Sorriso weather in January

In January, Sorriso sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 249 mm of rain across 27.2 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-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 4% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of January to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Sorriso's 12th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sorriso's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
22°
7th coldest
Rainfall
249 mm
27.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
6:32 AM – 7:12 PM
Cloud cover
85%
12th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.92 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

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 Sorriso reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°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 Sorriso

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.

Sorriso weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°24927.212.73.0
Feb30° / 22°22725.512.42.9
Mar30° / 22°19625.512.13.0
Apr31° / 22°9416.611.73.7
May31° / 21°275.111.44.9
Jun32° / 20°50.811.35.4
Jul32° / 19°10.311.35.4
Aug34° / 20°71.211.64.2
Sep34° / 22°437.711.93.3
Oct32° / 22°12619.112.32.9
Nov31° / 22°19123.712.63.0
Dec30° / 22°22926.312.73.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11189
21189
31189
41090
51090
61090
71189
81189
91288
101288
111288
121387
131486
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Sorriso gets around 249 mm of rain over 27.2 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 88% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
188
288
389
489
589
690
790
889
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1089
1189
1289
1388
1488
1588
1688
1787
1887
1987
2087
2186
2286
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2486
2587
2687
2787
2887
2987
3087
3188

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 99% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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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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126calm
136calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 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 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:24 AM to 6:39 AM, and sunset from 7:08 PM to 7:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.76:247:08
212.76:257:08
312.76:257:09
412.76:267:09
512.76:267:09
612.76:277:10
712.76:277:10
812.76:287:10
912.76:287:10
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1112.76:307:11
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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 4.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.78 kWh/m² to a high of 5.87 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 4.92 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Sorriso

In seasonPeak

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

Sorriso's monsoon runs October–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 Sorriso?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sorriso.

What to pack for Sorriso in January

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

In January, Sorriso sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Sorriso 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 Sorriso peaks around February 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near September 15 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 10UV 15Sep 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Sorriso 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 Sorriso is worst in September — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.2× the cleanest month (July, 9 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateSep 1744 µg/m³Jul 1210 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb11Good
Mar12Good
Apr10Good
May11Good
Jun11Good
Jul9Good
Aug19Moderate
Sep48Poor
Oct23Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Sorriso?

Sorriso sits at 12.5°S, 55.7°W, 363 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Lucas do Rio Verde, 63 km away.

Nobres

Topography around Sorriso

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sorriso has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m around an average of 364 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 92 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 171 m.

The land around Sorriso is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, cropland (61%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and cropland (63%) and trees (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
67 m
16 km
92 m
80 km
171 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Lucas do Rio Verde 63 km · Sinop 79 km · Tapurah 90 km · Nova Mutum 148 km · Colíder 194 km · Diamantino 222 km · Juara 244 km · Nobres 251 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 Sorriso (-12.5453°, -55.7114°, elevation 363 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).