Climate and average weather in São João do Paraíso

In São João do Paraíso, the weather is hot, showery, and partly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around November.

Best: mid April to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in São João do Paraíso typically varies from 14°C to 29°C, and is rarely below 12°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 São João do Paraíso for warm-weather activities is from mid April to late September.

Hottest
Feb
29°
Coldest
Jul
14°
Wettest
Nov
135 mm
Driest
Aug
3 mm
Rain / yr
646 mm
76 wet days
Daylight
11.1–12.9 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
789 m
15.3°S
Clearest
Sep
48% cloud

São João do Paraíso is human settlement in Brazil.

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

São João do Paraíso 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 mid April to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in São João do Paraíso 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 25°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
Mar2919
Apr2818
May2717
Jun2615
Jul2514
Aug2615
Sep2816
Oct2918
Nov2819
Dec2819

Average hourly temperature in São João do Paraíso

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

São João do Paraíso 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°919.912.85.5
Feb29° / 19°627.812.55.4
Mar29° / 19°9110.612.15.4
Apr28° / 18°43711.76.5
May27° / 17°143.211.37.5
Jun26° / 15°51.511.18.0
Jul25° / 14°51.411.28.2
Aug26° / 15°3111.58.1
Sep28° / 16°92.111.97.1
Oct29° / 18°536.412.35.8
Nov28° / 19°13512.612.75.4
Dec28° / 19°13412.512.95.4

Chance of rain

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

São João do Paraíso gets about 646 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 6.1 months, from around Oct 18 to Apr 20, peaking in December at about 47% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 6.

November is the wettest month by volume, with 135 mm over about 13 wet days; August is the driest, with 3 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetDec 1 · 47%Aug 6 · 3%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3210
Feb288
Mar3411
Apr237
May103
Jun52
Jul41
Aug41
Sep72
Oct216
Nov4313
Dec4013

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, São João do Paraíso collects about 646 mm of rain across 76 wet days — roughly 54 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. November is the wettest month with 135 mm, while August is the driest at just 3 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 56% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150175JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec9162914314553953135134
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan9110
Feb628
Mar9111
Apr437
May143
Jun52
Jul51
Aug31
Sep92
Oct536
Nov13513
Dec13413

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In São João do Paraíso, 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 23 and lasts for 5.1 months, ending around October 24. The clearest month is September, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 62% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 25 and lasts for 5.6 months, ending around April 13. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 72% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSep 9 · 63%Nov 25 · 24%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3961
Feb4456
Mar4258
Apr4654
May4555
Jun4753
Jul5248
Aug5644
Sep6238
Oct5149
Nov2872
Dec3367

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 12 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around June 3, only 11 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.86:337:22
Feb12.56:477:18
Mar12.16:557:01
Apr11.76:596:38
May11.37:066:23
Jun11.17:156:21
Jul11.27:196:29
Aug11.57:086:37
Sep11.96:456:40
Oct12.36:236:44
Nov12.76:126:55
Dec12.96:177:11

Sunny days

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

São João do Paraíso averages about 8 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 14 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.2 months, from around May 22 to Oct 27. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 13 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is November, down near 5 sunny days — about 65% fewer than the September peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightSep 414 daysNov 263 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan7Gloomy
Feb6Gloomy
Mar6Gloomy
Apr6Gloomy
May8Gloomy
Jun9Mixed
Jul11Mixed
Aug12Mixed
Sep13Mixed
Oct11Mixed
Nov5Gloomy
Dec5Gloomy

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 São João do Paraíso, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 6.7 months, from around October 29 to May 19. The muggiest month is March, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 93% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around May 20 to October 28, and July is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 95% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 31 · 97%Mar 21 · 5%muggycomfortablehumiddryhumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan0115435
Feb096229
Mar075538
Apr1136026
May634537
Jun1663210
Jul346150
Aug445240
Sep3156131
Oct12483010
Nov3204731
Dec0105239

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.

Across the year, average wind speed in São João do Paraíso is typically calm, near 10 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 4.8 months, from around Jun 19 to Nov 12. The windiest month is September, averaging about 12 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Nov 13 to Jun 18, with March the calmest month at about 9 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezeSep 12 · 12 km/hMar 18 · 9 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan9calm
Feb10calm
Mar9calm
Apr9calm
May10calm
Jun10calm
Jul11calm
Aug12calm
Sep12light breeze
Oct12calm
Nov10calm
Dec9calm

Hazard calendar for São João do Paraíso

In seasonPeak

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

São João do Paraíso's rainy season runs November–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 São João do Paraíso

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid September, São João do Paraíso 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 São João do Paraíso for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid April to late September, with a peak score in the first week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 6 · 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
Jan5.5good
Feb5.4fair
Mar5.4fair
Apr6.5good
May7.5good
Jun8.0ideal
Jul8.2ideal
Aug8.1ideal
Sep7.1good
Oct5.8good
Nov5.4fair
Dec5.4fair

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 São João do Paraíso for hot-weather activities is from late December to early November, with a peak score in the second week of September.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 12 · 8.4

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 São João do Paraíso, 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.

São João do Paraíso packs about the same all year — highs hold near 29°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In February, São João do Paraíso sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in São João do Paraíso 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 São João do Paraíso peaks around February 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 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 16UV 16Jul 11UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov15Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Average hourly UV index in São João do Paraíso

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)
Jan8.57
Feb8.57
Mar8.56.5
Apr7.56
May74.5
Jun6.54
Jul6.54
Aug75
Sep86
Oct86.5
Nov8.57
Dec8.56.5
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

São João do Paraíso 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. São João do Paraíso banks about 4,542 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)
Jan427
Feb394
Mar430
Apr392
May360
Jun309
Jul303
Aug324
Sep366
Oct417
Nov399
Dec419

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.

São João do Paraíso receives about 5.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.9 and 6.3 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 7.0 months, from around Aug 30 to Mar 31. The brightest month is February, averaging about 6.3 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is June, down near 3.9 kWh/m² — roughly 37% less than the February peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseFeb 76.3 kWhJun 213.9 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan6.3Intense
Feb6.3Intense
Mar5.6Bright
Apr4.9Bright
May4.2Bright
Jun3.9Moderate
Jul4.1Bright
Aug4.9Bright
Sep5.7Bright
Oct6.1Intense
Nov5.5Bright
Dec6.0Bright

Where is São João do Paraíso?

São João do Paraíso sits at 15.3°S, 42.0°W, 789 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Condeúba, 47 km away.

Topography around São João do Paraíso

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of São João do Paraíso.

Within 3 km, the terrain around São João do Paraíso has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 117 m around an average of 838 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 371 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,120 m.

The land around São João do Paraíso is covered by trees (44%) and grassland (38%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and grassland (42%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
117 m
16 km
371 m
80 km
1,120 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
Nearby: Condeúba 47 km · Taiobeiras 60 km · Rio Pardo de Minas 65 km · Tremedal 75 km · Cândido Sales 86 km · Belo Campo 87 km · Urandi 91 km · Caculé 93 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 São João do Paraíso (-15.3136°, -42.0144°, elevation 789 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).