Pontalina weather in January

In January, Pontalina sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 233 mm of rain across 22.6 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-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 12% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of January to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Pontalina's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pontalina's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
9th warmest
Overnight low
21°
11th coldest
Rainfall
233 mm
22.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
6:59 AM – 7:55 PM
Cloud cover
78%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Pontalina is human settlement in Pontalina, 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 Pontalina 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 Pontalina

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Pontalina weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°23322.612.93.6
Feb30° / 21°17720.112.63.6
Mar30° / 21°16420.312.13.9
Apr30° / 20°6610.211.65.0
May29° / 18°162.811.26.5
Jun29° / 16°40.9117.1
Jul29° / 16°20.511.17.1
Aug31° / 18°60.811.45.8
Sep33° / 20°285.211.94.1
Oct32° / 21°9614.412.43.4
Nov30° / 21°17721.112.83.5
Dec30° / 21°21124.1133.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22278
32278
42278
52179
62179
72179
82179
92278
102278
112278
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Pontalina gets around 233 mm of rain over 22.6 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 73% and peaks near 76% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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276
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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 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 92% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1057025
2056926
3056827
4056728
5066628
6066529
7066430
8066331
9076132
10076132
11076033
12085933
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Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 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
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117calm
127calm
137calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of January to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:50 AM to 7:07 AM, and sunset from 7:52 PM to 7:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.06:507:52
213.06:517:52
313.06:517:53
413.06:527:53
513.06:527:53
613.06:537:53
713.06:537:54
813.06:547:54
913.06:557:54
1013.06:557:54
1113.06:567:55
1213.06:567:55
1313.06:577:55
1413.06:587:55
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.18 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.53 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Pontalina

In seasonPeak

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

Pontalina'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 Pontalina?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pontalina.

What to pack for Pontalina in January

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

In January, Pontalina sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Pontalina 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 Pontalina peaks around January 23 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 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 23UV 15Jun 21UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Pontalina 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 Pontalina is worst in September — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.2× the cleanest month (July, 7 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1721 µg/m³Jul 127 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar10Good
Apr9Good
May9Good
Jun7Good
Jul7Good
Aug9Good
Sep22Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov8Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Pontalina?

Pontalina sits at 17.5°S, 49.4°W, 627 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Morrinhos, 43 km away.

Topography around Pontalina

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pontalina has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m around an average of 629 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 425 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 559 m.

The land around Pontalina is covered by cropland (35%) and grassland (32%) within 3 km, grassland (35%), cropland (33%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and cropland (49%), grassland (26%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
114 m
16 km
425 m
80 km
559 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Morrinhos 43 km · Piracanjuba 52 km · Goiatuba 55 km · Hidrolândia 67 km · Indiara 72 km · Guapó 78 km · Bela Vista de Goiás 81 km · Aparecida de Goiânia 81 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 Pontalina (-17.525°, -49.4472°, elevation 627 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).