Canarana weather in January

In January, Canarana sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 244 mm of rain across 26.2 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-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 6% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of January to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Canarana's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Canarana's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
22°
7th coldest
Rainfall
244 mm
26.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
6:17 AM – 7:00 PM
Cloud cover
83%
11th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

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 Canarana reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°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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How January really feels in Canarana

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 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
31
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.

Canarana weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°24426.212.73.1
Feb30° / 22°21424.312.53.0
Mar30° / 22°20325.312.13.1
Apr31° / 22°11216.911.73.8
May31° / 21°18411.45.0
Jun32° / 20°20.411.25.5
Jul32° / 19°0011.35.3
Aug34° / 21°60.911.54.0
Sep35° / 23°275.111.93.0
Oct33° / 23°12317.712.32.9
Nov31° / 22°18123.412.63.0
Dec30° / 22°22625.812.83.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11684
21585
31585
41585
51585
61585
71585
81684
91585
101585
111585
121585
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211486
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Canarana gets around 244 mm of rain over 26.2 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 84% and peaks near 86% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
185
285
385
486
586
686
786
886
985
1085
1185
1284
1384
1484
1583
1683
1783
1883
1983
2083
2183
2284
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2484
2584
2685
2785
2885
2985
3085
3185

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 95% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
13970
23970
33970
43970
54960
64960
74960
84960
95950
105950
115950
125950
136940
146940
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196940
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216940
225950
235950
245950
254960
264960
274960
283961
293961
303961
313961

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
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116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
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316calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of January to 12 h 36 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 6:09 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 7:00 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.86:096:56
212.86:096:56
312.86:106:57
412.86:106:57
512.86:116:57
612.86:116:58
712.86:126:58
812.86:126:58
912.86:136:58
1012.86:146:59
1112.76:146:59
1212.76:156:59
1312.76:156:59
1412.76:167:00
1512.76:167:00
1612.76:177:00
1712.76:177:00
1812.76:187:00
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2012.76:197:00
2112.76:197:01
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3112.66:247:00

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.72 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 5.06 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.2Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Canarana

In seasonPeak

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

Canarana's monsoon runs October–April, 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 Canarana?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Canarana.

What to pack for Canarana in January

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

In January, Canarana sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Canarana 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 Canarana peaks around February 11 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 11UV 15Jul 10UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Canarana 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 Canarana is worst in September — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 7.8× the cleanest month (July, 5 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodSep 1637 µg/m³Jul 115 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb10Good
Mar10Good
Apr10Good
May9Good
Jun7Good
Jul5Good
Aug20Moderate
Sep39Poor
Oct19Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Canarana?

Canarana sits at 13.6°S, 52.3°W, 423 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Água Boa, 57 km away.

Barra do GarçasAragarças

Topography around Canarana

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Canarana has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m around an average of 401 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 277 m.

The land around Canarana is covered by grassland (39%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, cropland (43%), trees (31%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (37%), grassland (28%) and cropland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
65 m
16 km
137 m
80 km
277 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Água Boa 57 km · Querência 106 km · Campinápolis 124 km · Nova Xavantina 124 km · Paranatinga 216 km · São Miguel do Araguaia 230 km · Barra do Garças 260 km · Aragarças 261 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 Canarana (-13.5522°, -52.2683°, elevation 423 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).