Barra do Garças weather in January

In January, Barra do Garças sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 296 mm of rain across 24.4 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of January to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Barra do Garças's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Barra do Garças's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
22°
9th coldest
Rainfall
296 mm
24.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
6:13 AM – 7:04 PM
Cloud cover
80%
11th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.29 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Barra do Garças 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 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Barra do Garças reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Barra do Garças

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Barra do Garças weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°29624.412.83.1
Feb31° / 22°2302212.53.1
Mar31° / 22°19022.612.13.2
Apr31° / 22°7011.611.74.1
May31° / 20°132.611.35.2
Jun31° / 18°30.611.15.7
Jul32° / 18°10.311.25.6
Aug34° / 19°40.611.54.2
Sep35° / 22°305.411.93.0
Oct34° / 23°9915.512.42.7
Nov31° / 22°20822.712.72.9
Dec30° / 22°29125.312.93.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21882
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Barra do Garças gets around 296 mm of rain over 24.4 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 79% and peaks near 80% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3179

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 89% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11594
21594
31693
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51792
61792
71891
81990
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1011089
1101189
1201288
1301288
1401387
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1901288
2001288
2101189
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2401090
2501090
2601090
2701090
2801090
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Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 min at the start of January to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:04 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 7:00 PM to 7:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.96:047:00
212.96:057:00
312.96:057:01
412.96:067:01
512.96:077:01
612.96:077:02
712.96:087:02
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1112.96:107:03
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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 5.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.56 kWh/m² to a high of 6.14 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.29 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Barra do Garças

In seasonPeak

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

Barra do Garças'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 Barra do Garças?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Barra do Garças.

What to pack for Barra do Garças in January

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

In January, Barra do Garças sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Barra do Garças in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Barra do Garças peaks around January 22 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 highExtremeJan 22UV 15Jun 22UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Barra do Garças 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 Barra do Garças is worst in September — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 8.1× the cleanest month (July, 4 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1731 µg/m³Jul 114 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb8Good
Mar9Good
Apr8Good
May6Good
Jun6Good
Jul4Good
Aug12Moderate
Sep34Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov8Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Barra do Garças?

Barra do Garças sits at 15.9°S, 52.3°W, 302 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Aragarças, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Barra do Garças

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Barra do Garças has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 378 m around an average of 358 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 487 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 753 m.

The land around Barra do Garças is covered by trees (41%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 3 km, trees (41%) and grassland (40%) within 16 km, and grassland (52%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
378 m
16 km
487 m
80 km
753 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Aragarças 1.0 km · Caiapônia 128 km · Iporá 136 km · Nova Xavantina 137 km · Jussara 149 km · Campinápolis 161 km · Alto Araguaia 188 km · Mineiros 189 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 Barra do Garças (-15.89°, -52.2567°, elevation 302 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).