Dionísio, Minas Gerais
Municipality in Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Dionísio is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Itabira. As of 2025, the estimated population was 6,689.[3]
Dionísio | |
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| Municipality of Dionísio | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location in Minas Gerais | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| State |  Minas Gerais |
| Region | Southeast |
| Intermediate Region | Ipatinga |
| Immediate Region | Ipatinga |
| Founded | 27 December 1948 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Francisco Castro Souza Filho (MDB) |
| Area | |
• Total | 339.375 km2 (131.033 sq mi) |
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| Elevation | 376 m (1,234 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 6,847 |
| 6,689 | |
| Demonym | dionisiano |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Postal Code | 35984-000 to 35985-999 |
| HDI (2010) | 0.702 – high[4] |
| Website | dionisio |
The municipality contains part of the 35,970 hectares (88,900 acres) Rio Doce State Park, created in 1944, the first state-level conservation unit in Minas Gerais.[5]
Geography
Climate
| Climate data for Ponte Alta (Dionísio), elevation 320 m (1,050 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.1 (88.0) |
32.1 (89.8) |
31.6 (88.9) |
30.2 (86.4) |
28.3 (82.9) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.5 (81.5) |
28.7 (83.7) |
30.0 (86.0) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.7 (87.3) |
29.6 (85.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.3 (77.5) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.2 (77.4) |
23.9 (75.0) |
21.6 (70.9) |
19.7 (67.5) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.7 (67.5) |
21.8 (71.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.9 (76.8) |
22.9 (73.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.2 (70.2) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.8 (69.4) |
19.6 (67.3) |
16.9 (62.4) |
14.5 (58.1) |
14.0 (57.2) |
13.0 (55.4) |
16.6 (61.9) |
18.7 (65.7) |
19.9 (67.8) |
20.8 (69.4) |
18.1 (64.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 282.4 (11.12) |
146.1 (5.75) |
126.7 (4.99) |
68.9 (2.71) |
32.1 (1.26) |
8.2 (0.32) |
14.2 (0.56) |
17.5 (0.69) |
35.5 (1.40) |
96.2 (3.79) |
231.5 (9.11) |
274.3 (10.80) |
1,333.6 (52.50) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 13 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 79 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 82.2 | 81.1 | 82.0 | 82.5 | 82.5 | 81.9 | 80.2 | 77.7 | 76.4 | 77.0 | 80.0 | 82.3 | 80.5 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[6] | |||||||||||||
