Poção de Pedras weather in January

In January, Poção de Pedras sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 220 mm of rain across 26.4 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of January to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Poção de Pedras's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Poção de Pedras's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
8th warmest
Overnight low
23°
8th coldest
Rainfall
220 mm
26.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:02 AM – 6:16 PM
Cloud cover
81%
10th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.7 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Poção de Pedras 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 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Poção de Pedras reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Poção de Pedras

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Poção de Pedras weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 23°22026.412.22.7
Feb31° / 23°2392512.22.7
Mar31° / 23°26728.5122.6
Apr31° / 23°20925.811.92.8
May31° / 23°10016.311.83.8
Jun32° / 22°204.811.74.8
Jul33° / 22°101.911.84.6
Aug34° / 22°50.911.83.9
Sep35° / 23°91.9123.3
Oct35° / 24°203.912.13.0
Nov34° / 24°5710.212.23.0
Dec33° / 24°1221712.32.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
21981
31882
41783
51783
61684
71585
81486
91387
101288
111288
121288
131288
141090
151090
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301486
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Poção de Pedras gets around 220 mm of rain over 26.4 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 85% and peaks near 89% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
176
277
378
479
580
681
782
882
983
1084
1185
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1488
1588
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1789
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1988
2088
2188
2288
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2488
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2687
2787
2887
2986
3086
3186

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 78% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
118118
218118
318118
418118
518118
618019
727919
827919
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1027919
1127820
1227820
1327820
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2217623
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2707723
2807624
2907624
3007525
3107525

Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
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265calm
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315calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of January to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:55 AM to 6:07 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:19 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:556:11
212.35:556:11
312.35:566:12
412.35:566:12
512.35:576:13
612.35:576:13
712.35:586:13
812.35:586:14
912.35:596:14
1012.35:596:15
1112.35:596:15
1212.36:006:15
1312.36:006:16
1412.36:016:16
1512.26:016:16
1612.26:026:16
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1912.26:036:17
2012.26:036:18
2112.26:046:18
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3012.26:076:19
3112.26:076:19

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.39 kWh/m² to a high of 6.27 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 4.7 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
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304.7Bright
314.7Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Poção de Pedras

In seasonPeak

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

Poção de Pedras's monsoon runs December–April, 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 Poção de Pedras?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Poção de Pedras.

What to pack for Poção de Pedras in January

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

In January, Poção de Pedras sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Poção de Pedras in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Poção de Pedras peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 17 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 13UV 15Jul 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Poção de Pedras 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 Poção de Pedras is worst in November — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.2× the cleanest month (June, 9 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateNov 1426 µg/m³Jun 189 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar14Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May11Good
Jun9Good
Jul10Good
Aug10Good
Sep13Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov27Moderate
Dec20Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Poção de Pedras?

Poção de Pedras sits at 4.8°S, 44.9°W, 92 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Esperantinópolis, 16 km away.

Topography around Poção de Pedras

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Poção de Pedras has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 174 m around an average of 85 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 220 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 406 m.

The land around Poção de Pedras is covered by grassland (64%) and trees (32%) within 3 km, grassland (56%) and trees (43%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) and trees (46%) within 80 km.

3 km
174 m
16 km
220 m
80 km
406 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Esperantinópolis 16 km · Lago da Pedra 30 km · Trizidela do Vale 41 km · Pedreiras 44 km · Paulo Ramos 47 km · São Luís Gonzaga do Maranhão 51 km · Bacabal 60 km · Vitorino Freire 61 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 Poção de Pedras (-4.7518°, -44.9438°, elevation 92 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).