Buritis weather in January

In January, Buritis sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 175 mm of rain across 17.9 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-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 20% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Buritis's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Buritis's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
6th warmest
Overnight low
20°
10th coldest
Rainfall
175 mm
17.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
6:50 AM – 7:40 PM
Cloud cover
73%
10th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Buritis 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 Buritis 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 26°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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Buritis weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 20°17517.912.84.3
Feb29° / 20°1241512.54.4
Mar29° / 20°15417.412.14.5
Apr29° / 19°558.711.75.6
May29° / 17°132.411.36.9
Jun28° / 16°30.411.18.1
Jul28° / 15°0011.28.2
Aug29° / 16°20.611.57.0
Sep31° / 18°162.611.95.3
Oct32° / 20°829.212.44.3
Nov29° / 20°17818.812.74.0
Dec29° / 20°19620.112.94.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 70%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
22773
32773
42773
52773
62773
72872
82971
92971
102971
113070
123169
133169
143169
153169
163169
173169
183070
193169
203169
213268
223268
233268
243268
253268
263268
273268
283268
293367
303367
313565

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Buritis gets around 175 mm of rain over 17.9 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 57% and peaks near 60% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
160
260
360
460
560
660
760
859
959
1058
1158
1258
1358
1458
1558
1658
1758
1858
1958
2058
2158
2257
2357
2456
2556
2655
2755
2854
2953
3053
3152

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 72% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 77% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1219754
2219754
3318754
4318745
5319735
6319735
7319726
8320716
9320716
10320716
11321706
12421696
13421696
14421696
15421696
16421696
17521686
18520696
19520696
20520696
21419725
22419725
23419725
24418735
25418735
26418735
27318745
28319744
29319744
30219754
31219754

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
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
176calm
186calm
196calm
206calm
216calm
226calm
236calm
246calm
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266calm
276calm
286calm
296calm
306calm
316calm

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 6:41 AM to 6:58 AM, and sunset from 7:36 PM to 7:40 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.96:417:36
212.96:427:37
312.96:437:37
412.96:437:37
512.96:447:38
612.96:447:38
712.96:457:38
812.96:457:38
912.96:467:39
1012.96:477:39
1112.96:477:39
1212.96:487:39
1312.96:487:40
1412.86:497:40
1512.86:497:40
1612.86:507:40
1712.86:517:40
1812.86:517:40
1912.86:527:40
2012.86:527:40
2112.86:537:40
2212.86:537:40
2312.86:547:41
2412.86:547:41
2512.86:557:40
2612.76:557:40
2712.76:567:40
2812.76:577:40
2912.76:577:40
3012.76:587:40
3112.76:587:40

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.6 kWh/m² to a high of 6.29 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 5.83 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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45.8Bright
55.8Bright
65.8Bright
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Buritis

In seasonPeak

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

Buritis'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 Buritis?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Buritis for sightseeing.

What to pack for Buritis in January

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

In January, Buritis sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Buritis 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 Buritis peaks around February 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 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 highExtremeFeb 15UV 15Jul 10UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Buritis?

Buritis sits at 15.6°S, 46.4°W, 539 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Arinos, 48 km away.

Topography around Buritis

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Buritis has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m around an average of 550 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 430 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 609 m.

The land around Buritis is covered by grassland (50%) within 3 km, grassland (36%) and shrubs (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (32%) and shrubs (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
49 m
16 km
430 m
80 km
609 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Arinos 48 km · Urucuia 93 km · Unaí 97 km · Formosa 98 km · Planaltina 129 km · Planaltina 131 km · Itapoã 145 km · Paranoá 146 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 Buritis (-15.6178°, -46.4233°, elevation 539 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).