Bambuí weather in January

In January, Bambuí sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 263 mm of rain across 21.6 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of January to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Bambuí's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bambuí's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
4th warmest
Overnight low
20°
12th coldest
Rainfall
263 mm
21.6 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
6:41 AM – 7:46 PM
Cloud cover
76%
11th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.6 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Bambuí is human settlement in Brazil.

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical January day in Bambuí reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Bambuí weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 20°26321.613.14.1
Feb29° / 20°16916.412.74.4
Mar28° / 19°17819.612.14.5
Apr28° / 18°659.711.66.4
May26° / 15°395.311.17.6
Jun25° / 14°132.110.88.4
Jul25° / 13°71.310.98.6
Aug27° / 14°122.211.38.1
Sep29° / 16°536.811.96.1
Oct29° / 19°10412.212.55.0
Nov28° / 19°21119.912.94.5
Dec28° / 20°27523.813.24.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22278
32278
42377
52377
62377
72377
82377
92476
102476
112575
122575
132674
142773
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212971
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232872
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272971
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292971
303070
313070

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Bambuí gets around 263 mm of rain over 21.6 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 69% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
174
274
373
472
572
671
771
870
969
1069
1169
1268
1368
1468
1568
1668
1769
1869
1969
2070
2170
2270
2370
2470
2569
2669
2768
2868
2967
3066
3165

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 76% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 82% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1014824
2014815
3014815
4015805
5016786
6016786
7017776
8018757
9118747
10119737
11119737
12119728
13119728
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15120718
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20117748
21117748
22116758
23116767
24115777
25115777
26115777
27115777
28215776
29215776
30215776
31215776

Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
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126calm
136calm
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316calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 min at the start of January to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:31 AM to 6:50 AM, and sunset from 7:43 PM to 7:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.26:317:43
213.26:327:43
313.26:327:43
413.26:337:44
513.26:347:44
613.26:347:44
713.26:357:44
813.26:367:45
913.16:367:45
1013.16:377:45
1113.16:377:45
1213.16:387:45
1313.16:397:46
1413.16:397:46
1513.16:407:46
1613.16:417:46
1713.16:417:46
1813.16:427:46
1913.16:427:46
2013.06:437:46
2113.06:447:46
2213.06:447:46
2313.06:457:46
2413.06:467:46
2513.06:467:46
2613.06:477:46
2713.06:477:45
2813.06:487:45
2912.96:497:45
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.99 kWh/m² to a high of 5.86 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.6 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Bambuí

In seasonPeak

In January, Bambuí sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Bambuí'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

Is January a good time to visit Bambuí?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Bambuí for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bambuí in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Bambuí sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bambuí in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bambuí peaks around January 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 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 highExtremeJan 21UV 15Jun 19UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Bambuí in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Bambuí is worst in September — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (November, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1719 µg/m³Nov 237 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb8Good
Mar8Good
Apr8Good
May8Good
Jun8Good
Jul7Good
Aug10Good
Sep20Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov7Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Bambuí?

Bambuí sits at 20.0°S, 46.0°W, 700 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Luz, 38 km away.

Topography around Bambuí

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bambuí has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 108 m around an average of 702 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 214 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 885 m.

The land around Bambuí is covered by grassland (48%) within 3 km, grassland (60%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
108 m
16 km
214 m
80 km
885 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Luz 38 km · Lagoa da Prata 45 km · Piumhi 51 km · Arcos 55 km · Santo Antônio do Monte 72 km · Formiga 77 km · São Gotardo 78 km · Bom Despacho 82 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 Bambuí (-20.0064°, -45.9769°, elevation 700 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).