Paracatu weather in January

In January, Paracatu sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 254 mm of rain across 19.7 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-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 17% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of January to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Paracatu's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Paracatu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
5th warmest
Overnight low
21°
12th coldest
Rainfall
254 mm
19.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
6:49 AM – 7:45 PM
Cloud cover
74%
11th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Paracatu 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 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Paracatu 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 26°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 Paracatu

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 1 day 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
1
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.

Paracatu weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°25419.712.93.9
Feb30° / 21°17216.412.64.0
Mar30° / 21°19818.212.14.2
Apr29° / 20°699.711.65.5
May28° / 18°172.811.27.0
Jun28° / 16°50.8118.1
Jul28° / 16°10.311.18.1
Aug30° / 16°5111.46.7
Sep32° / 19°29411.94.9
Oct32° / 21°9610.412.44.0
Nov30° / 21°23520.312.83.7
Dec29° / 21°28022133.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Paracatu gets around 254 mm of rain over 19.7 wet days in January. 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 67% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 58% 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 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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 48 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 6:40 AM to 6:58 AM, and sunset from 7:41 PM to 7:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.06:407:41
213.06:417:41
313.06:417:42
413.06:427:42
513.06:437:42
613.06:437:43
713.06:447:43
813.06:447:43
913.06:457:43
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1113.06:467:44
1213.06:477:44
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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 5.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.37 kWh/m² to a high of 6.29 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.87 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Paracatu

In seasonPeak

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

Paracatu'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 Paracatu?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Paracatu.

What to pack for Paracatu in January

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

In January, Paracatu 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 Paracatu 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 Paracatu peaks around February 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 12UV 15Jun 22UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Paracatu?

Paracatu sits at 17.2°S, 46.9°W, 693 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Vazante, 85 km away.

Topography around Paracatu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Paracatu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 174 m around an average of 703 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 425 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 549 m.

The land around Paracatu is covered by artificial surfaces (43%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (38%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (33%), cropland (32%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
174 m
16 km
425 m
80 km
549 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Vazante 85 km · Cristalina 94 km · João Pinheiro 94 km · Brasilândia de Minas 95 km · Unaí 96 km · Presidente Olegário 141 km · Coromandel 143 km · Ipameri 147 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 Paracatu (-17.2222°, -46.8747°, elevation 693 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).