Patos de Minas weather in January

In January, Patos de Minas sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 230 mm of rain across 21 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-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 06 min at the start of January to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Patos de Minas's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Patos de Minas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
4th warmest
Overnight low
19°
12th coldest
Rainfall
230 mm
21 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
6:45 AM – 7:45 PM
Cloud cover
78%
11th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Patos 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 28°C through the month.

A typical January day in Patos de Minas reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

15°20°25°30°35°151015202531
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12719
22719
32719
42719
52719
62719
72719
82719
92819
102819
112819
122819
132819
142819
152819
162819
172819
182819
192819
202819
212819
222819
232819
242819
252819
262819
272819
282819
292819
302819
312819

Patos de Minas weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 19°23021134.6
Feb28° / 19°1611712.64.9
Mar28° / 19°17220.412.14.8
Apr27° / 18°6510.311.66.4
May26° / 15°234.411.17.7
Jun25° / 14°91.310.98.5
Jul26° / 14°40.6118.7
Aug27° / 15°71.511.48.2
Sep29° / 17°355.711.96.2
Oct29° / 19°9112.112.45.1
Nov28° / 19°20521.312.94.5
Dec27° / 19°25323.613.14.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32278
42278
52377
62377
72377
82377
92377
102377
112377
122476
132377
142377
152377
162476
172476
182476
192476
202476
212476
222575
232575
242476
252476
262575
272575
282575
292575
302674
312773

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Patos de Minas gets around 230 mm of rain over 21 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 68% and peaks near 71% on the wettest days.

0%20%40%60%80%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
171
270
370
469
569
669
768
868
968
1068
1167
1267
1367
1467
1567
1667
1767
1867
1967
2068
2168
2268
2368
2468
2567
2667
2766
2866
2965
3065
3164

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 71% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 72% of them.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1324730
2324730
3324730
4324730
5424720
6425710
7425710
8425710
9426700
10426700
11426691
12426691
13426691
14426691
15426691
16426691
17426691
18426691
19325711
20325711
21324721
22324721
23323731
24223741
25223741
26223741
27224731
28224731
29224731
30225721
31225721

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.

0246810151015202531
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 06 min 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 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:36 AM to 6:54 AM, and sunset from 7:42 PM to 7:45 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.16:367:42
213.16:377:43
313.16:377:43
413.16:387:43
513.16:397:43
613.16:397:44
713.16:407:44
813.16:407:44
913.16:417:44
1013.16:427:45
1113.06:427:45
1213.06:437:45
1313.06:437:45
1413.06:447:45
1513.06:457:45
1613.06:457:45
1713.06:467:46
1813.06:467:46
1913.06:477:46
2013.06:487:46
2113.06:487:46
2212.96:497:46
2312.96:497:46
2412.96:507:46
2512.96:517:45
2612.96:517:45
2712.96:527:45
2812.96:527:45
2912.96:537:45
3012.96:547:45
3112.86:547:45

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.2 kWh/m² to a high of 6.04 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.53 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

0246151015202531
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.5Bright
25.5Bright
35.5Bright
45.5Bright
55.5Bright
65.5Bright
75.5Bright
85.5Bright
95.5Bright
105.5Bright
115.6Bright
125.6Bright
135.6Bright
145.6Bright
155.6Bright
165.6Bright
175.6Bright
185.6Bright
195.6Bright
205.6Bright
215.6Bright
225.6Bright
235.6Bright
245.6Bright
255.6Bright
265.6Bright
275.6Bright
285.6Bright
295.6Bright
305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Patos de Minas

In seasonPeak

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

Patos 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
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Patos de Minas?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Patos de Minas for sightseeing.

What to pack for Patos de Minas in January

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

In January, Patos de Minas sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Patos 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 Patos de Minas peaks around February 12 at about 16 (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 highExtremeFeb 12UV 16Jun 20UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Patos de Minas?

Patos de Minas sits at 18.6°S, 46.5°W, 842 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Presidente Olegário, 21 km away.

Topography around Patos de Minas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Patos de Minas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 235 m around an average of 847 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 340 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 735 m.

The land around Patos de Minas is covered by artificial surfaces (56%) within 3 km, grassland (35%), cropland (32%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%), trees (25%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
235 m
16 km
340 m
80 km
735 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Presidente Olegário 21 km · Lagoa Formosa 25 km · Carmo do Paranaíba 52 km · Patrocínio 64 km · Coromandel 73 km · Vazante 78 km · São Gotardo 95 km · João Pinheiro 100 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 Patos de Minas (-18.5789°, -46.5181°, elevation 842 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).