Cruzeiro do Oeste weather in January

In January, Cruzeiro do Oeste sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 194 mm of rain across 19.9 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-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 22% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of January to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Cruzeiro do Oeste's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cruzeiro do Oeste's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
21°
12th coldest
Rainfall
194 mm
19.9 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
7:02 AM – 8:21 PM
Cloud cover
67%
12th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Cruzeiro do Oeste is 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 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Cruzeiro do Oeste reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 33°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 Cruzeiro do Oeste

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.

Cruzeiro do Oeste weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°19419.913.33.7
Feb30° / 21°17417.312.83.8
Mar30° / 21°12314.512.24.6
Apr28° / 19°1008.311.56.3
May24° / 15°1328.610.97.2
Jun24° / 15°1128.210.67.4
Jul24° / 14°816.510.77.8
Aug26° / 15°826.411.27.6
Sep28° / 17°1288.911.96.7
Oct29° / 19°17913.212.65.1
Nov30° / 20°15613.113.14.8
Dec30° / 21°18616.813.44.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23763
33763
43664
53664
63664
73664
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103763
113763
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Cruzeiro do Oeste gets around 194 mm of rain over 19.9 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 63% and peaks near 65% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
163
264
364
465
565
665
765
865
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1065
1164
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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 47% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 88% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
12113947
22113948
32103948
42103949
5293949
6294049
7294049
8284148
9284248
10284248
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Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 min at the start of January to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:52 AM to 7:12 AM, and sunset from 8:19 PM to 8:19 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.46:528:19
213.46:538:19
313.46:538:19
413.46:548:20
513.46:558:20
613.46:558:20
713.46:568:20
813.46:578:20
913.46:578:21
1013.46:588:21
1113.46:598:21
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2213.27:068:21
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2413.27:088:20
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2613.27:098:20
2713.27:108:20
2813.27:108:20
2913.17:118:19
3013.17:128:19
3113.17:128:19

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.22 kWh/m² to a high of 6.23 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 5.98 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
26.1Intense
36.1Intense
46.1Intense
56.1Intense
66.0Intense
76.0Intense
86.0Intense
96.0Intense
106.0Intense
116.0Intense
126.0Bright
136.0Bright
146.0Bright
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216.0Bright
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276.0Bright
285.9Bright
295.9Bright
305.9Bright
315.9Bright
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Cruzeiro do Oeste?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Cruzeiro do Oeste.

What to pack for Cruzeiro do Oeste in January

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

In January, Cruzeiro do Oeste sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Cruzeiro do Oeste 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 Cruzeiro do Oeste peaks around January 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near September 14 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighModerateExtremeJan 19UV 15Sep 14UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr9Very high
May7High
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug7Very high
Sep3Moderate
Oct11Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Cruzeiro do Oeste 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 Cruzeiro do Oeste is worst in September — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.5× the cleanest month (March, 6 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1620 µg/m³Mar 146 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb7Good
Mar6Good
Apr7Good
May8Good
Jun8Good
Jul8Good
Aug11Good
Sep21Moderate
Oct12Moderate
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Cruzeiro do Oeste?

Cruzeiro do Oeste sits at 23.8°S, 53.1°W, 465 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Tapejara, 21 km away.

Topography around Cruzeiro do Oeste

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cruzeiro do Oeste has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 m around an average of 433 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 225 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 548 m.

The land around Cruzeiro do Oeste is covered by cropland (38%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, cropland (57%), trees (23%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (68%) within 80 km.

3 km
148 m
16 km
225 m
80 km
548 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Tapejara 21 km · Umuarama 26 km · Goioerê 45 km · Cianorte 50 km · Terra Boa 64 km · Iporã 69 km · Campo Mourão 76 km · Assis Chateaubriand 84 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 Cruzeiro do Oeste (-23.785°, -53.0733°, elevation 465 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).