Guapiaçu weather in January

In January, Guapiaçu sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 264 mm of rain across 23.2 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-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 13% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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

Daytime high
30°
6th warmest
Overnight low
22°
12th coldest
Rainfall
264 mm
23.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
6:52 AM – 8:00 PM
Cloud cover
76%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.61 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Guapiaçu 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 Guapiaçu 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 33°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 Guapiaçu

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.

Guapiaçu weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°26423.213.13.4
Feb30° / 22°18919.812.73.6
Mar30° / 21°17219.112.14.0
Apr29° / 20°629.111.55.6
May27° / 17°445.1117.4
Jun27° / 16°243.110.87.9
Jul28° / 16°152.110.98.0
Aug30° / 17°182.511.36.5
Sep31° / 19°586.511.95.0
Oct31° / 21°11112.112.54.1
Nov31° / 21°16617133.9
Dec30° / 22°22422.313.23.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
22674
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42674
52476
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112377
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Guapiaçu gets around 264 mm of rain over 23.2 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 74% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 96% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1034354
2044254
3044155
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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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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 min at the start of January to 13 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:43 AM to 7:02 AM, and sunset from 7:57 PM to 7:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.26:437:57
213.26:437:58
313.26:447:58
413.26:457:58
513.26:457:58
613.26:467:59
713.26:467:59
813.26:477:59
913.26:487:59
1013.26:488:00
1113.26:498:00
1213.26:508:00
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2013.16:558:00
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2613.06:598:00
2713.06:598:00
2813.07:007:59
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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 5.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.94 kWh/m² to a high of 6.11 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.61 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Guapiaçu

In seasonPeak

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

Guapiaçu's monsoon runs November–March, 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 Guapiaçu?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Guapiaçu.

What to pack for Guapiaçu in January

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

In January, Guapiaçu sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Guapiaçu 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 Guapiaçu peaks around January 22 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 22UV 15Jun 20UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug8Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct10Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Guapiaçu 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 Guapiaçu is worst in September — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.1× the cleanest month (November, 8 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1423 µg/m³Nov 228 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb9Good
Mar10Good
Apr10Good
May11Good
Jun10Good
Jul10Good
Aug19Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov8Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Guapiaçu?

Guapiaçu sits at 20.8°S, 49.2°W, 508 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is São José do Rio Preto, 17 km away.

Topography around Guapiaçu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Guapiaçu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m around an average of 522 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 157 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 288 m.

The land around Guapiaçu is covered by cropland (49%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, cropland (56%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (63%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
100 m
16 km
157 m
80 km
288 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: São José do Rio Preto 17 km · Bady Bassitt 27 km · Nova Granada 31 km · Mirassol 31 km · Potirendaba 32 km · Olímpia 32 km · Catanduva 46 km · Tanabi 48 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 Guapiaçu (-20.795°, -49.2203°, elevation 508 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).