Lucas weather in January

In January, Lucas sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 262 mm of rain across 24.2 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% 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 Lucas's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lucas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
8th warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
262 mm
24.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
6:27 AM – 7:19 PM
Cloud cover
78%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Lucas 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 32°C through the month.

A typical January day in Lucas reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°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 Lucas

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.

Lucas weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 24°26224.212.92.7
Feb32° / 24°2112212.52.7
Mar32° / 24°18123.112.12.8
Apr32° / 23°8412.511.63.8
May31° / 21°395.311.25.3
Jun31° / 20°141.7115.9
Jul31° / 19°80.911.15.9
Aug33° / 20°111.711.54.3
Sep34° / 23°496.211.93.2
Oct34° / 24°11814.612.42.7
Nov33° / 24°17419.412.82.8
Dec32° / 24°22223.1132.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
22476
32476
42377
52278
62278
72179
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92278
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Lucas gets around 262 mm of rain over 24.2 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 78% and peaks near 80% 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 57% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
116138
216138
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516039
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Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 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 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 6:18 AM to 6:35 AM, and sunset from 7:16 PM to 7:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.06:187:16
213.06:197:16
313.06:197:16
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512.96:207:17
612.96:217:17
712.96:227:17
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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 5.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.3 kWh/m² to a high of 5.97 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.43 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 Lucas

In seasonPeak

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

Lucas's monsoon runs October–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 Lucas?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lucas.

What to pack for Lucas in January

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

In January, Lucas sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Lucas 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 Lucas peaks around January 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near September 15 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 21UV 15Sep 15UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct10Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Lucas 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 Lucas is worst in September — around 107 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 16.5× the cleanest month (June, 7 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodUnhealthyModerateGoodSep 14101 µg/m³Jun 197 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb10Good
Mar9Good
Apr8Good
May7Good
Jun7Good
Jul7Good
Aug68Unhealthy
Sep107Unhealthy
Oct30Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Lucas?

Lucas sits at 16.3°S, 55.9°W, 134 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Santo Antônio do Leverger, 54 km away.

Topography around Lucas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lucas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m around an average of 130 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 211 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 795 m.

The land around Lucas is covered by wetland (40%) and trees (38%) within 3 km, wetland (50%) and trees (38%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
22 m
16 km
211 m
80 km
795 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Santo Antônio do Leverger 54 km · Poconé 74 km · Várzea Grande 79 km · Cuiabá 84 km · Chapada dos Guimarães 99 km · Jaciara 111 km · Campo Verde 120 km · Rondonópolis 139 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 Lucas (-16.3333°, -55.9333°, elevation 134 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).