Monte Alto weather in January

In January, Monte Alto sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 267 mm of rain across 23 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-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 13% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of January to 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Monte Alto's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Monte Alto's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
5th warmest
Overnight low
21°
12th coldest
Rainfall
267 mm
23 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
6:48 AM – 7:58 PM
Cloud cover
77%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Monte Alto 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 Alto 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 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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Monte Alto weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 21°2672313.13.6
Feb30° / 21°19119.512.73.8
Mar29° / 21°17119.212.24.2
Apr29° / 19°659.111.55.9
May26° / 16°455.6117.5
Jun26° / 15°273.310.78.0
Jul27° / 15°202.510.88.2
Aug29° / 16°222.911.37.0
Sep30° / 18°66711.95.4
Oct31° / 20°11913.112.54.4
Nov30° / 20°16917.3134.1
Dec29° / 21°22322.413.33.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 75%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
22674
32575
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52476
62377
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Monte Alto gets around 267 mm of rain over 23 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 74% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3172

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 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 93% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
10066133
20066034
30065935
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311265041

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
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
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118calm
128calm
138calm
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228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
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278calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of January to 13 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:39 AM to 6:58 AM, and sunset from 7:55 PM to 7:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.36:397:55
213.36:407:56
313.36:407:56
413.36:417:56
513.36:417:57
613.26:427:57
713.26:437:57
813.26:437:57
913.26:447:57
1013.26:447:58
1113.26:457:58
1213.26:467:58
1313.26:467:58
1413.26:477:58
1513.26:487:58
1613.26:487:58
1713.26:497:58
1813.16:507:58
1913.16:507:58
2013.16:517:58
2113.16:527:58
2213.16:527:58
2313.16:537:58
2413.16:547:58
2513.16:547:58
2613.06:557:58
2713.06:567:57
2813.06:567:57
2913.06:577:57
3013.06:577:57
3113.06:587:57

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.88 kWh/m² to a high of 6.02 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.55 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 Alto

In seasonPeak

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

Monte Alto's monsoon runs November–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 Monte Alto?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Monte Alto.

What to pack for Monte Alto in January

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

In January, Monte Alto 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 Alto 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 Alto peaks around January 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 21UV 15Jun 21UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May8Very high
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug9Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct10Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Monte Alto 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 Alto is worst in September — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.0× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1134 µg/m³Nov 229 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb11Good
Mar11Good
Apr12Good
May13Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug31Moderate
Sep35Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov9Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Monte Alto?

Monte Alto sits at 21.3°S, 48.5°W, 723 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Taquaritinga, 16 km away.

Topography around Monte Alto

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Monte Alto has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 184 m around an average of 682 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 260 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 470 m.

The land around Monte Alto is covered by grassland (33%), artificial surfaces (31%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, cropland (55%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (72%) within 80 km.

3 km
184 m
16 km
260 m
80 km
470 m
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January weather nearby: Taquaritinga 16 km · Jaboticabal 18 km · Guariba 30 km · Bebedouro 35 km · Barrinha 35 km · Pitangueiras 40 km · Matão 40 km · Monte Azul Paulista 42 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 Alto (-21.2611°, -48.4964°, elevation 723 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).