Bauru weather in January

In January, Bauru sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 253 mm of rain across 22.5 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-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 14% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of January to 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Bauru's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bauru's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
5th warmest
Overnight low
21°
12th coldest
Rainfall
253 mm
22.5 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
6:49 AM – 8:02 PM
Cloud cover
75%
12th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Bauru is human settlement in Brazil.

Air quality
Good
PM10 24 µg/m³ · 2019

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 Bauru reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 33°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)
13021
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How January really feels in Bauru

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 17 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
17
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.

Bauru weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°25322.513.23.5
Feb30° / 21°18418.512.83.7
Mar30° / 21°13216.812.24.4
Apr29° / 19°597.511.56.1
May26° / 16°576.210.97.5
Jun25° / 15°404.210.78.0
Jul26° / 14°273.710.88.1
Aug28° / 15°323.811.27.5
Sep29° / 17°647.911.95.8
Oct30° / 19°11012.212.54.6
Nov30° / 20°15215.413.14.3
Dec30° / 21°19219.913.33.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22773
32674
42674
52674
62674
72575
82575
92575
102674
112773
122773
132773
142872
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313466

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Bauru gets around 253 mm of rain over 22.5 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 71% and peaks near 73% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
169
269
370
470
571
672
772
872
973
1073
1172
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1472
1572
1671
1771
1871
1971
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2171
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2571
2671
2771
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3070
3170

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 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 89% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11115533
21115434
31105534
41105435
51105435
6195436
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9185536
10185437
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Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
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109calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of January to 13 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:39 AM to 6:59 AM, and sunset from 8:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.36:398:00
213.36:408:00
313.36:408:00
413.36:418:01
513.36:428:01
613.36:428:01
713.36:438:01
813.36:438:01
913.36:448:02
1013.36:458:02
1113.36:458:02
1213.36:468:02
1313.36:478:02
1413.26:478:02
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2013.26:518:02
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2213.26:538:02
2313.16:538:02
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2513.16:558:02
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2713.16:568:01
2813.16:578:01
2913.16:578:01
3013.06:588:01
3113.06:598:00

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.04 kWh/m² in November across the year — January's 5.55 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 Bauru

In seasonPeak

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

Bauru'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

Is January a good time to visit Bauru?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bauru.

What to pack for Bauru in January

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

In January, Bauru sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bauru 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 Bauru peaks around January 22 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 22UV 15Jul 11UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Very high
May7High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug8Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Bauru 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 Bauru is worst in September — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1022 µg/m³Nov 239 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb10Good
Mar10Good
Apr11Good
May13Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov9Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Bauru?

Bauru sits at 22.3°S, 49.1°W, 530 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Piratininga, 13 km away.

Topography around Bauru

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bauru has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 125 m around an average of 546 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 210 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 520 m.

The land around Bauru is covered by artificial surfaces (76%) within 3 km, trees (40%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and cropland (50%) and trees (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
125 m
16 km
210 m
80 km
520 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Piratininga 13 km · Agudos 19 km · Pederneiras 30 km · Lençóis Paulista 41 km · Macatuba 42 km · Bariri 42 km · Jaú 52 km · Pirajuí 54 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 Bauru (-22.3147°, -49.0606°, elevation 530 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).