Piumhi weather in January

In January, Piumhi sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 273 mm of rain across 21.9 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°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 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 Piumhi's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Piumhi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
4th warmest
Overnight low
20°
12th coldest
Rainfall
273 mm
21.9 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
6:40 AM – 7:47 PM
Cloud cover
76%
11th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.66 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Piumhi 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 28°C through the month.

A typical January day in Piumhi reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 31°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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Piumhi weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 20°27321.913.14.3
Feb28° / 20°17216.912.74.5
Mar28° / 20°17318.812.14.9
Apr27° / 18°589.611.56.6
May25° / 15°395.4117.7
Jun24° / 14°152.510.88.5
Jul25° / 13°101.710.98.7
Aug26° / 14°132.411.38.3
Sep28° / 16°567.211.96.6
Oct29° / 18°9912.812.55.3
Nov28° / 19°19319.4134.8
Dec28° / 20°2722413.24.3

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 74%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22278
32278
42278
52278
62377
72377
82278
92377
102377
112575
122575
132674
142575
152674
162674
172773
182773
192773
202872
212872
222872
232872
242872
252773
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272971
282971
292971
303169
313169

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Piumhi gets around 273 mm of rain over 21.9 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 70% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
175
275
374
473
573
672
771
871
970
1070
1170
1269
1369
1469
1569
1669
1769
1870
1970
2070
2170
2270
2370
2470
2569
2669
2769
2868
2968
3067
3166

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 83% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1113824
2114814
3014824
4014824
5015805
6015805
7016795
8016795
9017785
10017785
11017785
12018775
13018775
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19018775
20017785
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22017785
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24016795
25016795
26015805
27015805
28015805
29015805
30015805
31116785

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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217calm
227calm
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267calm
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297calm
307calm
317calm

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 6:30 AM to 6:49 AM, and sunset from 7:44 PM to 7:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.26:307:44
213.26:317:44
313.26:327:44
413.26:327:45
513.26:337:45
613.26:337:45
713.26:347:45
813.26:357:46
913.26:357:46
1013.26:367:46
1113.26:367:46
1213.26:377:46
1313.16:387:46
1413.16:387:46
1513.16:397:47
1613.16:407:47
1713.16:407:47
1813.16:417:47
1913.16:427:47
2013.16:427:47
2113.16:437:47
2213.16:447:47
2313.06:447:47
2413.06:457:46
2513.06:457:46
2613.06:467:46
2713.06:477:46
2813.06:477:46
2913.06:487:46
3012.96:497:45
3112.96:497:45

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.66 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.91 kWh/m² to a high of 5.87 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.66 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Hazard calendar for Piumhi

In seasonPeak

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

Piumhi'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 Piumhi?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Piumhi for sightseeing.

What to pack for Piumhi in January

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

In January, Piumhi sees daytime highs around 28°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 Piumhi 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 Piumhi peaks around January 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 21UV 15Jun 20UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug9Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Piumhi 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 Piumhi is worst in September — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (November, 7 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1719 µg/m³Nov 237 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb8Good
Mar8Good
Apr8Good
May8Good
Jun8Good
Jul7Good
Aug10Good
Sep20Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov7Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Piumhi?

Piumhi sits at 20.5°S, 46.0°W, 791 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Arcos, 48 km away.

Topography around Piumhi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Piumhi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 236 m around an average of 811 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 667 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 874 m.

The land around Piumhi is covered by grassland (33%), trees (28%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, grassland (44%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
236 m
16 km
667 m
80 km
874 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Arcos 48 km · Bambuí 51 km · Formiga 55 km · Carmo do Rio Claro 59 km · Alpinópolis 63 km · Lagoa da Prata 66 km · Passos 73 km · Luz 79 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 Piumhi (-20.4653°, -45.9581°, elevation 791 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).