Guaratinga weather in January

In January, Guaratinga sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 79 mm of rain across 15.1 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-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 21% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of January to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Guaratinga's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Guaratinga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
22°
11th coldest
Rainfall
79 mm
15.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
5:22 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover
65%
10th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.88 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Guaratinga 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 Guaratinga reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°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 Guaratinga

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.

Guaratinga weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°7915.112.94.2
Feb31° / 22°641312.64.1
Mar30° / 22°11017.312.14.0
Apr29° / 21°6715.511.64.6
May28° / 20°4611.611.26.0
Jun26° / 18°3311.4116.4
Jul26° / 17°3812.411.16.4
Aug26° / 17°3310.611.46.6
Sep28° / 18°359.711.96.3
Oct29° / 20°7712.712.45.3
Nov29° / 21°13816.412.84.5
Dec30° / 21°11615134.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24060
34060
44060
54159
64159
74159
84258
94159
104258
114456
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154654
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315149

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Guaratinga gets around 79 mm of rain over 15.1 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 49% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
147
248
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2149
2248
2348
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2649
2749
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3049
3148

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 65% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
14060
23961
33862
43862
53763
63763
73664
83664
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103565
113565
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Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 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
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
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228calm
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248calm
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268calm
278calm
288calm
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308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of January to 12 h 42 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 5:13 AM to 5:30 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.05:136:11
213.05:146:12
313.05:146:12
413.05:156:12
513.05:156:13
613.05:166:13
712.95:166:13
812.95:176:14
912.95:186:14
1012.95:186:14
1112.95:196:14
1212.95:196:14
1312.95:206:15
1412.95:216:15
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1612.95:226:15
1712.95:226:15
1812.95:236:15
1912.95:236:15
2012.95:246:15
2112.85:256:15
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2712.85:286:15
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3012.85:306:15
3112.75:306:15

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.88 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.47 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in January across the year — January's 5.88 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.9Bright
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315.8Bright
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Guaratinga?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Guaratinga for sightseeing.

What to pack for Guaratinga in January

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

In January, Guaratinga sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Guaratinga 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 Guaratinga peaks around February 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 16UV 15Jun 23UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Guaratinga?

Guaratinga sits at 16.6°S, 39.8°W, 154 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Itabela, 24 km away.

Topography around Guaratinga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Guaratinga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 225 m around an average of 196 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 811 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,177 m.

The land around Guaratinga is covered by grassland (83%) within 3 km, grassland (56%) and trees (44%) within 16 km, and grassland (60%) and trees (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
225 m
16 km
811 m
80 km
1,177 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Itabela 24 km · Eunápolis 31 km · Itamaraju 57 km · Porto Seguro 78 km · Itanhém 87 km · Santa Cruz Cabrália 87 km · Medeiros Neto 100 km · Prado 103 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 Guaratinga (-16.582°, -39.7812°, elevation 154 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).