Curvelo weather in January

In January, Curvelo sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 202 mm of rain across 16.7 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-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 19% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of January to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Curvelo's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Curvelo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
4th warmest
Overnight low
20°
12th coldest
Rainfall
202 mm
16.7 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
6:37 AM – 7:37 PM
Cloud cover
72%
10th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.96 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Curvelo 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 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Curvelo reaches about 30°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 26°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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42920
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Curvelo weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 20°20216.7134.3
Feb30° / 20°11711.812.64.5
Mar30° / 20°13614.812.14.6
Apr29° / 19°517.911.65.8
May28° / 16°203.411.17.5
Jun27° / 15°5110.98.3
Jul27° / 14°20.3118.5
Aug29° / 15°5111.47.4
Sep31° / 18°314.811.95.6
Oct31° / 20°819.512.44.6
Nov29° / 20°19917.612.94.2
Dec29° / 20°26719.813.14.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23169
33070
43070
53070
63169
73169
83169
93169
103169
113169
123169
133169
143169
153169
163169
173169
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203169
213169
223169
233169
243169
253268
263367
273367
283367
293466
303565
313565

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Curvelo gets around 202 mm of rain over 16.7 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 53% and peaks near 59% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
159
258
358
457
557
656
756
855
954
1053
1153
1252
1352
1451
1551
1651
1752
1852
1952
2052
2153
2253
2352
2452
2552
2651
2751
2850
2950
3049
3148

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 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 72% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1320689
2320689
3320689
44206610
54216510
64216411
74216411
84216312
95226112
105226112
115235913
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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
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
207calm
217calm
227calm
237calm
247calm
257calm
267calm
277calm
287calm
297calm
307calm
317calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of January to 12 h 48 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 6:28 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 7:34 PM to 7:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.16:287:34
213.16:287:35
313.16:297:35
413.16:297:35
513.16:307:35
613.16:307:36
713.16:317:36
813.16:327:36
913.16:327:36
1013.16:337:37
1113.16:347:37
1213.06:347:37
1313.06:357:37
1413.06:357:37
1513.06:367:37
1613.06:377:37
1713.06:377:38
1813.06:387:38
1913.06:387:38
2013.06:397:38
2113.06:407:38
2213.06:407:38
2312.96:417:38
2412.96:417:38
2512.96:427:37
2612.96:437:37
2712.96:437:37
2812.96:447:37
2912.96:447:37
3012.96:457:37
3112.86:467:37

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.29 kWh/m² to a high of 6.22 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.96 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.9Bright
25.9Bright
35.9Bright
45.9Bright
55.9Bright
65.9Bright
75.9Bright
85.9Bright
95.9Bright
105.9Bright
116.0Bright
126.0Bright
136.0Bright
146.0Bright
156.0Bright
166.0Intense
176.0Intense
186.0Intense
196.0Intense
206.0Intense
216.0Intense
226.0Intense
236.0Intense
246.0Intense
256.1Intense
266.1Intense
276.1Intense
286.1Intense
296.1Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Curvelo

In seasonPeak

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

Curvelo's monsoon runs November–January, 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 Curvelo?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Curvelo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Curvelo in January

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

In January, Curvelo sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Curvelo 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 Curvelo peaks around February 8 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 8UV 15Jun 22UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Curvelo?

Curvelo sits at 18.8°S, 44.4°W, 653 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Corinto, 42 km away.

Topography around Curvelo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Curvelo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 631 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 236 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,026 m.

The land around Curvelo is covered by artificial surfaces (37%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, grassland (35%), trees (33%) and shrubs (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
82 m
16 km
236 m
80 km
1,026 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Corinto 42 km · Paraopeba 58 km · Pompéu 74 km · Sete Lagoas 81 km · Matozinhos 96 km · Diamantina 104 km · Pedro Leopoldo 104 km · Três Marias 105 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 Curvelo (-18.7564°, -44.4308°, elevation 653 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).