Jaru weather in January

In January, Jaru sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 275 mm of rain across 28.2 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-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 1% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of January to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Jaru's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jaru's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
11th warmest
Overnight low
22°
9th coldest
Rainfall
275 mm
28.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:03 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover
88%
11th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Jaru 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 Jaru reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°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 Jaru

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.

Jaru weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°27528.212.52.9
Feb30° / 22°27126.212.32.8
Mar30° / 22°24727.912.12.9
Apr30° / 22°15323.111.83.3
May30° / 22°7514.711.54.4
Jun31° / 21°173.911.45.2
Jul33° / 20°102.211.54.7
Aug34° / 21°254.911.73.6
Sep34° / 22°8213.511.93.0
Oct32° / 23°13620.312.22.8
Nov31° / 23°19923.812.52.9
Dec30° / 23°24327.112.62.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1595
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Jaru gets around 275 mm of rain over 28.2 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 91% and peaks near 93% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
190
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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 93% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1946
2946
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31946

Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 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 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:55 AM to 6:09 AM, and sunset from 6:31 PM to 6:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 4.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.46 kWh/m² to a high of 5.68 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 4.71 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Jaru

In seasonPeak

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

Jaru's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Jaru?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Jaru.

What to pack for Jaru in January

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

In January, Jaru sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Jaru 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 Jaru peaks around January 24 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near September 12 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateExtremeJan 24UV 15Sep 12UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Jaru 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 Jaru is worst in September — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.3× the cleanest month (June, 8 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodPoorModerateSep 1454 µg/m³Jun 198 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb12Good
Mar13Moderate
Apr10Good
May9Good
Jun8Good
Jul8Good
Aug39Poor
Sep57Unhealthy
Oct24Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Jaru?

Jaru sits at 10.4°S, 62.5°W, 159 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Ouro Preto do Oeste, 44 km away.

Topography around Jaru

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jaru has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 161 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 230 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 465 m.

The land around Jaru is covered by grassland (40%), artificial surfaces (31%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, grassland (73%) and trees (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (66%) and trees (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
78 m
16 km
230 m
80 km
465 m
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January weather nearby: Ouro Preto do Oeste 44 km · Ji Paraná 75 km · Ariquemes 86 km · Presidente Médici 103 km · Alto Paraíso 122 km · Machadinho d'Oeste 123 km · São Miguel do Guaporé 142 km · Buritis 151 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 Jaru (-10.4389°, -62.4664°, elevation 159 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).