Chapecó weather in January

In January, Chapecó sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 180 mm of rain across 17.6 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-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 31% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 42 min at the start of January to 13 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Chapecó's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chapecó's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
1st warmest
Overnight low
19°
12th coldest
Rainfall
180 mm
17.6 wet days
Daylight
13 h 30 min
6:54 AM – 8:26 PM
Cloud cover
60%
11th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
6.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Chapecó 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 Chapecó reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 10°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Chapecó weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 19°18017.613.54.7
Feb28° / 18°17416.9134.7
Mar28° / 17°14813.912.25.8
Apr25° / 15°13910.911.46.7
May21° / 12°16810.410.76.6
Jun20° / 10°17110.310.36.3
Jul20° / 10°14910.110.56.5
Aug22° / 11°1159117.1
Sep24° / 13°19111.711.86.8
Oct25° / 15°23015.112.66.0
Nov27° / 16°17013.213.36.1
Dec28° / 18°1901613.75.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24852
34852
44852
54852
64852
74852
84852
94852
104951
115050
125050
135050
145149
155149
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305248
315347

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Chapecó gets around 180 mm of rain over 17.6 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 59% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
157
258
358
458
559
659
759
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1059
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1258
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3056
3156

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 62% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 67% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1110275210
219275310
319275310
418265510
518265510
618265510
718265510
81726579
91726579
102725588
112725597
122725597
132725606
142724625
152724625
162724634
171723654
181823653
191822663
201822663
211822663
221821673
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241921663
251921663
261921672
270821692
280821692
290821683
300821683
310822673

Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
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158calm
168calm
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248calm
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268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 42 min at the start of January to 13 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:43 AM to 7:05 AM, and sunset from 8:24 PM to 8:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.76:438:24
213.76:448:24
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413.76:458:25
513.76:468:25
613.66:468:25
713.66:478:25
813.66:488:25
913.66:498:26
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1213.66:518:26
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1413.66:528:26
1513.56:538:26
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1813.56:558:26
1913.56:568:26
2013.56:578:25
2113.56:588:25
2213.46:588:25
2313.46:598:25
2413.47:008:25
2513.47:018:24
2613.47:018:24
2713.47:028:24
2813.37:038:23
2913.37:048:23
3013.37:058:23
3113.37:058:22

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.76 kWh/m² to a high of 6.42 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 6.33 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.4Intense
26.4Intense
36.4Intense
46.4Intense
56.4Intense
66.4Intense
76.4Intense
86.4Intense
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276.2Intense
286.2Intense
296.2Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Chapecó?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Chapecó for sightseeing.

What to pack for Chapecó in January

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

In January, Chapecó sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Chapecó in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chapecó peaks around January 22 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 5 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 22UV 14Jun 23UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr8Very high
May6High
Jun5Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug5High
Sep8Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Chapecó 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 Chapecó is worst in September — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (February, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1516 µg/m³Feb 176 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb6Good
Mar7Good
Apr7Good
May7Good
Jun7Good
Jul9Good
Aug12Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct10Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Chapecó?

Chapecó sits at 27.1°S, 52.6°W, 668 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Xaxim, 17 km away.

Topography around Chapecó

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chapecó has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m around an average of 670 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 582 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,002 m.

The land around Chapecó is covered by artificial surfaces (70%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, trees (60%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
247 m
16 km
582 m
80 km
1,002 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Xaxim 17 km · Seara 31 km · Xanxerê 32 km · Pinhalzinho 46 km · Palmitos 54 km · Concórdia 60 km · Abelardo Luz 66 km · Maravilha 66 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 Chapecó (-27.0964°, -52.6183°, elevation 668 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).