Pires do Rio weather in January

In January, Pires do Rio sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 239 mm of rain across 21.9 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-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 14% 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 Pires do Rio's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pires do Rio's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
8th warmest
Overnight low
20°
10th coldest
Rainfall
239 mm
21.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
6:55 AM – 7:50 PM
Cloud cover
77%
11th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Pires do Rio 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 Pires do Rio 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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Pires do Rio weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 20°23921.912.93.9
Feb29° / 20°17518.312.64.1
Mar29° / 20°17219.412.14.3
Apr29° / 19°6810.211.65.6
May28° / 17°172.611.27.4
Jun27° / 15°60.9118.2
Jul28° / 15°20.311.18.2
Aug30° / 16°61.111.46.7
Sep31° / 19°325.411.95.0
Oct31° / 20°10413.712.44.1
Nov29° / 20°20921.612.83.8
Dec29° / 20°25524.1133.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22278
32278
42377
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102575
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Pires do Rio gets around 239 mm of rain over 21.9 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 71% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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2869
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3068
3168

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 79% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 80% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1117811
2117811
3217792
4218782
5218782
6218782
7319762
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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
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107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
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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 6:46 AM to 7:03 AM, and sunset from 7:47 PM to 7:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.06:467:47
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313.06:477:47
413.06:477:48
513.06:487:48
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713.06:497:49
813.06:507:49
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1113.06:527:50
1213.06:527:50
1313.06:537:50
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2012.96:577:51
2112.96:577:51
2212.96:587:51
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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 5.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.45 kWh/m² to a high of 6.19 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.57 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Pires do Rio

In seasonPeak

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

Pires do Rio'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 Pires do Rio?

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
5.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pires do Rio.

What to pack for Pires do Rio in January

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

In January, Pires do Rio sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Pires do Rio 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 Pires do Rio peaks around February 13 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 13UV 15Jun 21UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Pires do Rio?

Pires do Rio sits at 17.3°S, 48.3°W, 770 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Orizona, 30 km away.

Topography around Pires do Rio

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pires do Rio has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m around an average of 729 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 341 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 608 m.

The land around Pires do Rio is covered by grassland (38%), trees (25%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, grassland (43%), trees (28%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (34%), grassland (33%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
147 m
16 km
341 m
80 km
608 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Orizona 30 km · Ipameri 49 km · Caldas Novas 62 km · Piracanjuba 78 km · Silvânia 79 km · Bela Vista de Goiás 80 km · Cristalina 92 km · Morrinhos 99 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 Pires do Rio (-17.2997°, -48.2794°, elevation 770 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).