Piraí do Sul weather in January

In January, Piraí do Sul sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 242 mm of rain across 24.1 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 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 Piraí do Sul's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Piraí do Sul's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
1st warmest
Overnight low
17°
12th coldest
Rainfall
242 mm
24.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
6:48 AM – 8:10 PM
Cloud cover
75%
12th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.52 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Piraí do Sul 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 26°C through the month.

A typical January day in Piraí do Sul reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 29°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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Piraí do Sul 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
Jan26° / 17°24224.113.34.5
Feb26° / 17°18020.812.94.6
Mar25° / 17°13518.212.25.5
Apr24° / 15°719.611.46.9
May20° / 12°949.210.86.6
Jun19° / 11°96810.56.6
Jul20° / 10°796.810.66.9
Aug21° / 11°717.111.17.3
Sep23° / 12°13010.311.86.7
Oct24° / 14°14515.512.65.9
Nov25° / 15°13916.313.25.8
Dec26° / 17°18019.913.55.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22872
32872
42773
52773
62773
72674
82773
92773
102773
112773
122872
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312872

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Piraí do Sul gets around 242 mm of rain over 24.1 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 76% and peaks near 78% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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274
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476
577
677
778
878
978
1078
1178
1278
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1477
1577
1677
1777
1876
1976
2076
2176
2276
2376
2476
2576
2676
2776
2876
2975
3075
3175

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 49% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 49% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
11163746
21153747
31143847
41133848
51123848
61113949
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310123949

Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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 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 6:38 AM to 6:59 AM, and sunset from 8:08 PM to 8:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.56:388:08
213.56:398:08
313.56:398:08
413.56:408:09
513.56:418:09
613.56:418:09
713.56:428:09
813.46:438:09
913.46:438:10
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1113.46:458:10
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1313.46:468:10
1413.46:478:10
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1613.46:488:10
1713.46:498:10
1813.36:508:10
1913.36:508:10
2013.36:518:10
2113.36:528:10
2213.36:528:10
2313.36:538:09
2413.36:548:09
2513.26:558:09
2613.26:558:09
2713.26:568:09
2813.26:578:08
2913.26:578:08
3013.26:588:08
3113.16:598:07

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.13 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 5.52 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
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55.6Bright
65.6Bright
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Piraí do Sul?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Piraí do Sul for sightseeing.

What to pack for Piraí do Sul in January

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

In January, Piraí do Sul sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Piraí do Sul 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 Piraí do Sul 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
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr9Very high
May7High
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug7Very high
Sep5High
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Piraí do Sul 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 Piraí do Sul is worst in September — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (March, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1316 µg/m³Mar 136 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb7Good
Mar6Good
Apr7Good
May8Good
Jun8Good
Jul10Good
Aug14Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct10Good
Nov7Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Piraí do Sul?

Piraí do Sul sits at 24.5°S, 49.9°W, 1,000 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Castro, 30 km away.

Topography around Piraí do Sul

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Piraí do Sul has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 207 m around an average of 1,038 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 414 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,159 m.

The land around Piraí do Sul is covered by trees (47%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, trees (49%), cropland (29%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
207 m
16 km
414 m
80 km
1,159 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Castro 30 km · Jaguariaíva 40 km · Arapoti 43 km · Tibagi 47 km · Ponta Grossa 67 km · Sengés 67 km · Telêmaco Borba 71 km · Wenceslau Braz 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 Piraí do Sul (-24.5261°, -49.9486°, elevation 1,000 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).