Três Passos weather in January

In January, Três Passos sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 151 mm of rain across 15 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-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 40% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 42 min at the start of January to 13 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Três Passos's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Três Passos's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
1st warmest
Overnight low
20°
12th coldest
Rainfall
151 mm
15 wet days
Daylight
13 h 36 min
6:58 AM – 8:32 PM
Cloud cover
55%
10th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
6.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Três Passos 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 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Três Passos reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 10°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.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
13120
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43120
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How January really feels in Três Passos

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.

Três Passos weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 20°1511513.54.1
Feb30° / 20°13914.3134.3
Mar29° / 19°12812.312.25.2
Apr27° / 16°1389.711.46.7
May22° / 13°1569.110.77.0
Jun21° / 12°1499.410.36.5
Jul20° / 11°1409.710.46.6
Aug23° / 12°957.7117.4
Sep24° / 14°15510.311.87.0
Oct27° / 16°21413.212.76.1
Nov29° / 17°16211.513.45.6
Dec30° / 19°17613.813.74.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% 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 46%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15248
25248
35248
45149
55149
65248
75248
85347
95446
105446
115446
125446
135446
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155446
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Três Passos gets around 151 mm of rain over 15 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 49% and peaks near 52% on the wettest days.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
148
248
348
448
549
649
748
848
948
1048
1148
1248
1348
1448
1548
1648
1748
1848
1948
2048
2148
2248
2349
2449
2550
2650
2751
2851
2952
3052
3152

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 40% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 76% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
128213139
228203139
318203140
418203140
518193141
618193241
718183241
818183340
917173440
1017173540
1117163639
1217163838
1316153938
1416154137
1516154236
1616144335
1715144435
1815144534
1915144633
2015144633
2115154733
2215154732
2315154732
2414164732
2514164633
2614164633
2704174534
2804174434
2904174435
3004174335
3104184235

Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
209calm
219calm
229calm
239calm
249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 42 min at the start of January to 13 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:48 AM to 7:10 AM, and sunset from 8:30 PM to 8:28 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.76:488:30
213.76:488:30
313.76:498:31
413.76:508:31
513.76:508:31
613.76:518:31
713.76:528:31
813.76:528:32
913.66:538:32
1013.66:548:32
1113.66:558:32
1213.66:558:32
1313.66:568:32
1413.66:578:32
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1713.56:598:32
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2613.47:068:30
2713.47:078:30
2813.47:088:29
2913.37:088:29
3013.37:098:29
3113.37:108:28

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.66 kWh/m² to a high of 6.56 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 6.45 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.6Intense
26.6Intense
36.6Intense
46.6Intense
56.6Intense
66.6Intense
76.6Intense
86.6Intense
96.6Intense
106.5Intense
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216.4Intense
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236.3Intense
246.3Intense
256.3Intense
266.3Intense
276.2Intense
286.2Intense
296.2Intense
306.2Intense
316.2Intense
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Três Passos?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
6.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Três Passos for sightseeing.

What to pack for Três Passos in January

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

In January, Três Passos sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Três Passos 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 Três Passos peaks around January 20 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 20UV 14Jun 21UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr8Very high
May5High
Jun4Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug5High
Sep8Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov11Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Três Passos 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 Três Passos is worst in September — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (March, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1516 µg/m³Mar 156 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb7Good
Mar6Good
Apr7Good
May7Good
Jun7Good
Jul8Good
Aug12Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Três Passos?

Três Passos sits at 27.5°S, 53.9°W, 449 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is El Soberbio, 32 km away.

Topography around Três Passos

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Três Passos has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 212 m around an average of 405 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 329 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 523 m.

The land around Três Passos is covered by trees (47%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, trees (45%) and cropland (42%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and cropland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
212 m
16 km
329 m
80 km
523 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: El Soberbio 32 km · Itapiranga 39 km · Horizontina 42 km · Três de Maio 47 km · Frederico Westphalen 54 km · Santa Rosa 71 km · Giruá 76 km · Palmeira das Missões 78 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 Três Passos (-27.4556°, -53.9319°, elevation 449 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).