Frederico Westphalen weather in January

In January, Frederico Westphalen sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 161 mm of rain across 16.4 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 7th-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 37% 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 Frederico Westphalen's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Frederico Westphalen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
20°
12th coldest
Rainfall
161 mm
16.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 36 min
6:56 AM – 8:29 PM
Cloud cover
57%
11th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
6.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Frederico Westphalen 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 Frederico Westphalen reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Frederico Westphalen

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.

Frederico Westphalen weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 20°16116.413.54.1
Feb30° / 20°14615.4134.3
Mar29° / 19°13312.812.25.2
Apr26° / 16°14010.311.46.6
May22° / 13°1679.210.76.9
Jun21° / 11°1639.710.36.5
Jul21° / 10°1539.910.46.6
Aug23° / 12°1058117.4
Sep25° / 14°17510.811.86.9
Oct27° / 16°22713.712.76.0
Nov28° / 17°1761213.45.7
Dec30° / 19°18514.513.74.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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75050
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105248
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Frederico Westphalen gets around 161 mm of rain over 16.4 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 55% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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653
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854
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1155
1255
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1655
1755
1854
1954
2053
2153
2253
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3153

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 44% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 78% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
116203637
216203637
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715193837
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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
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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 6:46 AM to 7:08 AM, and sunset from 8:28 PM to 8:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.76:468:28
213.76:468:28
313.76:478:28
413.76:488:28
513.76:488:29
613.76:498:29
713.76:508:29
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2713.47:058:27
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3013.37:078:26
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.67 kWh/m² to a high of 6.49 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 6.4 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
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246.3Intense
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266.2Intense
276.2Intense
286.2Intense
296.2Intense
306.2Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Frederico Westphalen?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Frederico Westphalen for sightseeing.

What to pack for Frederico Westphalen in January

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

In January, Frederico Westphalen sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Frederico Westphalen 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 Frederico Westphalen peaks around January 22 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 4 (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 21UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr8Very high
May6High
Jun4Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug5High
Sep8Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov11Extreme
Dec13Extreme

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

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1616 µg/m³Mar 116 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb6Good
Mar6Good
Apr7Good
May7Good
Jun7Good
Jul8Good
Aug11Good
Sep17Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Frederico Westphalen?

Frederico Westphalen sits at 27.4°S, 53.4°W, 528 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Itapiranga, 38 km away.

Topography around Frederico Westphalen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Frederico Westphalen has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 259 m around an average of 501 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 379 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 703 m.

The land around Frederico Westphalen is covered by trees (45%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and cropland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
259 m
16 km
379 m
80 km
703 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Itapiranga 38 km · Palmitos 40 km · Três Passos 54 km · Palmeira das Missões 61 km · Pinhalzinho 69 km · Maravilha 70 km · São Miguel d'Oeste 72 km · El Soberbio 80 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 Frederico Westphalen (-27.3592°, -53.3944°, elevation 528 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).