Ortigueira weather in January

In January, Ortigueira sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 215 mm of rain across 21.7 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°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 30 min at the start of January to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ortigueira's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ortigueira's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
1st warmest
Overnight low
19°
12th coldest
Rainfall
215 mm
21.7 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
6:53 AM – 8:13 PM
Cloud cover
72%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Ortigueira is 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 28°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ortigueira reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 31°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)
12818
22818
32819
42819
52819
62819
72819
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Ortigueira weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 19°21521.713.34.3
Feb28° / 18°17019.212.84.5
Mar28° / 18°12216.212.25.4
Apr26° / 15°778.711.56.9
May23° / 12°968.310.87.1
Jun22° / 11°100810.57.0
Jul22° / 10°756.410.77.4
Aug24° / 11°676.411.27.9
Sep25° / 13°1329.711.97.0
Oct26° / 15°15314.612.65.9
Nov27° / 16°12914.413.25.7
Dec28° / 18°17018.613.54.9

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 18% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23268
33268
43070
53070
63070
73070
82971
92971
103070
113070
123169
133169
143169
153169
163169
173268
183169
193169
203169
213169
223268
233169
243169
253169
263070
273169
283169
293169
303268
313268

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ortigueira gets around 215 mm of rain over 21.7 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 69% and peaks near 72% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
168
269
370
470
571
671
772
872
972
1072
1171
1271
1371
1470
1570
1669
1769
1868
1968
2068
2168
2268
2368
2468
2568
2668
2768
2868
2968
3068
3168

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 66% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 78% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
16215914
25215915
35206015
45206015
55196115
64196215
74186414
84186414
94186414
104176514
114176613
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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 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
207calm
217calm
227calm
237calm
247calm
257calm
267calm
277calm
287calm
297calm
307calm
317calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 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 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:43 AM to 7:03 AM, and sunset from 8:11 PM to 8:11 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.56:438:11
213.56:438:11
313.56:448:12
413.56:458:12
513.46:458:12
613.46:468:12
713.46:478:13
813.46:478:13
913.46:488:13
1013.46:498:13
1113.46:498:13
1213.46:508:13
1313.46:518:13
1413.46:518:13
1513.46:528:13
1613.36:538:13
1713.36:538:13
1813.36:548:13
1913.36:558:13
2013.36:568:13
2113.36:568:13
2213.36:578:13
2313.36:588:13
2413.26:588:13
2513.26:598:13
2613.27:008:12
2713.27:018:12
2813.27:018:12
2913.27:028:12
3013.17:038:11
3113.17:038:11

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.2 kWh/m² to a high of 6 kWh/m² in November across the year — January's 5.65 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.8Bright
25.8Bright
35.8Bright
45.8Bright
55.8Bright
65.7Bright
75.7Bright
85.7Bright
95.7Bright
105.7Bright
115.7Bright
125.7Bright
135.7Bright
145.7Bright
155.7Bright
165.7Bright
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245.6Bright
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275.6Bright
285.6Bright
295.6Bright
305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Ortigueira?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Ortigueira for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ortigueira in January

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

In January, Ortigueira sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ortigueira 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 Ortigueira peaks around January 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 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 19UV 15Jul 13UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr9Very high
May7High
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Ortigueira 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 Ortigueira is worst in September — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (March, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1617 µg/m³Mar 187 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb7Good
Mar7Good
Apr7Good
May8Good
Jun8Good
Jul9Good
Aug12Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov7Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ortigueira?

Ortigueira sits at 24.2°S, 50.9°W, 772 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Telêmaco Borba, 36 km away.

Topography around Ortigueira

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ortigueira has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 184 m around an average of 774 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 722 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 964 m.

The land around Ortigueira is covered by trees (47%) and cropland (26%) within 3 km, trees (52%), grassland (26%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (48%), cropland (29%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
184 m
16 km
722 m
80 km
964 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Telêmaco Borba 36 km · Faxinal 44 km · Reserva 50 km · Cândido de Abreu 56 km · Tibagi 64 km · Ivaiporã 75 km · Ibaiti 87 km · Apucarana 90 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 Ortigueira (-24.2083°, -50.9494°, elevation 772 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).