Ponta Grossa weather in January

In January, Ponta Grossa sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 201 mm of rain across 22.1 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 10% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of January to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ponta Grossa's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ponta Grossa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
1st warmest
Overnight low
18°
12th coldest
Rainfall
201 mm
22.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
6:48 AM – 8:12 PM
Cloud cover
73%
12th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.61 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Ponta Grossa 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 27°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ponta Grossa reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Ponta Grossa 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° / 18°20122.113.44.7
Feb26° / 18°15419.612.94.8
Mar26° / 17°11216.312.25.7
Apr24° / 15°719.211.46.9
May21° / 12°908.810.86.6
Jun20° / 11°988.510.56.5
Jul20° / 10°807.610.66.8
Aug22° / 11°727.311.17.3
Sep23° / 13°13110.311.86.7
Oct24° / 14°13915.112.66.0
Nov25° / 15°12514.913.25.9
Dec26° / 17°15618.813.55.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22872
32872
42872
52773
62773
72773
82773
92773
102872
112971
122971
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ponta Grossa gets around 201 mm of rain over 22.1 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 72% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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268
369
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570
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972
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1171
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1471
1570
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1770
1870
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2170
2270
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2470
2570
2670
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3070
3170

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 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 54% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
11143451
21133452
31123552
41123552
51113553
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71103653
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Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 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 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:38 AM to 6:59 AM, and sunset from 8:10 PM to 8:09 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.56:388:10
213.56:388:10
313.56:398:10
413.56:408:11
513.56:408:11
613.56:418:11
713.56:428:11
813.56:428:11
913.56:438:12
1013.56:448:12
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1213.46:458:12
1313.46:468:12
1413.46:468:12
1513.46:478:12
1613.46:488:12
1713.46:498:12
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1913.46:508:12
2013.46:518:12
2113.36:518:12
2213.36:528:12
2313.36:538:11
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2613.36:558:11
2713.26:568:10
2813.26:578:10
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3113.26:598:09

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.02 kWh/m² to a high of 5.91 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 5.61 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.8Bright
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315.5Bright
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Ponta Grossa?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Ponta Grossa for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ponta Grossa in January

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

In January, Ponta Grossa sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 18°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Ponta Grossa 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 Ponta Grossa peaks around January 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 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 19UV 15Jul 13UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr9Very high
May7High
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug7High
Sep6High
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Ponta Grossa 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 Ponta Grossa is worst in September — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (March, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1316 µg/m³Mar 136 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb7Good
Mar6Good
Apr7Good
May8Good
Jun8Good
Jul10Good
Aug14Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct10Good
Nov7Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ponta Grossa?

Ponta Grossa sits at 25.1°S, 50.2°W, 954 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Castro, 37 km away.

Topography around Ponta Grossa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ponta Grossa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 175 m around an average of 898 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 337 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,032 m.

The land around Ponta Grossa is covered by artificial surfaces (73%) within 3 km, cropland (46%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
175 m
16 km
337 m
80 km
1,032 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Castro 37 km · Palmeira 40 km · Imbituva 47 km · Irati 64 km · Piraí do Sul 67 km · Tibagi 70 km · Campo Largo 75 km · Campo Magro 78 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 Ponta Grossa (-25.095°, -50.1619°, elevation 954 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).