Tocantins weather in January

In January, Tocantins sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 228 mm of rain across 17.7 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-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 15% 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 Tocantins's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tocantins's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
21°
12th coldest
Rainfall
228 mm
17.7 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
6:27 AM – 7:36 PM
Cloud cover
74%
10th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Tocantins 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 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Tocantins 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 about 1°C warmer than 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 Tocantins

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 25 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
25
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.

Tocantins weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°22817.713.14.0
Feb31° / 21°13113.412.74.1
Mar30° / 21°16516.712.14.3
Apr28° / 19°719.411.56.0
May26° / 16°386.1117.2
Jun25° / 15°143.410.77.9
Jul25° / 14°153.210.88.1
Aug26° / 15°203.911.37.7
Sep27° / 17°598.411.96.7
Oct28° / 18°10311.712.55.6
Nov28° / 20°22017.5134.8
Dec29° / 21°24320.313.34.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Tocantins gets around 228 mm of rain over 17.7 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 57% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 56% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 95% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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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
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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 6:17 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 7:33 PM to 7:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.36:177:33
213.36:187:34
313.36:187:34
413.36:197:34
513.26:207:34
613.26:207:35
713.26:217:35
813.26:217:35
913.26:227:35
1013.26:237:35
1113.26:237:36
1213.26:247:36
1313.26:257:36
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1513.26:267:36
1613.26:277:36
1713.16:277:36
1813.16:287:36
1913.16:297:36
2013.16:297:36
2113.16:307:36
2213.16:317:36
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2413.16:327:36
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2613.06:337:36
2713.06:347:35
2813.06:347:35
2913.06:357:35
3013.06:367:35
3113.06:367:34

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.44 kWh/m² to a high of 5.95 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.8 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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316.0Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Tocantins

In seasonPeak

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

Tocantins'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 Tocantins?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Tocantins for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tocantins in January

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

In January, Tocantins sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Tocantins 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 Tocantins peaks around February 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 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 highExtremeFeb 10UV 15Jun 20UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Very high
May7Very high
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug9Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Tocantins 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 Tocantins is worst in September — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (March, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1715 µg/m³Mar 168 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb9Good
Mar8Good
Apr9Good
May10Good
Jun10Good
Jul10Good
Aug11Good
Sep15Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov9Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Tocantins?

Tocantins sits at 21.2°S, 43.0°W, 356 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Ubá, 10 km away.

Topography around Tocantins

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tocantins has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 195 m around an average of 387 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 690 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,750 m.

The land around Tocantins is covered by grassland (57%) and trees (34%) within 3 km, grassland (61%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and grassland (62%) and trees (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
195 m
16 km
690 m
80 km
1,750 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Ubá 10 km · Rio Pomba 20 km · Visconde do Rio Branco 26 km · São João Nepomuceno 41 km · Cataguases 41 km · Viçosa 49 km · Ervália 53 km · Leopoldina 56 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 Tocantins (-21.175°, -43.0178°, elevation 356 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).