Uruçuí weather in January

In January, Uruçuí sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 196 mm of rain across 23.3 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-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 9% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of January to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Uruçuí's 10th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Uruçuí's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
10th warmest
Overnight low
22°
5th coldest
Rainfall
196 mm
23.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:56 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover
77%
10th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.81 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Uruçuí is 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 Uruçuí reaches about 31°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 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Uruçuí

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.

Uruçuí weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 22°19623.312.43.2
Feb31° / 22°17421.312.23.2
Mar31° / 22°17822.5123.2
Apr31° / 22°10215.611.83.8
May32° / 22°35611.74.4
Jun33° / 22°20.411.64.8
Jul33° / 22°10.211.64.6
Aug34° / 22°0011.83.7
Sep36° / 24°50.9122.8
Oct35° / 24°415.112.22.9
Nov33° / 23°10511.812.33.4
Dec32° / 23°12616.312.43.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12971
22872
32872
42773
52773
62674
72575
82575
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Uruçuí gets around 196 mm of rain over 23.3 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 74% and peaks near 78% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
166
267
368
469
570
671
772
872
972
1073
1173
1273
1374
1474
1575
1675
1775
1876
1976
2076
2177
2277
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2577
2678
2777
2877
2977
3076
3176

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 91% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1116830
2115840
3114850
4014860
5013870
6012880
7011890
8011890
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10010900
11010900
1209910
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2106940
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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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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of January to 12 h 18 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 5:49 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:496:14
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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 4.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.74 kWh/m² to a high of 6.67 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 4.81 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Uruçuí

In seasonPeak

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

Uruçuí's monsoon runs November–April, 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 Uruçuí?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Uruçuí.

What to pack for Uruçuí in January

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

In January, Uruçuí sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Uruçuí 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 Uruçuí peaks around March 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 10UV 15Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Uruçuí 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 Uruçuí is worst in October — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.0× the cleanest month (June, 5 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodOct 1318 µg/m³Jun 145 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb10Good
Mar11Good
Apr9Good
May6Good
Jun5Good
Jul6Good
Aug13Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Uruçuí?

Uruçuí sits at 7.2°S, 44.6°W, 173 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Pastos Bons, 88 km away.

Topography around Uruçuí

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Uruçuí has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 154 m around an average of 199 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 241 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 377 m.

The land around Uruçuí is covered by trees (51%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and shrubs (26%) within 16 km, and trees (39%) and shrubs (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
154 m
16 km
241 m
80 km
377 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Pastos Bons 88 km · Mirador 98 km · São Raimundo das Mangabeiras 105 km · Paraibano 109 km · São João dos Patos 125 km · Colinas 138 km · Passagem Franca 145 km · Balsas 167 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 Uruçuí (-7.2294°, -44.5561°, elevation 173 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).