Pitangui weather in January

In January, Pitangui sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 240 mm of rain across 18.9 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-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 16% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of January to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Pitangui's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pitangui's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
4th warmest
Overnight low
20°
12th coldest
Rainfall
240 mm
18.9 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
6:37 AM – 7:41 PM
Cloud cover
75%
11th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Pitangui 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 Pitangui 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 25°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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22820
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Pitangui 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
Jan29° / 20°24018.913.14.4
Feb29° / 20°15014.112.74.6
Mar29° / 20°15816.912.14.8
Apr28° / 18°619.211.66.4
May26° / 16°32511.17.6
Jun26° / 14°91.610.88.4
Jul26° / 14°50.910.98.6
Aug28° / 15°11211.38.0
Sep29° / 17°516.411.96.1
Oct30° / 19°9210.912.55.1
Nov28° / 19°21219.212.94.5
Dec28° / 20°27621.913.24.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% 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 73%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
22674
32674
42575
52575
62575
72575
82476
92476
102476
112674
122674
132674
142773
152773
162773
172773
182773
192872
202872
212872
222971
232971
243070
253070
263070
273070
283169
293169
303268
313367

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Pitangui gets around 240 mm of rain over 18.9 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 61% and peaks near 68% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
168
267
366
466
565
664
763
862
962
1061
1160
1260
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1559
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2060
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3056
3155

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 68% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 76% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1118756
2118756
3119746
4119746
5219727
6220717
7220717
8221698
9221698
10222688
11222679
12322669
13323659
14323659
15323659
16323659
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19323659
20322669
21322669
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23322669
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25322678
26322678
27322678
28322678
29322678
30322687
31322687

Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
198calm
208calm
218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 min at the start of January to 12 h 54 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 6:28 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 7:38 PM to 7:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.26:287:38
213.26:287:38
313.26:297:38
413.26:297:39
513.26:307:39
613.16:317:39
713.16:317:40
813.16:327:40
913.16:327:40
1013.16:337:40
1113.16:347:40
1213.16:347:40
1313.16:357:41
1413.16:367:41
1513.16:367:41
1613.16:377:41
1713.16:377:41
1813.06:387:41
1913.06:397:41
2013.06:397:41
2113.06:407:41
2213.06:417:41
2313.06:417:41
2413.06:427:41
2513.06:427:41
2613.06:437:41
2712.96:447:41
2812.96:447:40
2912.96:457:40
3012.96:457:40
3112.96:467:40

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.08 kWh/m² to a high of 6.04 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.83 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
25.7Bright
35.7Bright
45.7Bright
55.7Bright
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246.0Bright
256.0Bright
266.0Bright
276.0Bright
286.0Bright
296.0Bright
306.0Bright
316.0Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Pitangui

In seasonPeak

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

Pitangui'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 Pitangui?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Pitangui for sightseeing.

What to pack for Pitangui in January

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

In January, Pitangui sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Pitangui 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 Pitangui peaks around January 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 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 highExtremeJan 21UV 15Jun 19UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep10Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Pitangui?

Pitangui sits at 19.7°S, 44.9°W, 704 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Nova Serrana, 24 km away.

Topography around Pitangui

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pitangui has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 350 m around an average of 763 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 523 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 787 m.

The land around Pitangui is covered by trees (53%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, trees (48%) and grassland (41%) within 16 km, and grassland (48%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
350 m
16 km
523 m
80 km
787 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Nova Serrana 24 km · Pará de Minas 36 km · Bom Despacho 38 km · Pompéu 51 km · Divinópolis 51 km · Itaúna 55 km · Carmo do Cajuru 57 km · Mateus Leme 59 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 Pitangui (-19.6828°, -44.8903°, elevation 704 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).