Monte Alegre de Minas weather in January

In January, Monte Alegre de Minas sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 262 mm of rain across 23.3 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of January to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Monte Alegre de Minas's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Monte Alegre de Minas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
9th warmest
Overnight low
21°
12th coldest
Rainfall
262 mm
23.3 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
6:54 AM – 7:55 PM
Cloud cover
79%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Monte Alegre de Minas 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 29°C through the month.

A typical January day in Monte Alegre de Minas reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Monte Alegre de Minas weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 21°26223.3133.7
Feb29° / 21°19020.912.63.7
Mar29° / 21°17821.212.14.0
Apr29° / 20°6610.811.65.5
May28° / 18°254.111.17.3
Jun27° / 17°81.410.98.2
Jul28° / 16°60.9118.1
Aug30° / 18°71.511.46.6
Sep32° / 20°406.111.94.8
Oct31° / 21°10514.412.43.8
Nov30° / 21°1882112.93.7
Dec29° / 21°25724.313.13.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22080
32080
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Monte Alegre de Minas gets around 262 mm of rain over 23.3 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 75% and peaks near 77% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3176

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 70% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 89% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1078112
2078013
3087913
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70107317
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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 06 min at the start of January to 12 h 54 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 6:45 AM to 7:03 AM, and sunset from 7:52 PM to 7:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.16:457:52
213.16:467:53
313.16:467:53
413.16:477:53
513.16:477:53
613.16:487:54
713.16:497:54
813.16:497:54
913.16:507:54
1013.16:507:55
1113.16:517:55
1213.16:527:55
1313.06:527:55
1413.06:537:55
1513.06:547:55
1613.06:547:55
1713.06:557:56
1813.06:557:56
1913.06:567:56
2013.06:577:56
2113.06:577:56
2213.06:587:56
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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 5.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.29 kWh/m² to a high of 6.27 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.63 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 Monte Alegre de Minas

In seasonPeak

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

Monte Alegre de Minas's monsoon runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
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Dec

Is January a good time to visit Monte Alegre de Minas?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Monte Alegre de Minas.

What to pack for Monte Alegre de Minas in January

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

In January, Monte Alegre de Minas sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Monte Alegre de Minas 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 Monte Alegre de Minas peaks around January 24 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 24UV 15Jun 20UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Monte Alegre de Minas 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 Monte Alegre de Minas is worst in September — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.1× the cleanest month (July, 6 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1722 µg/m³Jul 106 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb8Good
Mar8Good
Apr7Good
May7Good
Jun6Good
Jul6Good
Aug11Good
Sep23Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov6Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Monte Alegre de Minas?

Monte Alegre de Minas sits at 18.9°S, 48.9°W, 733 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Tupaciguara, 36 km away.

Topography around Monte Alegre de Minas

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Monte Alegre de Minas.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Monte Alegre de Minas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m around an average of 747 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 255 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 574 m.

The land around Monte Alegre de Minas is covered by cropland (44%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, cropland (48%), trees (27%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (43%), trees (27%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
170 m
16 km
255 m
80 km
574 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Tupaciguara 36 km · Prata 49 km · Itumbiara 61 km · Ituiutaba 62 km · Uberlândia 64 km · Araguari 77 km · Campina Verde 98 km · Goiatuba 108 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 Monte Alegre de Minas (-18.8706°, -48.8808°, elevation 733 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).