Climate averages 1991–2020
Caratinga weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Caratinga: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes January a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 11 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manhuaçu (53 km away). In January its highs average 27.4°C, 1.1°C cooler than Caratinga, with 180 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Caratinga ranks joint 218th of 448 for the warmest January highs and 138th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Caratinga is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 174 mm to 101 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Caratinga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 174 | 16.0 | 13.213 h |
| February | 29.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 101 | 12.8 | 12.813 h |
| March | 28.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 129 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 68 | 11.6 | 11.712 h |
| May | 25.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 27 | 5.7 | 11.211 h |
| June | 24.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 12 | 2.7 | 11.011 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 9.6 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 9.9 | 3.1 | 11.411 h |
| September | 26.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 36 | 6.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 86 | 10.4 | 12.513 h |
| November | 27.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 173 | 17.0 | 13.013 h |
| December | 27.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 223 | 19.8 | 13.313 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Manhuaçu in JanuaryBrazil · 53 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 180 mm rain
- Ipatinga in JanuaryBrazil · 55 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 177 mm rain
- Timóteo in JanuaryBrazil · 58 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 250 mm rain
- Coronel Fabriciano in JanuaryBrazil · 59 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 250 mm rain
- Governador Valadares in JanuaryBrazil · 106 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 160 mm rain
- João Monlevade in JanuaryBrazil · 108 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 214 mm rain
- Itabira in JanuaryBrazil · 115 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 227 mm rain
- Viçosa in JanuaryBrazil · 132 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.0°C · 226 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Caratinga) is explained once on the Caratinga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.