Cajuru weather in January

In January, Cajuru sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 294 mm of rain across 24.2 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 1st-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 11% 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 Cajuru's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cajuru's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
4th warmest
Overnight low
20°
12th coldest
Rainfall
294 mm
24.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
6:44 AM – 7:53 PM
Cloud cover
77%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.8
out of 10

Cajuru 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 Cajuru 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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Cajuru weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 20°29424.213.23.8
Feb29° / 20°21219.712.74.0
Mar29° / 20°18919.712.24.5
Apr28° / 18°769.811.56.3
May26° / 15°496.3117.6
Jun25° / 14°283.110.78.3
Jul25° / 14°202.610.88.4
Aug27° / 15°203.311.37.9
Sep29° / 17°757.611.96.0
Oct29° / 19°1241412.54.8
Nov29° / 19°18718.4134.5
Dec28° / 20°25524.213.33.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12575
22575
32377
42377
52377
62278
72179
82179
92278
102278
112377
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Cajuru gets around 294 mm of rain over 24.2 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 77% and peaks near 80% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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1977
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2177
2278
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2478
2579
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2878
2978
3077
3177

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 78% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 82% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1115795
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5116785
6116776
7117766
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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
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87calm
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127calm
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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 6:34 AM to 6:53 AM, and sunset from 7:51 PM to 7:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.36:347:51
213.36:357:51
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413.36:367:51
513.36:377:52
613.26:377:52
713.26:387:52
813.26:387:52
913.26:397:53
1013.26:407:53
1113.26:407:53
1213.26:417:53
1313.26:427:53
1413.26:427:53
1513.26:437:53
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1813.16:457:53
1913.16:467:53
2013.16:467:53
2113.16:477:53
2213.16:487:53
2313.16:487:53
2413.16:497:53
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2613.06:507:53
2713.06:517:53
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2913.06:527:52
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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 5.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.93 kWh/m² to a high of 6.01 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.59 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Cajuru

In seasonPeak

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

Cajuru'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 Cajuru?

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

3.8
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Cajuru.

What to pack for Cajuru in January

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

In January, Cajuru sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Cajuru 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 Cajuru peaks around January 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 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 23UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug9Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Cajuru 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 Cajuru is worst in September — around 43 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.2× the cleanest month (November, 8 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodSep 1540 µg/m³Nov 229 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb10Good
Mar10Good
Apr11Good
May12Good
Jun11Good
Jul11Good
Aug20Moderate
Sep43Poor
Oct15Moderate
Nov8Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Cajuru?

Cajuru sits at 21.3°S, 47.3°W, 786 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Santa Rosa de Viterbo, 23 km away.

Topography around Cajuru

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cajuru has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 171 m around an average of 784 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 621 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 983 m.

The land around Cajuru is covered by grassland (30%), cropland (28%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, cropland (39%), trees (38%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (42%) and trees (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
171 m
16 km
621 m
80 km
983 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Santa Rosa de Viterbo 23 km · Altinópolis 29 km · Serrana 31 km · Monte Santo de Minas 35 km · Mococa 38 km · Cravinhos 45 km · Tambaú 48 km · Brodowski 48 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 Cajuru (-21.2753°, -47.3042°, elevation 786 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).