Maringá weather in January

In January, Maringá sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 209 mm of rain across 19.9 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-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 20% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of January to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Maringá's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maringá's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
21°
12th coldest
Rainfall
209 mm
19.9 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
6:58 AM – 8:16 PM
Cloud cover
68%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.82 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.8
out of 10

Maringá is city in Paraná, 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 Maringá reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 9°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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How January really feels in Maringá

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.

Maringá weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°20919.913.33.8
Feb30° / 21°17217.712.83.9
Mar30° / 20°12214.712.24.6
Apr28° / 18°838.611.56.2
May25° / 15°1048.110.97.3
Jun24° / 14°947.510.67.6
Jul24° / 14°675.910.78.0
Aug27° / 15°656.111.27.6
Sep28° / 17°1148.511.96.3
Oct29° / 18°15312.912.55.1
Nov30° / 19°15213.313.14.6
Dec30° / 21°17316.613.44.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

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

Any precipitation

Maringá gets around 209 mm of rain over 19.9 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 63% and peaks near 65% 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 52% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 89% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 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
18calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 min at the start of January to 13 h 06 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 6:48 AM to 7:09 AM, and sunset from 8:13 PM to 8:14 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.46:488:13
213.46:498:14
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513.46:518:15
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2913.17:078:14
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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 5.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.31 kWh/m² to a high of 6.15 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 5.82 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Is January a good time to visit Maringá?

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

3.8
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Maringá.

What to pack for Maringá in January

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

In January, Maringá sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Maringá 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 Maringá peaks around January 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near September 12 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighExtremeJan 20UV 15Sep 12UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr9Very high
May7High
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Maringá 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 Maringá is worst in September — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1422 µg/m³Dec 169 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb9Good
Mar9Good
Apr11Good
May13Moderate
Jun12Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep23Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov9Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Maringá?

Maringá sits at 23.4°S, 51.9°W, 556 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Sarandi, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Maringá

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maringá has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 m around an average of 540 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 326 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 672 m.

The land around Maringá is covered by artificial surfaces (68%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, cropland (61%) within 16 km, and cropland (66%) within 80 km.

3 km
144 m
16 km
326 m
80 km
672 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Sarandi 7.0 km · Paiçandu 12 km · Marialva 16 km · Mandaguaçu 18 km · Mandaguari 28 km · Astorga 35 km · Jandaia do Sul 36 km · Nova Esperança 38 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 Maringá (-23.4253°, -51.9386°, elevation 556 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).