Santo Antônio do Amparo weather in January

In January, Santo Antônio do Amparo sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 252 mm of rain across 21.2 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% 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 Santo Antônio do Amparo's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santo Antônio do Amparo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
19°
12th coldest
Rainfall
252 mm
21.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
6:35 AM – 7:43 PM
Cloud cover
78%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.56 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Santo Antônio do Amparo 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 28°C through the month.

A typical January day in Santo Antônio do Amparo reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Santo Antônio do Amparo weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 19°25221.213.14.6
Feb28° / 19°15116.512.74.9
Mar27° / 18°16717.412.15.3
Apr26° / 17°628.811.56.8
May24° / 14°395.7117.7
Jun24° / 13°182.610.88.4
Jul24° / 12°122.110.98.6
Aug26° / 13°172.711.38.3
Sep27° / 15°627.311.97.0
Oct28° / 17°10312.612.55.9
Nov27° / 18°19019.7134.8
Dec27° / 19°25223.213.24.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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21981
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Santo Antônio do Amparo gets around 252 mm of rain over 21.2 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 68% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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273
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1768
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1968
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2168
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3065
3164

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 60% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
133661
233661
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433661
533661
633760
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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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 6:25 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 7:40 PM to 7:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.36:257:40
213.26:267:41
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413.26:277:41
513.26:287:42
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713.26:297:42
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913.26:307:42
1013.26:317:43
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1213.26:327:43
1313.26:337:43
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1513.26:347:43
1613.16:357:43
1713.16:357:43
1813.16:367:43
1913.16:377:43
2013.16:377:43
2113.16:387:43
2213.16:397:43
2313.16:397:43
2413.16:407:43
2513.06:407:43
2613.06:417:43
2713.06:427:43
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2913.06:437:42
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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 5.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.85 kWh/m² to a high of 5.78 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.56 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Santo Antônio do Amparo

In seasonPeak

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

Santo Antônio do Amparo's monsoon runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
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Feb
Mar
Apr
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Jun
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Aug
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Oct
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Is January a good time to visit Santo Antônio do Amparo?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Santo Antônio do Amparo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Santo Antônio do Amparo in January

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

In January, Santo Antônio do Amparo sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Santo Antônio do Amparo 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 Santo Antônio do Amparo peaks around February 8 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeFeb 8UV 15Jun 21UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug9Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Santo Antônio do Amparo 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 Santo Antônio do Amparo is worst in September — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (November, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1615 µg/m³Nov 228 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar8Good
Apr8Good
May9Good
Jun9Good
Jul8Good
Aug10Good
Sep16Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov8Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Santo Antônio do Amparo?

Santo Antônio do Amparo sits at 20.9°S, 44.9°W, 1,013 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Bom Sucesso, 19 km away.

Topography around Santo Antônio do Amparo

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Santo Antônio do Amparo.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santo Antônio do Amparo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 225 m around an average of 957 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 386 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 858 m.

The land around Santo Antônio do Amparo is covered by grassland (48%) and trees (38%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and grassland (41%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
225 m
16 km
386 m
80 km
858 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Bom Sucesso 19 km · Perdões 24 km · Oliveira 29 km · Lavras 34 km · Campo Belo 38 km · Nepomuceno 46 km · Carmópolis de Minas 54 km · Itapecerica 57 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 Santo Antônio do Amparo (-20.9464°, -44.9189°, elevation 1,013 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).