Dec13.06:127:15

Sunny days

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

Novo Cruzeiro averages about 7 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 2 and 13 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.0 months, from around May 24 to Oct 22. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 12 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is November, down near 3 sunny days — about 72% fewer than the September peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightSep 513 daysNov 302 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan7Gloomy
Feb6Gloomy
Mar6Gloomy
Apr6Gloomy
May8Gloomy
Jun9Mixed
Jul10Mixed
Aug12Mixed
Sep12Mixed
Oct8Mixed
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 Novo Cruzeiro, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 6.7 months, from around October 27 to May 17. The muggiest month is March, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 98% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around May 18 to October 26, and August is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 87% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 10 · 89%Mar 23 · 1%muggyhumidcomfortabledryhumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan0437563
Feb0343523
Mar0233624
Apr0840511
May42953140
Jun12533310
Jul24591700
Aug31561300
Sep21502820
Oct73641160
Nov11143440
Dec0235603

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 Novo Cruzeiro is steady company: average speeds sit near 8 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeSep 14 · 10 km/hDec 18 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan8calm
Feb8calm
Mar8calm
Apr8calm
May8calm
Jun8calm
Jul9calm
Aug9calm
Sep10calm
Oct9calm
Nov8calm
Dec8calm

Hazard calendar for Novo Cruzeiro

In seasonPeak

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

Novo Cruzeiro's monsoon runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Best time to visit Novo Cruzeiro

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late September, Novo Cruzeiro is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

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 Novo Cruzeiro for general outdoor tourist activities is from late April to early October, with a peak score in the last week of June.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 30 · 8.0

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
Jan5.1fair
Feb5.1fair
Mar5.2fair
Apr6.3good
May7.2good
Jun7.8ideal
Jul8.0ideal
Aug7.9ideal
Sep7.3good
Oct6.1good
Nov5.2fair
Dec5.0fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Novo Cruzeiro for hot-weather activities is from early January to late October, with a peak score in the first week of September.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 7 · 7.6

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 Novo Cruzeiro, 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.

Novo Cruzeiro 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, Novo Cruzeiro sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Novo Cruzeiro 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 Novo Cruzeiro peaks around February 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 14UV 15Jun 22UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Novo Cruzeiro

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
Apr7.55.5
May6.54.5
Jun63.5
Jul63.5
Aug74.5
Sep7.55.5
Oct86
Nov8.57
Dec97
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Novo Cruzeiro 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. Novo Cruzeiro banks about 4,329 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)
Jan428
Feb392
Mar421
Apr372
May331
Jun285
Jul280
Aug296
Sep339
Oct391
Nov382
Dec413

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.

Novo Cruzeiro receives about 5.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.7 and 6.3 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 7.0 months, from around Sep 1 to Mar 31. The brightest month is February, averaging about 6.2 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is June, down near 3.7 kWh/m² — roughly 40% less than the February peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseFeb 96.3 kWhJun 83.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan6.2Intense
Feb6.2Intense
Mar5.5Bright
Apr4.6Bright
May3.9Moderate
Jun3.6Moderate
Jul3.9Moderate
Aug4.6Bright
Sep5.3Bright
Oct5.7Bright
Nov5.2Bright
Dec5.8Bright

Where is Novo Cruzeiro?

Novo Cruzeiro sits at 17.5°S, 41.9°W, 770 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Caraí, 36 km away.

Topography around Novo Cruzeiro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Novo Cruzeiro has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 264 m around an average of 846 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 599 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,007 m.

The land around Novo Cruzeiro is covered by trees (64%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, trees (73%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (69%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
264 m
16 km
599 m
80 km
1,007 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
Nearby: Caraí 36 km · Malacacheta 47 km · Teófilo Otoni 58 km · Padre Paraíso 60 km · Itambacuri 66 km · Araçuaí 72 km · Capelinha 72 km · Minas Novas 81 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 Novo Cruzeiro (-17.4681°, -41.8753°, elevation 770 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).