Pontal weather in January

In January, Pontal sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 236 mm of rain across 21.6 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°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 18 min at the start of January to 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Pontal's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pontal's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
6th warmest
Overnight low
21°
12th coldest
Rainfall
236 mm
21.6 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
6:47 AM – 7:56 PM
Cloud cover
76%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Pontal 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 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Pontal reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°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 33°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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How January really feels in Pontal

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 12 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
12
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.

Pontal weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°23621.613.13.6
Feb30° / 21°16317.612.73.8
Mar30° / 21°14517.812.14.2
Apr29° / 19°57811.55.7
May27° / 16°395.4117.3
Jun27° / 15°232.610.78.0
Jul27° / 15°17210.98.0
Aug30° / 16°172.411.36.6
Sep31° / 19°586.511.95.0
Oct31° / 20°10112.112.54.1
Nov30° / 20°14916.6134.0
Dec30° / 21°19921.313.33.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22773
32674
42674
52674
62476
72476
82575
92575
102575
112575
122575
132575
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313268

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Pontal gets around 236 mm of rain over 21.6 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 69% and peaks near 70% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
170
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470
570
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769
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969
1068
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1567
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1768
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1968
2069
2169
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2670
2770
2870
2970
3070
3169

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 59% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 90% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
10176527
20176527
30186328
40186328
50186229
60186229
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100195931
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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
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47calm
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127calm
137calm
147calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of January to 13 hours 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 6:57 AM, and sunset from 7:53 PM to 7:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.36:387:53
213.36:387:53
313.26:397:54
413.26:397:54
513.26:407:54
613.26:417:54
713.26:417:55
813.26:427:55
913.26:427:55
1013.26:437:55
1113.26:447:55
1213.26:447:56
1313.26:457:56
1413.26:467:56
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1613.16:477:56
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2013.16:507:56
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2213.16:517:56
2313.16:527:56
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2513.06:537:56
2613.06:537:55
2713.06:547:55
2813.06:557:55
2913.06:557:55
3013.06:567:55
3113.06:577:54

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 3.94 kWh/m² to a high of 6 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.57 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Pontal

In seasonPeak

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

Pontal'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 Pontal?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pontal.

What to pack for Pontal in January

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

In January, Pontal sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Pontal 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 Pontal peaks around January 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 19UV 15Jun 22UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Very high
May7Very high
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug8Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Pontal 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 Pontal is worst in September — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.3× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateGoodSep 1344 µg/m³Nov 229 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb12Good
Mar11Good
Apr12Good
May13Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug35Moderate
Sep46Poor
Oct18Moderate
Nov9Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Pontal?

Pontal sits at 21.0°S, 48.0°W, 531 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Sertãozinho, 14 km away.

Topography around Pontal

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pontal has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 524 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 591 m.

The land around Pontal is covered by cropland (65%) within 3 km, cropland (76%) within 16 km, and cropland (70%) within 80 km.

3 km
51 m
16 km
147 m
80 km
591 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Sertãozinho 14 km · Pitangueiras 19 km · Barrinha 23 km · Jardinópolis 28 km · Ribeirão Preto 29 km · Viradouro 32 km · Morro Agudo 32 km · Orlândia 37 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 Pontal (-21.0225°, -48.0372°, elevation 531 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).