Lagoa da Confusão weather in January

In January, Lagoa da Confusão sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 321 mm of rain across 27.8 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% 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 Lagoa da Confusão's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lagoa da Confusão's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
11th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
321 mm
27.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
6:11 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover
82%
11th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.05 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Lagoa da Confusão reaches about 31°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 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 Lagoa da Confusão

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.

Lagoa da Confusão 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
Jan31° / 23°32127.812.62.7
Feb31° / 23°28025.112.42.7
Mar31° / 23°28726.512.12.8
Apr32° / 23°17819.711.83.2
May33° / 23°477.311.54.0
Jun33° / 22°20.611.44.4
Jul34° / 22°0011.44.1
Aug35° / 23°20.511.63.0
Sep36° / 24°23411.92.6
Oct33° / 24°12415.412.22.8
Nov32° / 23°23923.112.52.8
Dec31° / 23°27625.912.62.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21882
31882
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51882
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Lagoa da Confusão gets around 321 mm of rain over 27.8 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 90% and peaks near 91% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3191

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 92% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11945
21945
31936
41936
51936
61936
71936
81927
91927
102917
112917
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191927
201927
211927
221927
231927
241927
251927
260937
270937
280937
290937
300937
310937

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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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315calm

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 6:03 AM to 6:18 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 6:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:036:40
212.66:046:41
312.66:046:41
412.66:056:41
512.66:056:42
612.66:066:42
712.66:066:42
812.66:076:43
912.66:076:43
1012.66:086:43
1112.66:086:44
1212.66:096:44
1312.66:096:44
1412.66:106:44
1512.66:106:45
1612.66:116:45
1712.66:116:45
1812.66:126:45
1912.66:126:45
2012.56:136:46
2112.56:136:46
2212.56:146:46
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2712.56:166:46
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2912.56:176:46
3012.56:176:46
3112.56:186:46

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.88 kWh/m² to a high of 6.02 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 5.05 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Lagoa da Confusão

In seasonPeak

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

Lagoa da Confusão'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 Lagoa da Confusão?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lagoa da Confusão.

What to pack for Lagoa da Confusão in January

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

In January, Lagoa da Confusão sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Lagoa da Confusão 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 Lagoa da Confusão peaks around February 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 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 15UV 15Jun 19UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Lagoa da Confusão 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 Lagoa da Confusão is worst in September — around 52 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.3× the cleanest month (February, 10 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodGoodModeratePoorModerateSep 1749 µg/m³Feb 1110 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb10Good
Mar11Good
Apr10Good
May13Moderate
Jun11Good
Jul11Good
Aug23Moderate
Sep52Poor
Oct32Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Lagoa da Confusão?

Lagoa da Confusão sits at 10.8°S, 49.6°W, 188 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Paraíso do Tocantins, 108 km away.

Topography around Lagoa da Confusão

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lagoa da Confusão has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m around an average of 184 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 132 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 289 m.

The land around Lagoa da Confusão is covered by grassland (40%) and trees (30%) within 3 km, grassland (42%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and grassland (48%) and trees (44%) within 80 km.

3 km
46 m
16 km
132 m
80 km
289 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Paraíso do Tocantins 108 km · Formoso do Araguaia 112 km · Gurupi 120 km · Porto Nacional 132 km · Palmas 158 km · Santana do Araguaia 181 km · Vila Rica 185 km · Miracema do Tocantins 192 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 Lagoa da Confusão (-10.7936°, -49.6236°, elevation 188 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).