Cambuí weather in January

In January, Cambuí sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 284 mm of rain across 24.2 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of January to 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Cambuí's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cambuí's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
18°
12th coldest
Rainfall
284 mm
24.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
6:36 AM – 7:51 PM
Cloud cover
79%
12th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.17 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Cambuí 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 26°C through the month.

A typical January day in Cambuí reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Cambuí weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 18°28424.213.24.4
Feb26° / 18°19219.312.84.8
Mar26° / 17°16419.212.25.3
Apr25° / 15°689.811.57.0
May22° / 13°576.810.97.2
Jun21° / 12°354.710.67.6
Jul21° / 11°374.110.87.8
Aug23° / 12°334.811.28.1
Sep25° / 14°9310.111.97.0
Oct25° / 16°13315.412.55.9
Nov25° / 16°19219.113.15.2
Dec26° / 17°24522.413.44.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32377
42278
52278
62278
72278
82377
92377
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112377
122377
132476
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312773

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Cambuí gets around 284 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 78% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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2278
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2478
2577
2677
2776
2876
2975
3075
3174

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the humid band about 56% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 34% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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50105634
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100105337
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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
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116calm
126calm
136calm
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296calm
306calm
316calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 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 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:26 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 7:48 PM to 7:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.46:267:48
213.46:277:49
313.46:287:49
413.36:287:49
513.36:297:49
613.36:307:50
713.36:307:50
813.36:317:50
913.36:317:50
1013.36:327:50
1113.36:337:51
1213.36:337:51
1313.36:347:51
1413.36:357:51
1513.36:357:51
1613.26:367:51
1713.26:377:51
1813.26:377:51
1913.26:387:51
2013.26:397:51
2113.26:407:51
2213.26:407:51
2313.26:417:51
2413.16:427:50
2513.16:427:50
2613.16:437:50
2713.16:447:50
2813.16:447:50
2913.16:457:49
3013.16:467:49
3113.06:467:49

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.67 kWh/m² to a high of 5.5 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.17 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 Cambuí

In seasonPeak

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

Cambuí's rainy season runs October–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 Cambuí?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Cambuí for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cambuí in January

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

In January, Cambuí sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 18°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Cambuí 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 Cambuí peaks around January 24 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 24UV 15Jul 11UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Very high
May7Very high
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug8Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec15Extreme

Air quality in Cambuí 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 Cambuí is worst in September — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1418 µg/m³Dec 1710 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb11Good
Mar11Good
Apr13Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Cambuí?

Cambuí sits at 22.6°S, 46.1°W, 896 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Camanducaia, 18 km away.

Topography around Cambuí

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cambuí has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 236 m around an average of 899 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,181 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,516 m.

The land around Cambuí is covered by grassland (61%) within 3 km, grassland (63%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%) and trees (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
236 m
16 km
1,181 m
80 km
1,516 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Camanducaia 18 km · Paraisópolis 29 km · Extrema 38 km · Borda da Mata 39 km · Pouso Alegre 44 km · Socorro 48 km · Ouro Fino 49 km · Campos do Jordão 50 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 Cambuí (-22.6122°, -46.0575°, elevation 896 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).