Ribeirão Preto weather in January

In January, Ribeirão Preto sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 255 mm of rain across 23.1 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-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 13% 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 Ribeirão Preto's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ribeirão Preto's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
5th warmest
Overnight low
21°
12th coldest
Rainfall
255 mm
23.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
6:46 AM – 7:55 PM
Cloud cover
76%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Ribeirão Preto is human settlement in Brazil.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 13.9 µg/m³ · 2019

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 Ribeirão Preto 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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Ribeirão Preto weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°25523.113.13.6
Feb30° / 21°17618.312.73.9
Mar30° / 20°15818.612.14.2
Apr29° / 18°659.111.55.8
May27° / 16°455.6117.5
Jun26° / 14°272.910.78.1
Jul27° / 14°192.410.88.2
Aug29° / 15°192.811.37.1
Sep30° / 18°686.811.95.4
Oct31° / 20°11312.912.54.3
Nov30° / 20°16817.4134.1
Dec30° / 21°22122.113.33.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 (%)
12575
22575
32575
42377
52377
62377
72377
82278
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102476
112476
122476
132575
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212773
222872
232872
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253070
263169
273169
283268
293169
303169
313268

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ribeirão Preto gets around 255 mm of rain over 23.1 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 74% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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974
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1973
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2173
2274
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2474
2574
2674
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2874
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3073
3172

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 67% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 90% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1097120
2097120
3097021
4097021
50106822
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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
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
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107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
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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 6:36 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 7:52 PM to 7:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.36:367:52
213.36:377:53
313.36:387:53
413.36:387:53
513.26:397:54
613.26:397:54
713.26:407:54
813.26:417:54
913.26:417:54
1013.26:427:55
1113.26:437:55
1213.26:437:55
1313.26:447:55
1413.26:447:55
1513.26:457:55
1613.26:467:55
1713.16:467:55
1813.16:477:55
1913.16:487:55
2013.16:487:55
2113.16:497:55
2213.16:507:55
2313.16:507:55
2413.16:517:55
2513.16:527:55
2613.06:527:55
2713.06:537:55
2813.06:547:54
2913.06:547:54
3013.06:557:54
3113.06:557:54

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.91 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.55 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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45.6Bright
55.5Bright
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ribeirão Preto

In seasonPeak

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

Ribeirão Preto'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 Ribeirão Preto?

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
4.8
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ribeirão Preto.

What to pack for Ribeirão Preto in January

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

In January, Ribeirão Preto 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 Ribeirão Preto 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 Ribeirão Preto 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 Ribeirão Preto 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 Ribeirão Preto is worst in September — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.3× the cleanest month (November, 7 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Ribeirão Preto's WHO annual average of 13.9 µg/m³.

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodSep 1336 µg/m³Nov 227 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb9Good
Mar9Good
Apr10Good
May11Good
Jun11Good
Jul12Moderate
Aug28Moderate
Sep38Poor
Oct14Moderate
Nov7Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ribeirão Preto?

Ribeirão Preto sits at 21.2°S, 47.8°W, 554 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Jardinópolis, 18 km away.

Topography around Ribeirão Preto

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ribeirão Preto has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 113 m around an average of 554 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 344 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 694 m.

The land around Ribeirão Preto is covered by artificial surfaces (81%) within 3 km, cropland (54%) within 16 km, and cropland (63%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
113 m
16 km
344 m
80 km
694 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Jardinópolis 18 km · Sertãozinho 19 km · Cravinhos 20 km · Serrana 23 km · Brodowski 26 km · Pontal 29 km · Pradópolis 33 km · Barrinha 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 Ribeirão Preto (-21.1775°, -47.8103°, elevation 554 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).