 It dwells between mountains and has a pleasant weather, with mild and dry winters, warm and dry springs, warm and wet summers and mild and wet autumns as typical of historically Atlantic Forest-covered Southeastern Brazil, throughout the year.It is warmer than São Paulo, but colder than Rio de Janeiro, Volta Redonda, Juiz de Fora and Belo Horizonte (Brazilians call the climate of the town "tropical de altitude", which means it is kind of subtropical for such low latitude).The municipality contains the Santa Rita Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1980.