Piracanjuba weather in January

In January, Piracanjuba sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 256 mm of rain across 23 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-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 11% 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 Piracanjuba's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Piracanjuba's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
8th warmest
Overnight low
20°
9th coldest
Rainfall
256 mm
23 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
6:57 AM – 7:53 PM
Cloud cover
78%
11th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.54 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Piracanjuba 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 Piracanjuba reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°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 32°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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How January really feels in Piracanjuba

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Piracanjuba weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 20°2562312.93.7
Feb29° / 20°19119.912.63.8
Mar29° / 20°19320.912.14.0
Apr29° / 19°7510.811.65.3
May29° / 17°152.811.26.9
Jun28° / 16°61.1117.5
Jul29° / 16°20.411.17.4
Aug31° / 17°60.911.46.1
Sep32° / 20°325.511.94.4
Oct32° / 21°10414.812.43.7
Nov30° / 20°20321.512.83.7
Dec29° / 20°23624.1133.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22278
32278
42278
52179
62179
72179
82179
92278
102278
112377
122377
132377
142377
152377
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312872

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Piracanjuba gets around 256 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 76% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
176
276
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476
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675
774
874
974
1074
1174
1274
1374
1474
1574
1674
1774
1874
1975
2075
2175
2275
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2475
2574
2674
2774
2873
2973
3072
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 80% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 88% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
119855
219855
319846
409856
5010837
6010837
7011827
8011818
9011818
10112789
11112789
12113779
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27111817
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29211807
30211807
31211807

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
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317calm

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 6:49 AM to 7:06 AM, and sunset from 7:50 PM to 7:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.06:497:50
213.06:497:50
313.06:507:50
413.06:507:51
513.06:517:51
613.06:527:51
713.06:527:52
813.06:537:52
913.06:537:52
1013.06:547:52
1113.06:547:53
1213.06:557:53
1313.06:567:53
1412.96:567:53
1512.96:577:53
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1812.96:597:53
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2012.97:007:54
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3112.87:067:53

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.46 kWh/m² to a high of 6.2 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.54 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.6Bright
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35.5Bright
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55.5Bright
65.5Bright
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285.7Bright
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315.7Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Piracanjuba

In seasonPeak

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

Piracanjuba'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 Piracanjuba?

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
4.8
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Piracanjuba.

What to pack for Piracanjuba in January

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

In January, Piracanjuba sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Piracanjuba 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 Piracanjuba peaks around February 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 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 10UV 15Jun 21UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Piracanjuba 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 Piracanjuba is worst in September — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.6× the cleanest month (July, 5 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1816 µg/m³Jul 145 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb8Good
Mar9Good
Apr7Good
May7Good
Jun6Good
Jul5Good
Aug7Good
Sep17Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov7Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Piracanjuba?

Piracanjuba sits at 17.3°S, 49.0°W, 737 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Bela Vista de Goiás, 37 km away.

Topography around Piracanjuba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Piracanjuba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 142 m around an average of 762 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 285 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 594 m.

The land around Piracanjuba is covered by cropland (40%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, cropland (44%), grassland (30%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (34%), cropland (33%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
142 m
16 km
285 m
80 km
594 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Bela Vista de Goiás 37 km · Hidrolândia 44 km · Morrinhos 48 km · Pontalina 52 km · Aparecida de Goiânia 59 km · Caldas Novas 64 km · Senador Canedo 67 km · Goiânia 74 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 Piracanjuba (-17.3028°, -49.0167°, elevation 737 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).