Piraquara weather in January

In January, Piraquara sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 300 mm of rain across 25.9 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of January to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Piraquara's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Piraquara's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
1st warmest
Overnight low
19°
11th coldest
Rainfall
300 mm
25.9 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
6:43 AM – 8:08 PM
Cloud cover
78%
10th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Piraquara 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 27°C through the month.

A typical January day in Piraquara reaches about 27°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 22°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Piraquara 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
Jan27° / 19°30025.913.44.1
Feb27° / 19°27722.912.94.2
Mar26° / 18°19822.512.24.8
Apr24° / 16°11115.211.45.9
May21° / 13°1151310.86.0
Jun20° / 12°11011.410.46.1
Jul20° / 11°10911.110.66.1
Aug21° / 12°9410.711.16.4
Sep21° / 13°16215.911.85.5
Oct23° / 15°1762012.64.9
Nov24° / 16°17720.513.25.0
Dec26° / 18°23622.913.64.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% 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 80%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32179
42179
52179
62080
72080
82080
92080
101981
112080
122080
132179
142080
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232080
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262179
272278
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292278
302377
312377

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Piraquara gets around 300 mm of rain over 25.9 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 83% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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1483
1583
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1783
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2484
2584
2683
2783
2883
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3082
3182

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 65% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 76% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
16216211
26206311
36206311
45206411
55206411
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74196611
84196611
94196710
104196710
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124206610
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14320689
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21322669
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233236410
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282216611
292216611
302216512
312206612

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
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 min at the start of January to 13 h 12 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 6:33 AM to 6:54 AM, and sunset from 8:06 PM to 8:05 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.66:338:06
213.66:338:07
313.56:348:07
413.56:348:07
513.56:358:07
613.56:368:07
713.56:368:08
813.56:378:08
913.56:388:08
1013.56:398:08
1113.56:398:08
1213.56:408:08
1313.56:418:08
1413.46:418:08
1513.46:428:08
1613.46:438:08
1713.46:448:08
1813.46:448:08
1913.46:458:08
2013.46:468:08
2113.46:468:08
2213.36:478:08
2313.36:488:08
2413.36:498:07
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2613.36:508:07
2713.36:518:07
2813.26:528:06
2913.26:528:06
3013.26:538:06
3113.26:548:05

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.69 kWh/m² to a high of 5.28 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 5.06 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
25.2Bright
35.2Bright
45.2Bright
55.2Bright
65.2Bright
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315.1Bright
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Piraquara?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Piraquara for sightseeing.

What to pack for Piraquara in January

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

In January, Piraquara sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 19°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Piraquara 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 Piraquara peaks around January 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 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 18UV 15Jul 12UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr9Very high
May6High
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug7High
Sep7High
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Piraquara?

Piraquara sits at 25.4°S, 49.1°W, 910 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Quatro Barras, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Piraquara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Piraquara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 913 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,412 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,785 m.

The land around Piraquara is covered by trees (45%), grassland (26%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, trees (58%) within 16 km, and trees (74%) within 80 km.

3 km
78 m
16 km
1,412 m
80 km
1,785 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
January weather nearby: Quatro Barras 9.0 km · Pinhais 13 km · Campina Grande do Sul 15 km · São José dos Pinhais 17 km · Curitiba 21 km · Colombo 23 km · Morretes 24 km · Almirante Tamandaré 28 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 Piraquara (-25.4423°, -49.068°, elevation 910 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).