Santa Rita de Cássia weather in January

In January, Santa Rita de Cássia sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 156 mm of rain across 15.5 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-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 22% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of January to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Santa Rita de Cássia's 10th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Rita de Cássia's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
10th warmest
Overnight low
22°
8th coldest
Rainfall
156 mm
15.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:50 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover
67%
10th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.8
out of 10

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 Santa Rita de Cássia reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Santa Rita de Cássia

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.

Santa Rita de Cássia weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 22°15615.512.63.8
Feb31° / 22°12715.112.43.8
Mar31° / 22°14715.812.13.9
Apr31° / 22°698.811.84.5
May32° / 22°172.611.55.0
Jun31° / 20°00.111.45.6
Jul31° / 20°0011.45.7
Aug33° / 20°0011.64.8
Sep35° / 22°50.711.93.4
Oct35° / 24°485.312.22.8
Nov33° / 23°13312.112.53.4
Dec32° / 22°13413.412.63.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
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34060
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Santa Rita de Cássia gets around 156 mm of rain over 15.5 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 50% and peaks near 53% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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247
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3151

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 52% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 84% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
12165527
21165528
31165528
41165528
51155529
61155529
71155529
81155430
91155430
101165330
111165330
122165131
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301115335
310115534

Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
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316calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of January to 12 h 30 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 5:42 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:426:20
212.65:436:21
312.65:436:21
412.65:446:21
512.65:446:22
612.65:456:22
712.65:456:22
812.65:466:23
912.65:466:23
1012.65:476:23
1112.65:476:24
1212.65:486:24
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2012.65:526:25
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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 5.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.03 kWh/m² to a high of 6.66 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 5.83 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Santa Rita de Cássia

In seasonPeak

In January, Santa Rita de Cássia sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Santa Rita de Cássia's rainy season runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Santa Rita de Cássia?

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

3.8
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Santa Rita de Cássia.

What to pack for Santa Rita de Cássia in January

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

In January, Santa Rita de Cássia sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Santa Rita de Cássia in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Santa Rita de Cássia peaks around February 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 18UV 15Jun 23UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Santa Rita de Cássia 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 Santa Rita de Cássia is worst in October — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 8.3× the cleanest month (June, 3 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodOct 1322 µg/m³Jun 183 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb7Good
Mar6Good
Apr5Good
May4Good
Jun3Good
Jul3Good
Aug4Good
Sep18Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov9Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Santa Rita de Cássia?

Santa Rita de Cássia sits at 11.0°S, 44.5°W, 441 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Formosa do Rio Preto, 74 km away.

Topography around Santa Rita de Cássia

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Santa Rita de Cássia.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Rita de Cássia has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 449 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 478 m.

The land around Santa Rita de Cássia is covered by trees (29%) and shrubs (21%) within 3 km, trees (59%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and shrubs (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
43 m
16 km
110 m
80 km
478 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Formosa do Rio Preto 74 km · Riachão das Neves 92 km · Corrente 94 km · Buritirama 103 km · Barreiras 137 km · Barra 151 km · São Desidério 159 km · Luis Eduardo Magalhães 183 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 Santa Rita de Cássia (-11.0086°, -44.5194°, elevation 441 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).