Gurupi weather in January

In January, Gurupi sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 290 mm of rain across 25.9 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-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 10% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of January to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Gurupi's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gurupi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
290 mm
25.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
6:07 AM – 6:44 PM
Cloud cover
80%
10th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

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 Gurupi reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Gurupi

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.

Gurupi weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 23°29025.912.63.0
Feb30° / 23°24623.412.43.0
Mar31° / 23°25024.512.13.1
Apr31° / 23°13516.211.73.7
May32° / 22°284.511.54.4
Jun33° / 21°20.411.34.9
Jul33° / 21°0011.44.7
Aug35° / 22°10.211.63.5
Sep36° / 24°182.911.92.7
Oct34° / 24°10913.412.32.9
Nov31° / 23°23522.312.53.0
Dec31° / 23°26524.512.73.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22278
32278
42278
52278
62278
72278
82179
92179
102278
112278
122377
132377
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Gurupi gets around 290 mm of rain over 25.9 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 83% and peaks near 85% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
181
282
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482
582
682
782
882
983
1083
1183
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1383
1483
1583
1684
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2185
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3183

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 94% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
14951
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94951
105941
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Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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 12 h 42 min at the start of January to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:59 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 6:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.75:596:40
212.76:006:40
312.76:006:40
412.76:016:41
512.76:016:41
612.76:026:42
712.76:026:42
812.76:036:42
912.76:036:42
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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 5.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.95 kWh/m² to a high of 6.15 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 5.2 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Gurupi

In seasonPeak

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

Gurupi's monsoon runs November–April, 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 Gurupi?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gurupi.

What to pack for Gurupi in January

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

In January, Gurupi sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Gurupi 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 Gurupi peaks around February 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 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 14UV 15Jun 21UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Gurupi 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 Gurupi is worst in October — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 6.2× the cleanest month (July, 4 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodOct 1223 µg/m³Jul 114 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb8Good
Mar9Good
Apr8Good
May6Good
Jun4Good
Jul4Good
Aug7Good
Sep20Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Gurupi?

Gurupi sits at 11.7°S, 49.1°W, 299 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Formoso do Araguaia, 51 km away.

Topography around Gurupi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gurupi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 291 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 125 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 395 m.

The land around Gurupi is covered by artificial surfaces (52%), grassland (23%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (56%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (48%) and trees (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
68 m
16 km
125 m
80 km
395 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Formoso do Araguaia 51 km · Lagoa da Confusão 120 km · Porto Nacional 134 km · Paraíso do Tocantins 174 km · Porangatu 191 km · Palmas 192 km · São Miguel do Araguaia 209 km · Minaçu 221 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 Gurupi (-11.7292°, -49.0686°, elevation 299 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).