Brumadinho weather in January

In January, Brumadinho sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 227 mm of rain across 18.8 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 Brumadinho's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Brumadinho's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
19°
12th coldest
Rainfall
227 mm
18.8 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
6:33 AM – 7:39 PM
Cloud cover
76%
11th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Brumadinho is 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 27°C through the month.

A typical January day in Brumadinho reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Brumadinho weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 19°22718.813.15.0
Feb28° / 19°12513.312.75.4
Mar27° / 18°15016.612.15.4
Apr26° / 17°609.511.66.7
May25° / 14°375.211.17.8
Jun24° / 12°121.910.88.6
Jul24° / 12°61.210.98.8
Aug26° / 13°132.311.38.4
Sep27° / 15°57711.97.1
Oct28° / 17°9212.312.56.0
Nov27° / 18°19318.4135.0
Dec27° / 19°25622.113.24.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 75%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22476
32476
42476
52476
62476
72377
82377
92377
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112377
122476
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212674
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232773
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272773
282971
292971
302971
313070

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Brumadinho gets around 227 mm of rain over 18.8 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 60% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
169
269
368
467
566
665
764
863
962
1061
1160
1259
1358
1458
1558
1658
1758
1858
1958
2059
2159
2259
2358
2458
2558
2657
2757
2856
2955
3055
3154

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 56% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 56% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
143759
243759
343759
443759
543858
643858
743858
843957
943957
1053956
1153956
1253956
1353956
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2654055
2754055
2844155
2944254
3044353
3144353

Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
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217calm
227calm
237calm
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287calm
297calm
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317calm

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 6:24 AM to 6:43 AM, and sunset from 7:36 PM to 7:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.26:247:36
213.26:257:36
313.26:257:37
413.26:267:37
513.26:267:37
613.26:277:37
713.26:287:38
813.26:287:38
913.26:297:38
1013.16:297:38
1113.16:307:38
1213.16:317:39
1313.16:317:39
1413.16:327:39
1513.16:337:39
1613.16:337:39
1713.16:347:39
1813.16:347:39
1913.16:357:39
2013.16:367:39
2113.06:367:39
2213.06:377:39
2313.06:387:39
2413.06:387:39
2513.06:397:39
2613.06:407:39
2713.06:407:38
2813.06:417:38
2912.96:417:38
3012.96:427:38
3112.96:437:38

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.96 kWh/m² to a high of 5.96 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.73 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Hazard calendar for Brumadinho

In seasonPeak

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

Brumadinho'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 Brumadinho?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Brumadinho for sightseeing.

What to pack for Brumadinho in January

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

In January, Brumadinho sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Brumadinho 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 Brumadinho peaks around February 9 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 highVery highExtremeFeb 9UV 15Jun 19UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Brumadinho 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 Brumadinho is worst in September — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (January, 12 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateSep 1526 µg/m³Jan 1412 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Brumadinho?

Brumadinho sits at 20.1°S, 44.2°W, 757 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Mário Campos, 10 km away.

Topography around Brumadinho

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Brumadinho has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 174 m around an average of 773 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 718 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,426 m.

The land around Brumadinho is covered by trees (45%) and grassland (37%) within 3 km, trees (59%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and trees (49%) and grassland (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
174 m
16 km
718 m
80 km
1,426 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Mário Campos 10 km · São Joaquim de Bicas 13 km · Sarzedo 13 km · Igarapé 13 km · Betim 20 km · Ibirité 20 km · Juatuba 26 km · Contagem 28 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 Brumadinho (-20.1433°, -44.1997°, elevation 757 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).