Santana weather in January

In January, Santana sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 128 mm of rain across 12.3 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-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 28% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of January to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Santana's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santana's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 128 mm; 12.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 42 min; 5:45 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 10th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 6.12 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

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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 Santana 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 27°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
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5	31	22
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31	31	22

How January really feels in Santana

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Santana weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 22°	128	12.3	12.7	4.3
Feb	31° / 22°	94	11.4	12.4	4.2
Mar	31° / 22°	121	13	12.1	4.2
Apr	31° / 22°	51	7	11.7	4.9
May	31° / 21°	12	2.3	11.4	5.5
Jun	30° / 19°	2	0.3	11.3	6.4
Jul	30° / 18°	0	0.1	11.3	6.5
Aug	31° / 19°	0	0.1	11.6	5.6
Sep	34° / 21°	7	1.1	11.9	4.2
Oct	34° / 22°	57	5.7	12.3	3.4
Nov	32° / 22°	171	13.6	12.6	3.8
Dec	31° / 22°	143	13.7	12.8	4.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% 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 57%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	43	43	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	43	44	45	45	45	45
Cloudier (%)	57	57	58	58	57	57	57	57	57	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	58	58	57	57	57	56	56	57	56	55	55	55	55

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	43	57
6	43	57
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	43	57
27	44	56
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	45	55

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Santana gets around 128 mm of rain over 12.3 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 41% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	43	43	42	42	42	41	41	40	40	39	39	39	39	39

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
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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 57% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 75% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Humid (%)	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	22	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	21	21
Muggy (%)	57	57	57	57	58	57	56	56	56	56	55	56	56	55	56	56	57	56	56	57	56	56	57	57	59	60	59	60	61	61	61
Oppressive (%)	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	15	15

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	26	57	16
2	1	26	57	16
3	1	26	57	16
4	1	26	57	16
5	1	25	58	16
6	1	25	57	17
7	2	25	56	17
8	2	25	56	17
9	2	24	56	18
10	2	24	56	18
11	3	24	55	18
12	3	23	56	18
13	3	23	56	18
14	4	22	55	19
15	4	21	56	19
16	4	21	56	19
17	4	20	57	19
18	4	20	56	20
19	4	20	56	20
20	4	19	57	20
21	5	19	56	20
22	5	19	56	20
23	5	19	57	19
24	5	19	57	19
25	4	19	59	18
26	4	19	60	17
27	4	20	59	17
28	4	20	60	16
29	3	20	61	16
30	3	21	61	15
31	3	21	61	15

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of January to 12 h 36 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 5:37 AM to 5:52 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:27 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52
Sunset (PM)	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.8	5:37	6:22
2	12.7	5:37	6:22
3	12.7	5:38	6:23
4	12.7	5:38	6:23
5	12.7	5:39	6:23
6	12.7	5:39	6:24
7	12.7	5:40	6:24
8	12.7	5:41	6:24
9	12.7	5:41	6:25
10	12.7	5:42	6:25
11	12.7	5:42	6:25
12	12.7	5:43	6:25
13	12.7	5:43	6:26
14	12.7	5:44	6:26
15	12.7	5:44	6:26
16	12.7	5:45	6:26
17	12.7	5:45	6:26
18	12.7	5:46	6:26
19	12.7	5:46	6:27
20	12.7	5:47	6:27
21	12.7	5:47	6:27
22	12.6	5:48	6:27
23	12.6	5:48	6:27
24	12.6	5:49	6:27
25	12.6	5:49	6:27
26	12.6	5:50	6:27
27	12.6	5:50	6:27
28	12.6	5:51	6:27
29	12.6	5:51	6:27
30	12.6	5:52	6:27
31	12.6	5:52	6:27

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.81 kWh/m² to a high of 6.53 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 6.12 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.1	Intense
2	6.1	Intense
3	6.1	Intense
4	6.1	Intense
5	6.1	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.1	Intense
8	6.1	Intense
9	6.1	Intense
10	6.1	Intense
11	6.1	Intense
12	6.1	Intense
13	6.1	Intense
14	6.1	Intense
15	6.1	Intense
16	6.1	Intense
17	6.0	Intense
18	6.0	Intense
19	6.0	Intense
20	6.0	Intense
21	6.0	Intense
22	6.0	Intense
23	6.1	Intense
24	6.1	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.1	Intense
27	6.1	Intense
28	6.1	Intense
29	6.1	Intense
30	6.1	Intense
31	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Santana

In seasonPeak

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

Santana'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 Santana?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

6.2

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Santana for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Santana in January

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

In January, Santana sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Santana 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 Santana peaks around February 19 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	15	15	12	10	9	9	10	12	13	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Santana?

Santana sits at 13.0°S, 44.1°W, 539 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Serra Dourada, 27 km away.

Topography around Santana

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santana has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m around an average of 540 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 377 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 456 m.

The land around Santana is covered by grassland (40%), shrubs (28%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, grassland (39%), shrubs (30%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and shrubs (35%), trees (30%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

124 m

grassland 40%

16 km

377 m

grassland 39%

80 km

456 m

shrubs 35%

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← December Santana year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Serra Dourada 27 km · Santa Maria da Vitória 48 km · São Félix do Coribe 49 km · Bom Jesus da Lapa 75 km · Correntina 75 km · Serra do Ramalho 80 km · Paratinga 99 km · São Desidério 121 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

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 Santana (-12.9833°, -44.0511°, elevation 539 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
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	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	43	57
6	43	57
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	43	57
27	44	56
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	40
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	42
17	42
18	43
19	43
20	42
21	42
22	42
23	41
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27	39
28	39
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30	39
31	39

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	26	57	16
2	1	26	57	16
3	1	26	57	16
4	1	26	57	16
5	1	25	58	16
6	1	25	57	17
7	2	25	56	17
8	2	25	56	17
9	2	24	56	18
10	2	24	56	18
11	3	24	55	18
12	3	23	56	18
13	3	23	56	18
14	4	22	55	19
15	4	21	56	19
16	4	21	56	19
17	4	20	57	19
18	4	20	56	20
19	4	20	56	20
20	4	19	57	20
21	5	19	56	20
22	5	19	56	20
23	5	19	57	19
24	5	19	57	19
25	4	19	59	18
26	4	19	60	17
27	4	20	59	17
28	4	20	60	16
29	3	20	61	16
30	3	21	61	15
31	3	21	61	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
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8	31	22
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29	31	22
30	31	22
31	31	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	43	57
6	43	57
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	43	57
27	44	56
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	40
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
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15	41
16	42
17	42
18	43
19	43
20	42
21	42
22	42
23	41
24	41
25	40
26	40
27	39
28	39
29	39
30	39
31	39

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	26	57	16
2	1	26	57	16
3	1	26	57	16
4	1	26	57	16
5	1	25	58	16
6	1	25	57	17
7	2	25	56	17
8	2	25	56	17
9	2	24	56	18
10	2	24	56	18
11	3	24	55	18
12	3	23	56	18
13	3	23	56	18
14	4	22	55	19
15	4	21	56	19
16	4	21	56	19
17	4	20	57	19
18	4	20	56	20
19	4	20	56	20
20	4	19	57	20
21	5	19	56	20
22	5	19	56	20
23	5	19	57	19
24	5	19	57	19
25	4	19	59	18
26	4	19	60	17
27	4	20	59	17
28	4	20	60	16
29	3	20	61	16
30	3	21	61	15
31	3	21	61	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	31	22
11	31	22
12	31	22
13	31	22
14	31	22
15	31	22
16	31	22
17	31	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	31	22
25	31	22
26	31	22
27	31	22
28	31	22
29	31	22
30	31	22
31	31	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	43	57
6	43	57
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	43	57
27	44	56
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	40
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	42
17	42
18	43
19	43
20	42
21	42
22	42
23	41
24	41
25	40
26	40
27	39
28	39
29	39
30	39
31	39

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	26	57	16
2	1	26	57	16
3	1	26	57	16
4	1	26	57	16
5	1	25	58	16
6	1	25	57	17
7	2	25	56	17
8	2	25	56	17
9	2	24	56	18
10	2	24	56	18
11	3	24	55	18
12	3	23	56	18
13	3	23	56	18
14	4	22	55	19
15	4	21	56	19
16	4	21	56	19
17	4	20	57	19
18	4	20	56	20
19	4	20	56	20
20	4	19	57	20
21	5	19	56	20
22	5	19	56	20
23	5	19	57	19
24	5	19	57	19
25	4	19	59	18
26	4	19	60	17
27	4	20	59	17
28	4	20	60	16
29	3	20	61	16
30	3	21	61	15
31	3	21	61	15